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Ohio State University said Tuesday that personal data of 14,094 existing and former faculty and staff members had been stolen by what appears to be computer hackers overseas.
Hackers penetrated a firewall protecting a network at the school’s Office of Research sometime between March 31 and April 1. The network contained the Social Security numbers, employee identification numbers and birth dates of 190,000 university employees, OSU spokesman Jim Lynch said.
Anyone concerned about this incident can call the special hotline Ohio State established at: 1-866-515-9332. The school will be offering a year’s worth of credit protection via Equifax. More information about this breach can be found at the OSU’s Identity Alert Home Page.
[MSN Money]
Written by MCruz on April 17th, 2007 with no comments.
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The University of California at San Francisco began notifying students, teachers, and staff that their names, Social Security numbers, and bank account numbers may have been accessed during a security breach.
Personal information for 46,000 students, faculty, and staff at the University of California at San Francisco is at risk after a hacker broke into the network, campus officials said this week.
[InformationWeek]
Written by MCruz on April 5th, 2007 with no comments.
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The laptop computer was stolen from its docking station in the late afternoon of Feb. 28th from a Metro State faculty member’s office on the Auraria Campus.
The stolen computer contained roster information of 988 students enrolled in the faculty member’s classes from the beginning of the 1999 fall semester to the end of the 2002 fall semester. The stolen computer was password protected.
Concerned students can visit their website or call 1-866-737-6622 for more information.
[MyFox Colorado]
Written by MCruz on March 6th, 2007 with no comments.
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Three University of Idaho desktop computers were stolen from the school’s Advancement Services office over the holidays. A press release has been issued by the university to warn over 331k people.
The investigation revealed that six months prior to the theft the computer hard drives contained datasets with names, addresses and Social Security numbers for approximately 70,000 individuals. As a precaution, the University of Idaho is making a broad public notification about the computer theft to approximately 331,800 individuals. The larger number represents the total number of individuals whose information may have been accessed by Advancement Services as part of the office’s work.
Anyone affected by the breach can call the school’s hotline at: (866) 351-1860. More information about the breach can be found at their special website: http://www.identityalert.uidaho.edu
Written by MCruz on January 15th, 2007 with no comments.
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Officials at the University of California Los Angeles alerted about 800,000 current and former students, faculty and staff on Tuesday that their names and certain personal information were exposed after a hacker broke into a campus computer system.
A website has been setup for those affected by this breach. You may also call (877) 533-8082.
Source: CBS News
Written by MCruz on December 12th, 2006 with no comments.
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It’s been a bad week for current and former students. Here are this week’s personal data exposure reports:
- Graduates of Troy Athens HS in the Detroit area are fuming that their personal data were stored on a lost hard drive. It had taken them two months before notifying the affected alumni members.
- Brock University donors’ personal information such as credit card numbers and bank accounts were stolen by hackers.
- A stolen laptop from Adams State College exposes students participating in the Upward Bound program.
- The Census Bureau in Austin is missing 15 handheld devices which contain personal information belonging to several Travis County residents.
- University of Texas at Arlington students are on alert for identity theft after being notified that their information was stored on two computers stolen from a faculty member’s home. UTA has created a website for more information.
Special thanks to Patricia for providing these tips. I’ve been lagging behind on the reports. Now that I’m no longer on vacation, I will update this blog more often. Thanks for your patience folks!
Written by MCruz on October 13th, 2006 with 1 comment.
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