IL: NU Contacting 4,000 After Security Breach

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

http://cbs2chicago.com/local/local_story_152220639.html

Northwestern University is attempting to contact about 4,000 students and 
applicants after it was discovered that files containing their personal 
information had become available online, the school said Friday.

The personal information was stored on a computer at the Integrated 
Graduate Program in the Life Sciences, the school said in a statement. The 
names and other data were for people who attended or applied to the 
program from 1991 to 2007.

The breach was recently discovered and the affected computer has been shut 
down, according to the university's statement. It did not specify when the 
security breach occurred or how much time elapsed before it was 
discovered.

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