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FL: Social Security numbers of former UF students leaked on Web site
From: lyger <lyger () attrition org>
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:49:29 +0000 (UTC)
http://www.alligator.org/articles/2007/11/21/news/campus/ssn.txt More than 400 former UF students might have been put at risk for identity theft after their Social Security numbers were posted on UF's Computing & Networking Services Web site. [.] All the individuals were former students of Richard Elnicki, a professor of information systems and operations management, and had taken classes ISM 4220 or ISM 4330 with him between 1998 and 2001, the release stated. Many of the files had been online since 1998. The release stated that the files were on a Computer & Networking Services server that required a password to upload files, though the public could download the files without a password. [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tenable Network Security offers data leakage and compliance monitoring solutions for large and small networks. Scan your network and monitor your traffic to find the data needing protection before it leaks out! http://www.tenablesecurity.com/products/compliance.shtml
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