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TN: MTSU: 1, 500 Social Security numbers on breached computer
From: lyger <lyger () attrition org>
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:16:41 +0000 (UTC)
http://dnj.midsouthnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080213/NEWS01/80213045 MTSU officials said today an unknown person accessed a computer containing the names and Social Security numbers of about 1,500 past and current students. A professor left the university computer unattended in the mass communication department about two weeks ago and an unidentified person is believed to have used the machine to send spam e-mails, MTSU spokesman Tom Tozer told The Daily News Journal. "Although we have discovered that it was technically possible to access this file containing your personal information, we have no evidence that this file was actually accessed by anyone," a letter from the university to those affected stated. "We are notifying you simply as a precaution." [...] _______________________________________________ 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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