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Education Department working to fix software after student loan data breach
From: lyger <lyger () attrition org>
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 13:21:57 -0400 (EDT)
http://www.startribune.com/484/story/631186.html Associated Press Last update: August 23, 2006 . 11:54 AM WASHINGTON. The Education Department was working to fix a software glitch in its student loan Web site after users complained that they could see other people's personal data. The department said Wednesday that only a "limited number'' of the program's 6.4 million borrowers were believed to be affected after the problem began Sunday, since not all use the online system. It did not specify how many. The program involves holders of federal direct student loans, not those who have loans managed through private companies. The department blamed the data breach on a routine software upgrade, conducted by Dallas-based contractor Affiliated Computers Services Inc., that appeared to mix up data for different borrowers when they accessed the Web site. Since Sunday, four borrowers have complained, a spokeswoman said. [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tracking more than 142 million compromised records in 307 incidents over 6 years.
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