Personal data of NMSU students posted online

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http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/60444.html

The names and Social Security numbers of more than 5,600 New Mexico State 
University students were accidentally posted on the school's Web site, but 
officials say odds are minimal that any students' identities were 
compromised.

The information was in a public section of the site for nearly two hours 
on April 5 before the mistake was caught.

The file was accessed by 14 computers and all of their IP addresses have 
been tracked, said Mrinal Virnave, NMSU's director of enterprise 
application services.

Virnave said the file contained the names and Social Security numbers of 
students who registered online to attend their commencement ceremonies 
from 2003 to 2005, meaning most of the names and numbers are of former 
students.

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