TN: Technical glitch could make personal data for some TTU students vulnerable

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

http://www.herald-citizen.com/NF/omf.wnm/herald/news_story.html?rkey=0046193+cr=gdn

Some 3,100 current or past Tennessee Tech University students who owe the 
university money were notified today that some of their personal data may 
have been compromised.

On Tuesday, Sept. 11, a technical problem in the way student bills are 
printed resulted in the chance that some student social security numbers 
and personal identification numbers may have been sent to another 
student's address. While the university suspects the number of records 
made vulnerable is relatively small, campus officials preferred to err on 
the side of warning all 3,100 individuals who might have been mailed a 
bill on that date.

Within a day after the problem was identified, the university e-mailed 
letters to those affected, notifying them of the problem and outlining 
steps to help prevent possible fraud.

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