D.C. Mistakenly Sends Out 2, 400 Students' Personal Data

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/11/AR2009051102299.html

The District agency that handles college financial aid requests said today 
that it had accidentally e-mailed personal information from 2,400 student 
applicants to more than 1,000 of those applicants.

The Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) said it has 
notified all students of the breach, which occurred when an employee of 
the agency's Higher Education Financial Services Program inadvertently 
attached an Excel spreadsheet to an e-mail. The information released 
included student names, e-mail and home addresses, phone and Social 
Security numbers and dates of birth.

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