MA: ROTC Computer Files Found in the Public Domain

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

http://www.bu.edu/today/2009/08/17/rotc-computer-files-found-public-domain

A file transfer program erroneously installed on a server in an Army 
Reserve Officers. Training Corps (ROTC) office at Boston University 
inadvertently exposed personal information about thousands of people 
affiliated with the program. University officials say the compromised 
computer was taken off-line when the breach was identified on July 28; 
they are working with the U.S. Army Cadet Command to contact every person 
whose information was placed at risk.

The incident involved information on 6,675 people, say University 
administrators, 406 of whom are affiliated with BU. Officials believe the 
rest come from ROTC branches around the country.

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