Students’ Personal Data Posted Online
August 22, 2008
Hundreds of students was accidentally published on-line this summer by a test-preparation company. Their information was listed on-line for about six weeks, and contained data all the way back to 2006.
- Story link from washingtonpost.com, posted on Aug. 21, 2008 – http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/20/AR2008082002147.html?hpid=sec-education
Student names, identification numbers assigned by the school system and dates of birth were inadvertently stored on a publicly accessible Web site for about six weeks beginning in June, school officials said yesterday after a conference call with company officials Tuesday. The information, dating from 2006, also included the students’ sexes and schools.
Officials for the 165,700-student system received a copy of the files yesterday to check the extent of the breach.
Entry Filed under: ID Theft, Identity Theft. Tags: Financial ID Theft, ID Theft, Identity Theft.
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