Friday, February 09, 2007

ECU Mistakenly Posts Personal Info Online

Via WRAL.com.

East Carolina University plans to notify about 65,000 students, alumni and staff members about a security breach that could put them at risk for identity theft.

A programming error on the school's OnePass Web site created files that made it possible for anyone to view personal information of thousands of students, former students and faculty members. The information included names, addresses, Social Security numbers and, in some cases, credit card numbers.

More here.


(Props, the Data Loss mailing list.)

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