Data Breach Alert: 70,000 impacted in OSU server breach

Posted by Joe on May 14th, 2008

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Over 70,000 students, faculty and alumni of the University of Oklahoma are being notified beginning today after the University inadvertently posted their personal information, including social security numbers, on a publicly available website.

All of the impacted individuals had purchased parking and transit passes over the last six years. The breach actually occurred in March. However, the server was shut down as soon as the issue was discovered and, as a result, the personal information was no longer available on the website.

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