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Dec. 17, New York Times:
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Ohio State Says Hackers Breached Data on 760,000
Ohio State University is notifying about 760,000 people whose personal information was stored in the university’s computer server that a data breach could put them at risk for identity theft.
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The university said that although there was no evidence that the information had been used for identity theft, it was nonetheless offering a year of free credit protection to everyone whose data was on the server.
READ MORE: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/17/education/17colleges.html?src=mv
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Huh, they noticed this in October, I guess.
October, OSU, ID theft... why does that ring a bell?
Oh right, here's a statement from OSU aaaaaaaaall the way back in late September, written up by the same reporter:
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Sept. 30, Columbus Dispatch:
OSU calls breaches of data minor
Four in past year could be info theft; no harm reported
Ohio State has checked into six possible cases in the past year and found four minor breaches in which the names and Social Security numbers of employees or current and former students might have been stolen from individual computers.
In those four instances, 30 to 385 people might have been affected, said Catherine Bindewald, spokeswoman for OSU's Office of the Chief Information Officer. She said there are no indications that any data was misused, and no one has reported misuse of their identity.
"The low number of incidents and the minor nature of those breaches are good news when you consider that we have about 35,000 faculty and staff members and 60,000 students," Bindewald said.
READ MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/09/30/osu-calls-breaches-of-data-minor.html
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I bet there was some embarrassed emails going around once they finished the next security audit three weeks later...
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