Quick Facts

• Date: 4/2/2009
• Institution: Brigham Young University
• Type of Incident: Unauthorized Disclosure
• Number Affected: Unknown
• Source: ESI
• Abstract Source: Wired Campus - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Abstract
Brigham Young University officials are working to calm student fears after an email message containing student information was sent to the wrong recipients. The email in question, accidentally sent to all students in the College of Humanities instead of BYU's Registrar, contained the student IDs and GPAs of all students in the College of Humanities. While the email does not expose the students affected to identity theft, students have been urged to delete the message immediately.

Special thank you to Allison Dolan for making ESI aware of this incident - Adam