University of Oregon
Oregon State Excel File Exposes Senstitive Information Online
By Adam Dodge - Posted on January 30th, 2008
Quick Facts
- Date: 1/31/2008
- Institution: University of Oregon
- Type of Incident: Unauthorized Disclosure
- Number Affected: 33
- Source: SSNBreach.org
- Abstract Source: SSBreach.org Press Release
Abstract
The Liberty Coalition recently informed the University Oregon that an excel file publicly available through the university's web site contained sensitive and personal information on student and staff. The file contained the names, Social Security numbers (19 in total), phone numbers, GPAs, academic majors, and other information on 33 individuals involved in the 2006 NASA Robotics Academy in Maryland. This file was indexed cached by a number of major search engines.
Tagged: University of Oregon
• 2008
• Educational Information
• Personally Identifying Information
• Social Security Numbers
• SSNBreach.org
• Unauthorized Disclosure
