Duke University Professor Places New York University Student Information On Web
Quick Facts
- Date: 5/20/2008
- Institution: Duke University
- Type of Incident: Unauthorized Disclosure
- Number Affected: 273
- Source: Pogo Was Right
- Abstract Source: The News & Observer
Abstract
Duke University recently notified a number of former New York University students that their information was accessible to the Internet on a Duke professor's web site. The information, which included 273 names and Social Security numbers, was available from July 2007 through April 2008. According to a Duke spokesperson, this incident affected student the unnamed professor taught back in 1997 before joining Duke and the information was part of the professor's research data. Duke officials state that to find the information an individual would have had to search for the student's name and a Social Security number code to find the information. At this point, there is no evidence of any unauthorized access of the information. Duke removed the data from its server within 30 minutes of being notified and had the files removed from search engine caches within hours. Duke University worked with New York University to obtain the addresses of the affected students.