Email Attachment Contains Arkansas State University Employee Information

Submitted by Adam Dodge on Thu, 2010-09-02 05:31

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Arkansas State University is working to provide identity theft protection for faculty and staff after an email attachment containing personal information was accidentally sent out. The email attachment, sent to 144 university email addresses, contained the names, driver's license numbers and Social Security numbers on 2,484 full-time and part-time faculty and staff. University officials engaged Experian to provide 12 months of identity theft protection for those affected. The university's IT department was notified about the email shortly after it was sent out and had removed the messages from the system within 90 minutes. University officials are currently examining how to prevent similar situations in the future.