Eastern Michigan University

[Update1]Former Eastern Michigan University Student Workers Investigated For Providing Personal Information To Third Party

Submitted by Adam Dodge on Wed, 2011-03-09 18:49

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Eastern Michigan University is notifying students after investigating inappropriate student records access by former student workers. The individuals under investigation appear have to inappropriately used their access records containing the names, dates of birth and Social Security numbers to provide the information of 45 students to an unauthorized third party. The EMU Police are investigating the incident with assistance from Federal authorities and EMU is not in a position to disclose details. The individuals affected have been advised to place fraud alerts on their credit reports and the university has plans to notify the campus community when it is in a position to do so.

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Eastern Michigan University has identified 58 individuals whose information was accessed without authorization by two former student workers. In addition, 6 students have come forward after unable to file Income Tax Returns since someone had already used their Social Security numbers on other returns.

Eastern Michigan University Password Server Breached

Submitted by Adam Dodge on Mon, 2010-09-06 05:07

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Eastern Michigan University sent a campus-wide email concerning the a server breach discovered over the weekend. During routine monitoring on Saturday EMU's IT staff discovered that a server was compromised around 11:30PM on Friday. The server in question controls my.emich passwords and Banner Self Service PIN codes for both students and employees. EMU officials decided to issue the notice to all of campus since the login information on this server may allow additional access to EMU systems containing personal and banking information. While officials believe the risk of secondary access is minimal, the email urges caution especially for those employees with direct deposit. People with questions or information as asked to contact the Help Desk at helpdesk@emich.edu or 734-487-2120.

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