Minneapolis Community and Technical College

MCTC Student Data Exposed to Internet Since 2006

Submitted by Adam Dodge on Tue, 2010-09-07 04:56

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Minneapolis Community and Technical College officials are working to respond to a City College News investigation. The student newspaper discovered a directory exposed to the Internet that contained internal finance and budget documents as well as student data. The directory found contained annual accounts receivable reports, salary rosters, and a database containing several years worth of work study records including names, student ID numbers, the amount awarded for work study and the amount earned. While most of the data in the directory is publicly available information, questions remain about if the college had meant to place as much information online. According to Dianna Cusick, MCTC director of legal affairs, the college has made an effort to be more transparent with the budget process and make budgeting information available to the public. However, Cusick stated that they were not aware of all of the reports being placed online. While the directory containing the information has been taken offline, the college plans to place the budget and accounting information back online in the future.

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