Educational Security Incidents (ESI)

Quick Facts

• Date: 5/6/2008
• Institution: Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute
• Type of Incident: Unauthorized Disclosure
• Number Affected: 192
• Source: Attrition.org
• Abstract Source: The Columbus Dispatch

Abstract
The Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute accidentally sent an e-mail containing personal faculty and staff information to about 680 students. The e-mail had an excel attachment that contained names, positions, salaries and Social Security numbers on 192 faculty and staff members. In a follow-up e-mail students were asked to delete the e-mail that contained the personal information. Affected staff and faculty members are being offered free credit monitoring and identity theft protection. When asked if students could be trusted to delete the e-mail OSU ATI spokesperson Frances Whited responded "Of course!"

Quick Facts

• Date: 4/17/2007
• Institution: Ohio State University
• Type of Incident: Penetration
• Number Affected: 14,000
• Source: Pogo Was Right
• Abstract Source: CantonRep.com

Abstract
Ohio State University is notifying employees that personal information was stolen during a recent security incident. In late March, an unknown individual breached OSU firewalls and gained unauthorized access to an OSU research database and stole records containing the personal information on current and former OSU faculty and staff. This unknown individual made off with over 14,000 names, Social Security numbers, employee ID numbers and dates of birth. The breach was discovered during a routine review of daily logs on April 2. There is no word from OSU yet as to why the Office of Research, which works to procure grants, had this type of information. OSU is offering all individuals affected by this incident one year of free credit monitoring.

Quick Facts

• Date: 4/17/2007
• Institution: Ohio State University
• Type of Incident: Theft
• Number Affected: 3,500
• Source: Pogo Was Right
• Abstract Source: CantonRep.com

Abstract
Ohio State University sent letters to student over the weekend altering them to the possibility of identity theft after the theft of two laptop computers. The laptops in question were stolen from the home of a professor in OSU’s Chemistry Department in February. These laptops contained the names, Social Security numbers and grades of 3,500 chemistry students going back 10 years. There is no word on why OSU took so long to notify students about this theft. However, OSU is offering all students affected by the theft one year of free credit monitoring.