Princeton University
Princeton Tower Club Leaks Alumni Data
Quick Facts
- Date: 5/9/2008
- Institution: Princeton University
- Type of Incident: Unauthorized Disclosure
- Number Affected: 103
- Source: Pogo Was Right
- Abstract Source: The Daily Princetonian
Abstract
The Princeton University Tower Club recently altered alumni after an e-mail to current members contained alumni information. The e-mail in question was sent with a spreadsheet containing the names and Social Security numbers of 103 alumni from 2006 and 2007 attached. Tower Club officers sent an e-mail asking those individuals that received the alumni information to delete the message "out of respect for '07". In an e-mail to the affected alumni, Tower graduate board chair Greg Berzolla said that Tower will pay for one year of identity theft protection. According to Berzolla, the spreadsheet was attached due to a technical glitch. “[The e-mail system] took an old e-mail and used it as a template [for Wednesday’s e-mail] as near as we can guess. It’s not a system very many people use or understand, that’s the problem," said Berzolla.
