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• Date: 3/21/2008
• Institution: Wright State University
• Type of Incident: Unauthorized Disclosure
• Number Affected: 395
• Source: SSNBreach.org
• Abstract Source: SSNBreach.org News Release

Abstract
SSNBreach.org discovered still more student files online. In this case the files belonged to Dr. Junghsen Lieh a Wright State University professor. The files, discovered on the university's Computer Science Department web site, contained the names and grades of 395 students as well as the partial Social Security numbers of 38 students. All of the affected students seem to have taken Dr. Lieh's Materials Engineering course between 1997 and 2005. According to Dr. Lieh, the files were uploaded as part of a backup and repair of a corrupted PC in March 2006. After being notified by SSNBreach.org, the files were removed within 24 hours. However, cached copies remained available online through Yahoo until late March 2008.