Marine Information Exposed by Penn State Web Site
Quick Facts
- Date: 7/26/2007
- Institution: Penn State University
- Type of Incident: Unauthorized Disclosure
- Number Affected: 10,554
- Source: Pogo Was Right
- Abstract Source: Marine Times
Abstract
A Marine looking for his own name on Google came across more then he expected. Personal information on 10,554 Marines was available for a 10-11 day period on a Penn State web site. The site contained information on Marines who had rifle range requalification records while attending Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., from January 2004 through December 2006 and was collected by Penn State as part of a research program. Information collected by Penn State included names and Social Security numbers. According to Penn State officials, logs indicate that the information was only accessed once by the individual Marine that reported the incident. The information was pulled from the site as soon as Penn State was aware of the problem.
