Ohio State University Database Breached
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.