[Update1]Tennessee State University Student Financial Aid Information Missing
Quick Facts
- Date: 9/12/2008
- Institution: Tennessee State University
- Type of Incident: Loss
- Number Affected: 9,000
- Source: ESI
- Abstract Source: Nashville Post
- Update1 Source: News Channel 5
Abstract
Tennessee State University recently announced that a flash drive containing student financial information has turned up missing. The drive, containing the names, Social Security numbers and financial records of over 9,000 TSU students dating back to 2002, was last seen Monday. TSU plans to have contacted all affected individuals by Friday of next week. TSU is offering one year of credit monitoring to all affected students. According to university officials, it appears the information was neither encrypted nor password-protected which is against university policies. The TSU Department of Internal Audit has launched an investigation into this incident and the employee that lost the flash drive has been placed on paid leave pending the outcome of the investigation.
Update1
According to a statement by TSU President Melvin Johnson the university has recovered the flash drive. Apparently the flash drive was taken by a student from the forum and used to save a paper. While the university does not believe the financial information was accessed, an audit is being conducted by the state to verify the data was not copied or tampered with.
