UConn Student Information Found On Economics Profs Web Site
Quick Facts
- Date: 3/31/2008
- Institution: University of Connecticut
- Type of Incident: Unauthorized Disclosure
- Number Affected: 242
- Source: SSNBreach.org
- Abstract Source: SSNBreach.org News Release
Abstract
SSNBreach.org and the Liberty Coalition discovered yet another university sharing student information via the Internet. In this latest incident, SSNBreach.org announced that an excel file on economics professor Dr. Stiver's web site contained the names, homework scores and grades of 242 students that had enrolled in Dr. Stiver's Economics 242 course. Also included in this file were 8 digit Social Security numbers of 14 students. It appears that the university became aware of this incident before SSNBreach.org. By the time SSNBreach.org notified the university, UConn officials had already removed the files, worked with major search engines to clear the files from caches and had contacted the affected individuals. The university is offering two years of credit monitoring to affected students.
