Yahoo Search Returns Faculty, Student Social Security Numbers
Quick Facts
- Date: 12/22/2006
- Institution: Utah Valley State College
- Type of Incident: Unauthorized Disclosure
- Number Affected: 15,000
- Source: Attrition.org
- Abstract Source: UVSC News Release
Abstract
Utah Valley State College is working to notify 15,000 Distance Education faculty members and students about a recent security incident that exposed the names, Social Security numbers and other personal information of these individuals. Earlier this month, UVSC became aware that the personal information of individuals involved in the college's Distance Education program was starting to show up on the Yahoo search engine. UVSC immediately removed the information from its web servers and worked with Yahoo officials to remove the information from Yahoo as well. UVSC officials are confident the information is no longer publicly available. UVSC has setup both a hotline, 801-863-8200, and a web site, www.uvsc.edu/it/idalert.htm, for anyone that has questions about this incident.
