Wednesday, February 3, 2010

WVA U Student Info Leaked During Routine Update

The personal information of approximately 53 West Virginia University students was available on-line on January 15.  The breach occurred during a routine update to 1098-T tax forms, which can be used to claim tax credits for tuition paid.

These tax forms contain names and SSNs.  They were viewable to anyone for less than 1.5 hours.  The entire was shut down, and will remain so, until a fix can be found.

[Via http://datasecurityguy.wordpress.com]

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