NY: Email error sends out students' Social Security numbers

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

http://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/email-error-sends-out-students-social-security-numbers-1.1499898

Suffolk Community College has agreed to pay a company for the next year to 
monitor the credit of 300 students whose last names and Social Security 
numbers were mistakenly listed in an attachment to an e-mail sent to those 
students last month.

Mary Lou Araneo, college vice president, said Sunday there is "no 
indication" that any of the personal information has been misused, but 
added that the college decided "it was the right step to take the extra 
precaution" to minimize students' risk of identity theft.

The error, said Araneo, occurred late in the day Sept. 17 and was 
discovered the next morning. She said college officials immediately shut 
down the server and took steps to retrieve unopened messages and 
attachments. She could not say how much of the personal information was 
recovered or whether anyone was disciplined for the security breach.

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