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2012 — Indiana University: A security breach caused the personal information…

2012 650.0K records affected Share on X

Data compromised

Personal information

Technical writeup

A security breach caused the personal information of 650,000 President's Challenge participants nationwide to be exposed.  Hackers may have accessed participant names, email addresses, dates of birth, and nutritional data.  People throughout Indiana University were participating in a Health IU fitness inter-campus competition.  No financial information was available to the hacker or hackers.  A small percentage and unknown number of Social Security numbers may have been available through other o

Root cause

Hacking

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