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2010 — Ohio State University: Students, professors and other University…

2010 750.0K records affected Share on X

Data compromised

Personal information

Technical writeup

Students, professors and other University affiliates were notified that their information may have been accessed by a hacker.  University officials discovered the breach in late October.  Unauthorized individuals logged into an Ohio State server and had access to names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth and addresses of current and former students, faculty, staff, University consultants and University contractors.UPDATE (1/14/11): 517,729 former students and 65,663 current students were af

Root cause

Hacking

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