2017 — Stanford University: A student staff member of the Stanford Daily…
Data compromised
Personal information
Technical writeup
A student staff member of the Stanford Daily discovered a data breach and reported it to campus privacy authorities on November 9. The student was able to access unidentified sexual assault reports which were being collected under the Clery Act from 2005 to 2012.The data was stored on the Andrew Filed Sharing platform and was accessible to any AFS user, including those outside of Stanford, according to Stanford News. “We greatly appreciate the Stanford Daily’s responsible handling of the confide
Root cause
Unintended disclosure