UT Dallas Increases The Number Of Individuals Affected By December Breach For The Second Time
By Adam Dodge - Posted on January 19th, 2007
Quick Facts
- Date: 1/19/2007
- Institution: University of Texas, Dallas
- Type of Incident: Penetration
- Number Affected: 29,000 additional (35,000 total)
- Source: ESI
- Abstract Source: UT Dallas News Release
Abstract
After completing its investigation into last month's network breach, the University of Texas, Dallas has once again increased the number of records exposed to 35,000 total. This increase of 29,000 includes all individuals from the University's Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science going back to 1993 and all University faculty and staff between 1999 and 2005. UT Dallas is still in the process of contacting all affected individuals by US Postal mail and has setup the following web site to help answer any questions about the incident: http://www.utdallas.edu/datacompromise/
Tagged: Dallas
• University of Texas
• 2007
• Educational Security Incidents (ESI)
• Penetration
• Personally Identifying Information
• Social Security Numbers
