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SUMMARY

18,000 names and Social Security numbers of current and former students posted on the Internet
Records	18,000
Record Types	SSN
Breach Type	Web
Source	Inside - Accidental
Organization	Ohio State University
Other Organizations	None
Lawsuit?	NO/UNKNOWN
Data Recovered?	NO/UNKNOWN
Arrest?	NO/UNKNOWN
Submitted By:	d2d

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SIMILAR INCIDENTS

records	date	organizations
21,762	2005-09-16	Miami Ohio University
15,790	2005-01-22	University of Northern Colorado
49,000	2005-08-19	University of Colorado

MAP OF INCIDENT LOCATION

Address: Columbus, OH, USA
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COMMENTS

by Anonymous on 2009-01-05 (5 months ago)

This breach included health plan ID cards with account numbers.

by Anonymous on 2009-04-13 (2 months ago)

As with numerous places, OSU prefers to quietly 'minimize' loss situations if it can. There have been more than these that never made the press. -Insider

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Disposal Computer | Disposal Document | Disposal Tape | Disposal Drive
Email | Fraud Se | Hack | Lost Computer
Lost Document | Lost Drive | Lost Laptop | Lost Media
Lost Tape | Missing Laptop | Snail Mail | Stolen Computer
Stolen Document | Stolen Drive | Stolen Laptop | Stolen Media
Stolen Tape | Unknown | Virus | Web

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