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Another School Exposes Private Information

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the open-door-admissions dept.

DutchSter writes "In the wake of other schools announcing the theft of hardware containing sensitive student information, Miami University, of Oxford, Ohio, has announced that a file containing the name, Social Security number, the grade point average for the Fall 2002 semester, cumulative grade point average, and other related academic information, such as credit hours attempted that semester, for all 21,000 students who attended the Fall 2002 term has been available on a web server for the last three years. The discovery was made this week and the university is taking steps to deal with the fall-out sure to come."

6 of 298 comments (clear)

  1. It's Everywhere by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    Miami University, of Oxford, Ohio
    Miami, Ohio, England, where the hell is this University?
  2. Re:Who are they hiring? by corporatewhore · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...and where do I send my resume ?

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  3. Miami University, of Oxford, Ohio by wahgnube · · Score: 4, Funny

    Miami University... must be in Florida.

    Oh, it's in Oxford... must be in England.

    Bzzzzzt. BUT NO! It's in Ohio!

    It must have taken a long time to come up with that combination of naming and placement.

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  4. is this a fark post? by dAzED1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Miami University...in Oxford...Ohio.

    Met a girl from Miami that went to Oxford, and didn't like the song "Ohio." Seems a little less obscure, too. Yet, this school has 21,000 students? I mean...that's more than the real Oxford...the one that's not in Ohio, but has students from Miami...

  5. Free identity theft monitoring by GAATTC · · Score: 5, Funny

    For free identity theft monitoring, please send your name, social security number, birth date, credit card numbers with expiration dates, and address to protectmyidentity@gmail.com. We will take care of your credit record for you and guarantee that you will never have to worry about your good credit record ever again.

  6. Included demographics by Trinition · · Score: 4, Funny

    The information released also included demographics. I've obtained the information and masked off the personally identifying information so I could show the sort of demographic information made available:

    ... Gender Dress ...
    ... Male, Khaki shorts, white T-shirt, ball cap
    ... Female, Khaki shorts, white T-shirt, ball cap with pony tail pulled through
    ... Male, Khaki shorts, white T-shirt, ball cap
    ... Female, Khaki shorts, white T-shirt, ball cap with pony tail pulled through
    ... Male, Khaki shorts, white T-shirt, ball cap
    ... Male, Khaki shorts, white T-shirt, ball cap
    ... Female, Khaki shorts, white T-shirt, ball cap with pony tail pulled through
    ... Female, Khaki shorts, white T-shirt, ball cap with pony tail pulled through
    ... Male, Khaki shorts, white T-shirt, ball cap
    ... Female, Khaki shorts, white T-shirt, ball cap with pony tail pulled through

    (if you've been there, you'll understand)