29 New Hampshire Residents Affected by University of New Hampshire Breach
Technorati Tag: Security Breach
Date Reported:
8/17/07
Organization:
University of New Hampshire
Contractor/Consultant:
None
Number Affected:
29+
Types of Data:
Name and Social Security number
Breach Description:
A Microsoft Excel spreasheet containing sensitive and personally identifiable information on some University of New Hampshire students was inadvertently posted to to the university web site on April 17, 2007. The error was discovered on July 27th, 2007 and information (since removed) was publicly accessible and cached by Google.
Reference URL:
http://doj.nh.gov/consumer/pdf/unh.pdf
Report Credit:
New Hampshire Attorney General's Office
Response:
The quotes are from The University of New Hampshire's official notification sent to the State of New Hampshire and the letter sent to affected individuals.
"information identifying you individually was inappropriately made available on the university's web site recently. The University of New Hampshire deeply regrets this error in handling your personal information."
[Comfyllama] This quote is from the opening paragraph on the letter to affected individuals. Kudos to the University of New Hampshire for what feels to me like a heart-felt apology.
Commentary:
The response from the University of New Hampshire is long and detailed. I have to say that their notification is one of the better ones that I have seen. Other companies that experience breaches could learn a thing or two from this open and honest letter. It is a little unclear if the total number of affected individuals is more that what is listed because the University only has to notify the New Hampshire Attorney General of thos victims residing in the state of New Hampshire. There are 29 New Hampshire victims.
Employee errors will happen and there is little that can be done to stop all of them.
The university is offering a year of free Triple Alert credit monitoring from Consumerinfo.com, an Experian Company
Past Breaches:
None since August 2007
Date Reported:
8/17/07
Organization:
University of New Hampshire
Contractor/Consultant:
None
Number Affected:
29+
Types of Data:
Name and Social Security number
Breach Description:
A Microsoft Excel spreasheet containing sensitive and personally identifiable information on some University of New Hampshire students was inadvertently posted to to the university web site on April 17, 2007. The error was discovered on July 27th, 2007 and information (since removed) was publicly accessible and cached by Google.
Reference URL:
http://doj.nh.gov/consumer/pdf/unh.pdf
Report Credit:
New Hampshire Attorney General's Office
Response:
The quotes are from The University of New Hampshire's official notification sent to the State of New Hampshire and the letter sent to affected individuals.
"information identifying you individually was inappropriately made available on the university's web site recently. The University of New Hampshire deeply regrets this error in handling your personal information."
[Comfyllama] This quote is from the opening paragraph on the letter to affected individuals. Kudos to the University of New Hampshire for what feels to me like a heart-felt apology.
Commentary:
The response from the University of New Hampshire is long and detailed. I have to say that their notification is one of the better ones that I have seen. Other companies that experience breaches could learn a thing or two from this open and honest letter. It is a little unclear if the total number of affected individuals is more that what is listed because the University only has to notify the New Hampshire Attorney General of thos victims residing in the state of New Hampshire. There are 29 New Hampshire victims.
Employee errors will happen and there is little that can be done to stop all of them.
The university is offering a year of free Triple Alert credit monitoring from Consumerinfo.com, an Experian Company
Past Breaches:
None since August 2007
Posted by Evan Francen at 8/17/2007 10:14 PM 
Categories: Employee Mistake, University of New Hampshire
Categories: Employee Mistake, University of New Hampshire
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