From: lyger (lygerattrition.org)
Date: Wed Feb 13 2008 - 16:16:41 CST

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http://dnj.midsouthnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080213/NEWS01/80213045

MTSU officials said today an unknown person accessed a computer containing
the names and Social Security numbers of about 1,500 past and current
students.

A professor left the university computer unattended in the mass
communication department about two weeks ago and an unidentified person is
believed to have used the machine to send spam e-mails, MTSU spokesman Tom
Tozer told The Daily News Journal.

"Although we have discovered that it was technically possible to access
this file containing your personal information, we have no evidence that
this file was actually accessed by anyone," a letter from the university
to those affected stated. "We are notifying you simply as a precaution."

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