From: kirniki (kirnikigmail.com)
Date: Wed Jan 21 2009 - 20:42:45 CST

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http://www.news-leader.com/article/20090121/NEWS04/901210456

January 21, 2009
Sensitive personal information -- including Social Security numbers --
for 565 foreign students at MSU was leaked this month when a
university office sent an e-mail message with the data inadvertently
attached.
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The school is investigating the incident and will contact all
international students, offering answers and options to guard against
identity theft, university officials said Tuesday.

The leak occurred Jan. 14 when Jody Pritt, director of international
student services, contacted 179 international students via e-mail,
soliciting their help with language tutoring, Smart said.

Only those who speak Bosnian, Arabic, Czech, Estonian, Romanian,
Turkish, Hebrew, Lithuanian or the Indian dialect of Punjabi were
contacted, said Clif Smart, MSU's legal counsel.

The message they got from Pritt, however, had a spreadsheet attachment
that contains names and Social Security numbers for international
students, Smart said.

It doesn't have the students' dates of birth.

The university realized the misstep within minutes and recalled some
messages, Smart said.

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