From: lyger (lygerattrition.org)
Date: Fri Nov 13 2009 - 15:42:56 CST

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http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/11/personal-data-of-cal-poly-pomona-applicants-inadvertently-put-online.html

The Social Security numbers, home addresses and phone contacts for at
least 300 students who applied for admission to Cal Poly Pomona six years
ago were unintentionally disclosed online, the university said today.

The applicants were notified this week and urged to contact
credit-reporting agencies, school official said.

The personal information, which did not include financial data, .was
mistakenly put in a publicly accessible folder on a university server in
November 2003, and Google and other search-engine companies mined the
data, according to a statement released by Tim Lynch, senior media
communications coordinator for Cal Poly Pomona.

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