350,000 Social Security Numbers Stolen From Uncc Database

[Ja Rhule]

24,000 students but 350,000 social security numbers... This definitely goes about 5-10 years back... Can I sue?

http://www.wbtv.com/...internet-breach

[toldozer]

Sweet :(

[Davidson Deac II]

From what was said on the radio this morning, the numbers were not actually stolen. They were on something that was internet accessable thru some convoluted channel.

Of course, that means they might have been stolen. :)

Check your credit reports on a regular basis, its to easy to get compromised these days.

[mmmbeans]

24,000 students but 350,000 social security numbers... This definitely goes about 5-10 years back... Can I sue?

http://www.wbtv.com/...internet-breach

definitely, send me a $10,000 retainer... can't guarantee you anything but it sounds like an open and shut case.

[Ja Rhule]

definitely, send me a $10,000 retainer... can't guarantee you anything but it sounds like an open and shut case.

[Jase]

There was a general exposure involving the school as a whole for a few months, and one exposure lasting over a decade involving those in the engineering school before 2006 (the year I graduated)

Well, looks like I'm fuged.

[Davidson Deac II]

There was a general exposure involving the school as a whole for a few months, and one exposure lasting over a decade involving those in the engineering school before 2006 (the year I graduated)

Well, looks like I'm fuged.

Just max out all your credit cards, and don't pay them back. Then let your car be repo'd. Then you wont have anything to worry about. :)

[Proudiddy]

Is it limited to students who attended the university or to those who applied as well?

[Lumps]

Here are emails I have recieved on May, 9th for information from the school on the subject. There was a way to steal the numbers a security hole, but no one has sucipsion of anything actually stolen. I suggest keeping an eye on your poo as recomended in the email:

This email provides an update to the UNC Charlotte security incident.

As you may be aware, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte announced that, because of incorrect access settings, a large amount of electronic data hosted by the University was accessible from the Internet. Subsequent investigation has determined that there were two access issues, one affecting general University systems over a period of approximately three months, and another affecting the College of Engineering systems over a period exceeding a decade. The University has no reason to believe that any information from either of these incidents was inappropriately accessed or that information was used for identity theft or other crime. The exposed data included personal information, which could include your name, address, social security number, or credit card information provided in association with transactions with the University. We have involved state and federal regulatory and law enforcement agencies to assist us in determining how to proceed.

Although we have seen no evidence suggesting that the data have been used in any way, out of an abundance of caution we have made the decision to notify you of the loss so that you can be alert to any possible changes in use of your personal information or accounts. The University continues to monitor the situation carefully and has increased its internal review procedures to watch for any unusual activity. Several public protections are available to assist in avoiding identity theft. I encourage you to monitor your personal information. If you notice suspicious activity, you should report it immediately to the University at 1-855-205-6937 and to any financial institution involved. You should also contact the Federal Trade Commission at www.ftc.gov/idtheft, at 1-877-ID-THEFT (438-4338), or at 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20580, and you may call your local sheriff’s office and file a police report of identity theft, keeping a copy of the police report. In addition, you may contact the Consumer Protection Division of the North Carolina Attorney General’s Office at 9001 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699, by phone at 1-919-716-6000 or toll free in North Carolina at 1-877-566-7226. If you reside outside of North Carolina, the contact information for the Attorney General of your state can be found on the website for the National Association of Attorneys General available at http://www.naag.org/current-attorneys-general.php.

If you wish to protect yourself from the possibility of identity theft, you can place a free fraud alert on your credit files. A fraud alert notifies creditors to contact you before opening new accounts in your name. Contact any one of the three major credit reporting agencies at the numbers/addresses below to place a fraud alert with all three agencies. You will then receive letters from all of these agencies, with instructions on how to receive a free copy of your credit report from each agency.

Experian: 1-888-397-3742 P.O. Box 9554, Allen, TX 75013

Equifax: 1-800-766-0008 P.O. Box 740241, Atlanta, GA 30374

TransUnion: 1-800-680-7289 Fraud Victim Assistance Division, P.O. Box 6790, Fullerton, CA 92834

The University consistently utilizes industry standard information protections, uses leading data management vendors, and has dramatically increased its information protection capacity since the discovery of the exposures. Nonetheless, the University is currently reviewing all aspects of its information security. For more information, you may go to the University’s webpage set up to address this matter at securityincident.uncc.edu. You may also call us toll-free at 1-855-205-6937, or e-mail us at [email protected].

On behalf of the University, I deeply regret any inconvenience this incident might have caused, and promise that we are working hard to maintain protections for sensitive data.

Yesterday’s update on data exposure at UNC Charlotte included an incorrect telephone number for Equifax, the credit reporting agency. The correct contact information is: 1-888-766-0008; www.equifax.com; P.O. Box 740241, Atlanta, GA 30374-0241.

I am not going to overly worry. I have had my identification stolen once already and the important think to do is catch it early, it's like cancer and can destroy your life just the same as well. Checking your credit at least once a year is smart to do anyways. I doubt you sur without proof of damages, or without someone actually stealing your identity and use it. I would save this information.