ROTC Computer Files Found in the Public Domain

Technology error exposes personal information

By Art Jahnke
August 20, 2009

A file transfer program erroneously installed on a server in an Army 
Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) office at Boston University 
inadvertently exposed personal information about thousands of people 
affiliated with the program. University officials say the compromised 
computer was taken off-line when the breach was identified on July 
28; they are working with the U.S. Army Cadet Command to contact 
every person whose information was placed at risk.

The incident involved information on 6,675 people, say University 
administrators, 406 of whom are affiliated with BU. Officials believe 
the rest come from ROTC branches around the country.

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http://www.bu.edu/today/campus-life/2009/08/17/rotc-computer-files-found-public-domain

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