Auburn University says it accidentally made the Social Security numbers of 364,012 people openly accessible online.
The information was available publicly from September until March 2, according to the university. It exposed names, physical addresses, birthdays, SSNs and academic information.
Auburn says it is unaware of any attempted or actual misuse of its students’ personal information.
Last week, the university in Alabama mailed out warning letters to current and former students nationwide — but also people who never even attended or applied to the university.
Read more: http://money.cnn.com/2015/04/08/technology/security/auburn-data-breach/