Friday, June 02, 2006
University of KY posts employee data online
LEXINGTON, Ky. - The University of Kentucky inadvertently posted about 1,300 employee Social Security numbers on a Web site that was accessible to the public for several weeks last month.
"This is a regrettable incident, and the University considers any breach of privacy and confidentiality a serious matter," the school's general counsel wrote in a memo sent Wednesday to current and former employees who were affected.
The school learned late last week that a spreadsheet containing the personal data was available online. It immediately was removed from the school's server, the memo said.
University of Kentucky spokesman Jay Blanton said on Thursday that the site where the numbers were posted had received 41 hits while the information was available online.
"We don't know that the information of anyone has been compromised," Blanton said
"This is a regrettable incident, and the University considers any breach of privacy and confidentiality a serious matter," the school's general counsel wrote in a memo sent Wednesday to current and former employees who were affected.
The school learned late last week that a spreadsheet containing the personal data was available online. It immediately was removed from the school's server, the memo said.
University of Kentucky spokesman Jay Blanton said on Thursday that the site where the numbers were posted had received 41 hits while the information was available online.
"We don't know that the information of anyone has been compromised," Blanton said
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