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Information Leaks Leave University Students Vulnerable
By Eleazar David Meléndez
Spectator Staff Writer
October 05, 2005
A harmless act of procrastination by a Queens College law student inadvertently uncovered what has become a massive headache for hundreds of City University of New York students, employees, and affiliates.
The university rushed to inform CUNY students last week that a security foul-up had compromised their confidential information. As New York Newsday first reported on Tuesday, the student, Googling her own name at a computer in the school’s library, found a set of documents that revealed the sensitive personal information of over 300 students. She told Newsday she recalled screaming, “What the hell is this?” in the middle of the library.
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