38,000 Social Security Numbers Potentially Exposed After Theft

Whose head is going to roll for this one? Knowing Georgetown University, the answer is... (drum roll) absolutely no one.

This is absolutely ridiculous. Unacceptable. Unencrypted data on 40,000 students with social security numbers? Who's the moron who thought of that one?

Question, though. It says in the title that 38,000 SSNs may have been exposed, but then notes that since 1999, "the university has been using more GOCard numbers and NetIDs as student identification rather than Social Security numbers." Does that mean that post-1999, the Social Security numbers weren't listed?

By the way I read the article, I'm assuming that SSNs were also compromised. While the university uses GOCard numbers, insurance companies don't.

I agree. This is absurd. Someone needs to be accountable, and the university students and staff who could be compromised should have been notified. How appropriate is it that the student newspaper should be the one to tell all of these folks that their information could now be on the black market?

Georgetown University - start taking some responsibility.

The hard drive was missing since January 3rd? Since its disappearance, what measures have the administration taken to protect the identities within?

This is absolutely absurd. A theft happens; that's terrible. The university doesn't encrypt privileged information; simply ridiculous. We aren't informed of this until now? Completely unforgivable.

This is absolutely unacceptable for several reasons. First of all, the discovery of this theft was made quite a while ago, and we should have already been informed by the University itself first rather than The Hoya (I'm sorry, but if The Hoya hadn't printed this article, I find myself wondering if we EVER would have found out). And secondly, WHY was this data unencrypted? Inexcusable that this information was not treated more carefully.

This is crazy. Why has it taken the University so long to make this information public. Another question to be asked is why in the world are they backing up their data on a portable hard drive that was not secured inside the office? I hope they are going to offer those affected free credit watch services. How many other offices within the University do the same thing?

Wow, that last paragraph shows a complete lack of any kind of accountability. Just because it was a theft doesn't mean that they don't have to take any responsibility in the poor and unacceptable handling of sensitive student information. An unencrypted backup sure seems like human error to me.

While it's very unfortunate that this happened, I don't think that thefts like this can be completely prevented. I'm a recent alum, so I assume that I'll receive one of those letters soon telling me that my information was taken. Sure, the University should take as many precautions as possible to protect the identity of students. But, many major banks and financial institutions, as well as the Social Security Administration itself, have lost hard drives and data in recent years. I think the real problem is the burgeoning amount of electronic data that is stored regarding each of us. When that much information is recorded in so many different places, it seems like these types of occurrences may not be preventable.

So, should Georgetown institute more safeguards to prevent this from happening in the future? Yes. Would all the safeguards in the world guarantee that this couldn't happen again? No.

Another example that Georgetown administration is a complete joke being run by total hacks. Why would someone who was being entrusted with this information not be required to password protect it? So glad that this was finally brought to my attention so that I can take precautions. Thanks for reporting.

just another incident where Gtown tries to hide what happened to cover its own. this is embarassing. sometimes i wonder how i managed to spend 4 years there with things like this constantly going on.

Georgetown has in many ways become a joke. I'm a recent graduate and can say, now that I am at a different university and have some comparison, that Georgetown treats its students with disdain and lives entirely off of its location and celebrity professors. This is not to implicate the faculty members or the students, many of which are excellent, but an absolutely incompetent administration. It does not surprise me in the least that this information has to be uncovered by the Hoya for anyone to find out. DeGioia gets paid how much???

The only thing this article is missing is the phone numbers for this office so anybody interested can start calling in and demanding some answers. The only thing Georgetown's administration listens to is money, if we can get the word out to alums to start waving the "fix this or kiss your donations good bye" flag, you might actually see things like free credit reports and more security in the future. Otherwise they'll keep up the same dog and pony show that they use on every other issue they've dealt with.

"The university has not learned of any reports of identity theft in the time since the hard drive’s disappearance, Lambert said."

What a BS statement.

New Admissions office Powepoint slide...

Hey boys and girls.....Come to Georgetown.......you can get held up at gunpoint or have your identity stolen all in the same day.

Not to worry, no one wants your Louis Handbags, Uggs or Burberry scarfs. They want your cash and SSN.

Georgetown has indeed become a joke...

As an alum of one of the affected grad schools, I don't even understand why the university continued to store my SSN years after I graduated. Perhaps it goes without saying, but if the university did not retain information like this, they wouldn't have to worry about someone stealing it.

1/25 DPS Blotter includes this item:

Thursday, Jan. 17
Fraud, Off Campus, 5:46 p.m.
The complainant filed a report of fraud/identity theft after receiving notice of an account that had been opened in the complainant’s name without authorization. The Metropolitan Police Department was notified. No suspects have been identified. (http://www.thehoya.com/node/15129)>

...so I guess we all have this look forward to in the coming days/weeks/whatever. Maybe it's unconnected, but maybe not. Either way, this is just egregious conduct on the part of the university. I can't wait to get out of Georgetown.

You may also take steps individually to protect sensitive data. Some
suggestions for doing so can be found at our Office of Information
Security website at security.georgetown.edu as well as online
resources from the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse at http://www.privacyrights.org/identity.htm /> and the federal government’s identity theft website at http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/idtheft/ />.

Some info (including something about a free credit monitoring service) is up here - http://www1.georgetown.edu/uis/security/identity/faqs/45053.html>

Why isn't Lynne Hirschfield being fired for this? According to the University website (http://security.georgetown.edu/faculty/15140.html) she is required to encrypt the information that she left vulnerable.

Ms. Hirschfield did not even sign the apology email.

We're all overlooking one critical fact of this issue--Lynne Hirschfeld left the drive on December 21, when the University offices closed for the Holiday break for some 10 days. This is the height of negligence--it's almost as if Hirschfeld was asking for the drive to be taken during the vacation. It's like your house--when you go on vacation, you remove valuables. Except in this case, its 38,000 peoples' valuable information. Well done, Lynn. You deserve a pat on the back for your caution and thoroughness in guarding proprietary information.

It's great that you have taken a broad view of this. I too don't think this shows any ill will on the part of the University.

What it reveals is an arrogance along the lines of "our systems are adequate and these things won't happen to us." The fact, as laid out in the Hoya, are disturbing. Several of the typcial precautions to protect student and alum identies have been put in place. It shouldn't take "several years" to outlaw external hard drives or to eliminate SSNs as the primary ID (having worked in a small college, I know that this takes some work, but it isn't rocket science), or to limit access to databases on an as needed basis.

This is a rather dumb record retention policy - have the "backup" drive a few feet from the computer it is backing up. Shouldn't the computer be backed up to a central drive or mainframe that the computer folks control, instead of a random external harddrive that is under a stack of papers for all we know.

This whole episode sounds like the beginning of a new "Bad Idea Jeans" commercial.

Before calling on someone to resign or to be fired, perhaps we should get all the facts. This article in The Hoya, far from being a full exposition of the facts of the case, seems just to be a cursory explanation.

Just read the letter from the university that was just sent out -- someone below recently posted it. All information in The Hoya's article is correct and seems to be, unfortunately, the full story.

People have called on Lynn Hirchfield to be fired or resign. All we know is that the laptop was stolen from her office. Neither the article nor the letter says anything about why the laptop was located in her office, or her responsbility for its contents. THis isn't the full story.

I do not believe this is the first time this has happened in the past 4 years. If I am correct this happened one other time, but not at the grand scale. i remeber having to deal with the whole alertng CC companies, etc..This is really unacceptable.

If we were a GU student back then, but not an alum, how would they contact us if that contact info is nearly 10 years old? Clearly some people are not going to receive emails or letters.

If you read the article, you would notice that (1) a laptop wasn't stolen, an external hard drive was. (2) She had it in her office and was aware of the data that was on it. (3) She did not have it secured (data or physically), because it walked out of her office over winter break. (4)The drive was located in her office because it served as a backup to her computer. She was clearly responsible for its contents.

I'm not calling on her to be fired, but it is her responsibility.

I am an alumnus of the school - I received the e-mail this morning. I am extremely angry right now. Quite frankly, I am seriously contemplating retaining counsel and investigating legal action.

#1) The e-mail sent out was clearly designed to cover the ass of the school against potential litigation. I have serious doubts as to whether the office in which this hard drive was stored was actually locked. Even if it was - clearly, whatever security measures were in place were HIGHLY INADEQUATE relative to the data that was being stored.

#2) WHY DID GEORGETOWN RETAIN OUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS AFTER WE GRADUATED. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO REASON FOR THIS DATA BEING RETAINED

#3) I hope that everyone potentially affected by this is aware of the potential for harm when someone has your social security number. A full name + a matching SS# + an address can a) give access to credit lines and, b) serve as a springboard to accquire other information on our identities.

#4) Word of advice to Georgetown - if you want to cover your asses, you should offer all of us 1 year free access to ALL THREE CREDIT MONITORING SERVICES IMMEDIATELY - as in within the next 24 hours. Because the three services don't overlap one another - one might pick up something that the other does not. This would go a long way (not long enough, but it's something) toward addressing the angry feelings that are boiling amongst alumni.

#5) What I'm writing here is not unique. I've been in touch with many of my former classmates (umm ... did everyone get the e-mai? It seems like that).

It was one thing to have to suffer the incompetence of Georgetown administration / employees / organization when I was a 20-year-old student. Hey, it's college, we're learning great stuff, having a good time, etc. Shake it off.

It's another thing entirely when that incompetence FOLLOWS ITS ALUMNI AFTER GRADUATION. This should not have happened and the response, thus far, is inadequate.

This is absolutely ridiculous. Georgetown knows they provided insufficient security. The best way for them to make up for this breach of trust is to provide every exposed individual with a year membership of Life Lock (www.lifelock.com).

If Georgetown does not appropriately respond to this, I see no reason that a class-action lawsuit should not be in the works.

Also, if you read the UIS guidelines for storing this sort of data (the link is already posted below), it states that faculty/staff must encrypt the data or attach a password to it, which Ms. Hirschfield did not do. Had this happened in the corporate world, you can bet she would have already been kicked out the door by now.

This private information is being used maliciously! I lost ~ 20k and it just started today (29th). Check your bank and card histories.

http://video.nbc4.com/player/?id=211333

This sounds like both : a. a lie, and, b. fear-mongering. How would you "[lose] 20k" from this data theft? The most likely immediate thing we'll see is people taking out lines of credit using our names and SS#; longer term concerns center on identity theft and even personal safety. But there's no magic 'theif calls the bank, gives them my SS, and then they give him $20,000 from an account' It doesn't work like that, particularly with transfers over $10,000

If what you say is true, come back and give some real info in terms of what happened. You'd be helping a lot of concerned alums and current students. If this is bullshit (which, again, I suspect it is), then please, stop spreading fear. We have enough to deal with already.

No problem, here is the info:

All of these purchases happened late the 28th and early the 29th. What is the best is the sequence of events go like this:

1) someone posing as me close my account at the Bank of America on M street (wow, laxed financial regulations...)

Which according to Bank regulator all that is required to close an account is a social, dob, and name.

2) they then treated themselves to lunch at Clydes in Georgetown (on me of course)

3) they then spent hundreds of dollars in different shops in The Shops at Georgetown Park.

4) they then used my credit card to order something from Cycles on M street to the tune of 10k.

And yes, I have all the statments to prove it.

I was able to stop all cards and transactions before they struck again, but the point is that this data is indeed being used maliciously!

No fear-mongering just facts.

No, I'm sure the university did not mean to disseminate sensitive personal information about 40 000 people, and the incident is not a result of ill will. This incident does, however, demonstrates the administration's gross negligence, complete disregard for the people whose livelihoods this leak may endanger, and a dishonest, self-serving approach to dealing with problems. The reason for the long delay with notification was the concern over the impact this incident would have on donations. Even if it takes a long time to cross-check the SSN numbers, there is absolutely no reason to alert everyone on campus that they should watch out, as their identity data might have been compromised. Disgraceful. This university is not an educational institution, just an excuse for privileged n'er-do-wells to waste another four years and approximately 200 000 dollars of their parent's wealth in a drunken, cocaine-induced stupor, while this once respected institution sells off fractions of it's reputation without regard for actual facilities, teaching practices, or education.

Todd Olson: tao4@georgetown.edu
Lynne Hirshfeld: hirschfl@georgetown.edu

I encourage everyone to call Todd Olson, Director of Student Affairs, at 202-687-4056, or email him. Ask why his offices' business manager, Lynne Hirshfeld, kept an unencrypted external hard drive in her office, lying around for anyone who knows how to pick a lock or who has a master key to steal.

All alumni, faculty and staff should be outraged by Georgetown's incredibly poor security. How many of us keep the deeds to our home or stock certificates in safe-deposit boxes? Why can't Georgetown do the same thing, you know, with stuff like FORTY THOUSAND Social Security Numbers, names, and addresses.

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The University has proved itself incapable of the most rudimentary security procedures. I have deleted all my information from the alumni directory to 1) prevent the University from screwing up anything else, and 2) prevent the University from ever contacting me asking for donations.

In addition, I will be writing a number of angry letters to the University indicating my extreme displeasure with the University's conduct and demanding that my social security number be removed from all records, and also writing letters to Congress, seeking the imposition of statutory damages in cases (such as this) where information is not reasonably secured, regardless of whether the stolen information is ever used fraudulently.

I am also exploring legal options. The University's failure to secure this information is simply outrageous, and should be punishable.

Several comments:

To sue the University would just further damage many of the individuals who are already hurt by this breach of security. GU has what it has because of tuition payment and Alumni donations. These funds need to be used to run and improve GU and depleting them in a class action suit would serve no purpose that would change what has happened, just cause delay of projects and loss of more key employees.By the way,

Security at GU is a JOKE! As a parent, I have walked unto campus several times at all hours of the night and day with no questions asked. I am aware that computer theft and harassment of GU students by non students on campus is an ongoing issue. As a private institution adjacent to a major metro with a high crime rate, this lack of security and easy access to campus is well known and simply unacceptable. That computer theft is the only major incident is pure luck. Do we have to lose a student before security is tightened?

Stop using SS numbers as student numbers. Assign a student id# and use it.

Someone needs to be accountable for this. Find out what happened and move quickly. Take action and get a new plan in place. The MSB is supposed to be developing future business leaders. What a great opportunity to set the example for them on how to react to a situation of this proportion. Invoke crisis management and show the students they way issues like this should be handled. BTB the administration needs to realize this is real life and not academia. They can't run and hide from this, and passing the buck is NOT acceptable.

A last shot. Seems to me The Hoya has done a responsible job of reporting the story here. Maybe the administration should let the paper be independent and keep its name instead of trying to control it. Seems to me they have a lot of other things under their control they need to improve before worrying about control of the paper!

I don't get why all of our information - eight years' worth - was sitting out on a hard drive in the Office of Student Affairs.

What was the student affairs staff doing with our information? I hope The Hoya does a follow up and figures out that piece of this issue.

Related, maybe it's time for Georgetown to set up an information security office to oversee how personal data is being used and stored across the campus. Right now, it seems decentralized. Having written policies without real oversight is an obvious shortcoming.

You know, it's funny. I spent the last 24 hours enraged at the senseless nature of this security breach. Easy research and word of mouth told us that Lynne Hirshfeld, Business Manager for Student Affairs, is responsible and should be held accountable.

That's fine. But did you know that this failure to protect sensitive information is illegal, and EXPLICITLY stated as such in university policy?

"It must be noted that mistreament and mis-storage of confidential data is not only against university policy - it can also be a legal matter. Laws and regulations govern specific types of data....The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), protects personal information about current and former students. See GU FERPA for more details."

Lynne Hirshfeld is on the Appeals Board and has access to even more confidential information than the 38,000 social security numbers she dismissed. How ironic that a woman who broke the faculty's code of conduct is one of a small circle of people bequeathed with upholding the student code of conduct. What a shame.

So in case you missed her contact info on an earlier post, her number is (202) 687-5225 or hirschfl@georgetown.edu

The risk to student social security numbers does not end with the theft of this drive from Lynn Hirschfeld's Office. Todd Olson's office and DeGioia should be awarwe of the daily risk posed by the GU student Health Center, which requires students to read their social security number to the receptionist on the phone or in person when booking an appointment. When a student refuses to do so, he is denied the opportunity to book an appointment.

Personally, while I now am skeptic of the competency of the Office of Student Affairs, I cast even more doubt on the ability of the Student Health Center to protect this same information. Whether it's run by Medstar or not, Georgetown needs to ensure that such information is adequately protected there too.

Seems like now is the right time for the Admin to review University information security policies all across the board.

Rumor has it that Georgetown has hired Chief Wiggum to find the stolen hard drive.

A man much wiser than me gave me the following advice. I want to pass this along to everyone:

"1. Identity Theft will be a bigger problem for you as GU grads than for the US population as a whole. College grads, particularly from schools who have a reputation for affluent students, are much more tempting targets for fraud and identity theft then someone who has no money or no credit.

2. Notice the paragraph in this article that says GU "will begin notifying individuals who may have potentially had their personal financial info compromised". It is a federal and DC law that institutions take this action. For the most part you can expect an organization to send you a letter if they have messed up and revealed your personal financial info. However...this is a VERY expensive process. Institutions will try to get out of it if possible. The law is pretty specific as to when you have to be informed. There are not many loopholes, but there are some.

3. Because you cannot always know if some portion of your personal finances have been compromised, or if you are a victim of identity theft, you should have some form of personal financial protection. There are several pretty good companies out there that take advantage of new consumer protection laws. Typically these organizations monitor your credit reports and they let you know if an organization has been asked for your credit information. If someone steals your ID the first thing they are going to do is take out a loan or credit card in your name. To do that they have to run a credit check with one of the big three credit companies. That is one place you can catch them. They also normally offer some sort of insurance against financial loss or expense in correcting compromised records.

Here is one company I know of. https://www.trustedid.com/ Alternatively your personal bank may also have a program, same for your credit card company.

Want more options? Google "Identity Theft protection".

The thing is you have to make the effort to implement some form of ID theft protection. You should coordinate it with your parents as they probably have a huge say in your finances. They may already have something in place."

I would take his advice pretty seriously. Hope this helps.

As a parent I urge all students,alum and faculty to call Transunion at 800-680-7289. They have a 3 minute automated phone prompt that immediately puts a"credit watch" on your SSN/credit at all 3 credit companies.

Check out their website at www.transunion.com>

You can do the same through equifax or experian.

Todd Olson: tao4@georgetown.edu, 202-687-4056
Lynne Hirshfeld: hirschfl@georgetown.edu, 202-687-5225

Call and let your voice be heard regarding the fact that your identity is now at risk because of Lynne Hirshfeld, Todd Olson and others who did not take the security of our personal information seriously.

Seriously? I would think that a college alum would understand the need for the university to maintain such records. I guess when your employer calls to verify your status or you need to order transcripts for graduate school or one of the other myriad of reasons one would need to verify your identity you'll appreciate the challenge of maintaining complex data.

To be honest, while this is frustrating, it is NOT UNIQUE to Georgetown. Organizations in every sector are having problems maintaining and securing data. Unfortunately, you just don't get notified every time your data is compromised.

This challenge is further complicated by people just buying technology to back-up data because they fear computer crashes. Walk into any office and you see the problem. Most workers don't know how to protect data because it is simply invisible ones and zeros to them. When the data was in filing cabinets or complicated mainframes it was much easier for folks to understand.

And the person who suggested a safety deposit box, obviously doesn't work in an office with real deadlines or they would understand how impractical that "suggestion" is.

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/savethehoya/signatures.html

Is this because of the leak of the 38,000 SSNs? If so, how did they 1) get your credit card or credit card number? 2) know you had a BoA account and know the account number?

You can't just close a bank account unless you have a debit card or some form of ID.

Identity thieves strike by opening new credit lines. I don't see how they could have charged an existing credit card you own using just your SSN. How could they get the number?

All-in-all your story doesn't make sense. It would make sense if someone had stolen your wallet.

Does anyone know the probability that our SSNs will be misused? I guess that would depend on what else was in the files, i.e. addresses, telephone numbers, etc.

Is the threat here that the thief could somehow hack into existing accounts with this info (by requesting an address change or password change or something) or is it simply that they will open up new lines of credits?

I guess I would just like a realistic picture of what I should be worried about.

Seconded. I still think this comment is suspicious. I've never heard of a bank in my life that would allow someone to close out an account with 20k in it based on a name, SS#, and address.

I guess I could see (the ID theives) making a big effort, reseraching a particular name behind the data, creating a photo ID based on their research, somehow securing account #s etc. This sort of stuff COULD happen when they have access to the name / address / SS# - it's a springboard to a lot of bad stuff happening.

However, in this short of time for something that elaborate to happen? No. Still don't believe it.

I'm confused by your rationale for not suing Georgetown. The time when I cared about Georgetown's progress / sustainability is long gone. You don't take a tortfeasor or a criminal and say "But hey, if we sue him ... it might really make things hard on him"

Too bad. That's life. Moreover, in the long run, a suit might be just what Georgetown needs to get a freaking wakeup call that their mismanagement and poor practices do, in fact, have consequences.

As students, we had terribly emasculated voices in the face of the administration. We're not students anymore and the wrongs that are being committed because of their incompetence are in no way minor, 'brush it off' sorts of events.

I have no sympathy for these areas of "Georgetown" and no patience for their screw-up.

The SSN in USA has been a serious security problem for a long time. It is used as an identifier for almost everything and there don't seem to be any rules about who can ask for it or store it. Georgetown certainly has a problem here but its indicative of how SSN is allowed to be used. Its a defacto universal ID. The gov't should get its act together and make SSN more secure.

Un-encrypted, in a locked office. Yup, hi security indeed.

The most likely use of the stolen hard drive would be to hold stolen movies and songs. The person who stole it was most likely looking for more storage at a good price.

I read all of the comments. Most responses posted here sound like "Fear and Loathing in DC."

First, understand why SSNs were stored. The Hoya says these may have been student health insurance records.
Medical systems use SSN to identify patients. The Federal government requires SSN to verify a taxable benefit. Federal income tax deductions and health care tax-free accounts require an SSN. Don't blame the university for using an SSN. (but you could blame them for storing several years worth).

Second, there were comments about how long it takes "to verify the data loss."
You don't need to try and match SSNs to some master database when a hard drive is stolen. If this was an external drive, then it was probably used to copy files from a PC. Assuming that's true, then you can just look at the data on the PC to see what is the worst case scenario of what is missing.

Third, there is a lot of anger towards the office of students affairs, and this seems a bit misdirected to me.
This was a theft of property. The lapse of data protection was secondary. Where was campus security? Georgetown has it's own small security force. What about security cameras? Over the holiday break, hardly anyone is on campus.

Why aren't the information systems folks getting some blame? Ultimately, isn't this their responsibility? Sure there are policies. Is there training for staff members? Are there checks and balances? Are there sanctions for infractions?

Finally, I can understand that those affected are upset. But so far, nothing has happened. They may be in greater jeopardy. But that's it. (so far...)

Have you ever encrypted data on a computer? I am a technology professional, and I've done it less than 6 times. When your computer security officer told you to be careful - did you yawn, or did you run home and encrypt your tax returns?

I know Lynn and Todd as colleagues, and between them they have dedicated over 25 years of outstanding service to Georgetown. And both have been consummate professionals.

You think people should be fired for locking their office and going away for Christmas break? Did you lock your office and go away for Christmas break?

This is a sad story and a loss to many. But your fears are eliminating the opportunity of advancement. And this message board is just propagating fear. Get smarter, not angrier. Didn't you go to Georgetown?

So far nothing has happened? Are you kidding? Thousands of students and alumni have already put fraud alerts on their accounts, which means that their life has become much more complicated (ever tried to apply for a loan with a fraud alert on your credit file?), not to mention the frustration of dealing with this mess - the hotline is useless, and none of the credit reporting agencies have phone numbers where you can actually reach a person. To say that no damage has been done so far is ridiculous.

So you known Lynn and Todd as colleagues -- that's just great. I'm touched. So on your say-so I should ignore the basic fact that they were grossly negligent with my personal information. Which, by the way, they didn't need to keep beyond whatever the applicable statute of limitations is -- likely three years. While you're wringing your hands over whether they might lose their jobs, we're worried that someone out there is ruining our lives as we speak. Seems like a fair trade to me.

It's a basic rule of business that when you mess up badly, you run the risk of getting fired. To ignore that rule is to say to your other employees that there are no consequences for monumental errors in judgment. "Consummate" professionalism or not, gross negligence is gross negligence. Oh, and lest you try to argue that they weren't grossly negligent, why don't you take a look at Georgetown's own information security guidelines? They didn't follow them, did they?

You say that you're a technology professional who almost never encrypts data? That doesn't exactly bolster your defense of Lynn and Todd here. Let's hope that you don't deal with others' sensitive personal information.

Also, I just noticed your last comment. Trust me, I can be both angry AND smart. Going to Georgetown had nothing to do with that -- it's called being human. If you can't handle both traits at the same time, that's your problem.

What's even more negligent is that Georgetown apparently retained the names and SSNs of people who were accepted but never attended the school! I was enrolled in the law school in 1997 (which is earlier than the 1998 date the article gives for affected students) for approximately ONE week before I was accepted off of the Wait List for my first choice and informed Georgetown of my decision to cancel my enrollment in Georgetown Law and enroll elsewhere. Why in the world wouldn't my personal information be deleted immediately upon being informed that I was canceling my enrollment?? And I am not the only person in this position. An employee at Georgetown's Advancement Office (whatever that is) told me that she had received several calls from people who had received letters about the data theft but had never attended even one day of class at Georgetown.

That is pretty bad. Things like these should be prevented. Even when they happen, there is a need for immediate action!

How can someone loose so much information! This is outrageous. I cant believe this happened!

What I'm writing here is not unique. I've been in touch with many of my former classmates (umm ... did everyone get the e-mai? It seems like that).

i dont understand how can someone lose so many numbers and jeoperdise the privacy of so many people. I feel like I should just put my Headphones on and not hear anything any more.

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All alumni, faculty and staff should be outraged by Georgetown's incredibly poor security. How many of us keep the deeds to our home or stock certificates in safe-deposit boxes? Why can't Georgetown do the same thing, you know, with stuff like FORTY THOUSAND Social Security Numbers, names, and addresses.

The 100-member task force will consist of University Information Services personnel and leaders from the university’s three campuses, “along with those familiar with specific data in areas including finance, human resources, student information and research,” the UIS release said.

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Forty Thousand names and socials misplaced???

"The 100-member task force will consist of University Information Services personnel and leaders from the university’s three campuses, “along with those familiar with specific data in areas including finance, human resources, student information and research,” the UIS release said..."

Well, that's just horrible. I hope someone's head is on the chopping block.

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They only can hope it was stolen by an ordinary thief, who has nothing to do with data.