Western Connecticut State University is notifying 235,000 students and others that their personal information may have been exposed. A vulnerability in the university’s computer system was found to have existed from April 2009 to September 2012. The at-risk information includes Social Security numbers. The university is offering up to two years of identity theft protection to those affected. Meanwhile, Advanced Data Processing has announced a data breach after an employee illegally accessed individual account information. The company learned of the breach October 1. World Privacy Forum’s Pam Dixon said the company’s handling of breach notification was “poor business practice.”
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