The School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences at Alabama’s Auburn University has begun notifying an undisclosed number of alumni and donors that their personal information has been breached, eSecurity Planet reports. The incident occurred when spreadsheets containing the individuals’ names, Social Security numbers and e-mail addresses, among other data, were mistakenly uploaded to a publicly available server. Meanwhile, a Texas lawmaker is taking action to ensure greater transparency when it comes to state agencies’ cyber threats.
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