Penn State Data Breaches Put 30,000 At Risk

In three unrelated data breaches, the social security numbers of 30,000 people may have been compromised. Apparently, the sensitive data, which was stored in unprotected computers, was stolen just before the Christmas holidays.

The university is investigating ways to make their stored data safer. Hopefully, these changes will include encrypting files and folders stored on university-owned computers.

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