Honolulu, Hawaii University Leaks Some 4500 Student Social Security numbers on publicly accessible website

On November 4th, it was discovered that some 4,500 students of the Chaminade University of Honolulu, Hawaii had personally identifiable data, including Social Security numbers, available on a publicly accessible web page through the university for what is believed to be about eight months.

Those who are affected are students who attended Chaminade University as an undergraduate from the years 1997 to 2006.It appears as thought the information was posted primarily through human error, and that there was no malicious intent.In addition, there have been no reported incidents of the information being used improperly in identity theft.

Those who are affected are encouraged to monitor and review their credit reports, by obtaining a free one at annualcreditreport.com, sign up for identity theft protection, or to email infosecure@chaminade.edu with any additional questions or for more information regarding this particular security breach.