OPP Employees at Penn State University Victims of a Virus

1,000 employees of the Office of Physical Plant (OPP) from 2000 were notified of a possible security breach on an administrative computer.

A virus was downloaded onto the OPP administrative computer sometime in February and may have possible infected files containing social security numbers and other sensitive data on the employees.

The IT department is currently searching all computers on the network to be sure no other files with Social Security numbers still exists and is accessible.

OPP administrative offices state that it’s highly unlikely that the information was accessed for the sole purpose of obtaining social security numbers, but they are taking the steps to protect those who may have been affected anyway. Details were not released. Staff should look in to the identity protection options provided or compare identity theft protection services here.