Sinclair Community College Inadvertently Posts Private Information

A small scare happened at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio last week.

An employee of the college found an accessible file by doing a simple web search, and notified officials immediately of the error. The information on the spreadsheet contained the names and Social Security numbers of some 1,000 employees from 2000 to 2001, and it is believed to have been left open for public viewing on the Internet for around a year.

As of Monday, the college removed the file and has not received any reports of identity theft occurring from the visibility of this spreadsheet. Employees during those years should consider credit protection through an identity theft protection company.