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Incident Report
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- Is personal data about me still viewable by unauthorized persons?
- NO! Unauthorized access to the sensitive data was disabled by 9:00pm on Monday, January 29, 2007. This data is believed
to have been first accessible on Monday, January 22, 2007.
- What data could have been exposed?
- Names
- Social Security Numbers
- Credit Card Numbers if used to pay for a parking permit for 2004–2005 academic year. Credit card
information for 21 individuals is believed to have been viewed. (The University will attempt to call each of
these 21 people by Friday, February 16, 2007)
- Auto Insurance Carrier and Policy Number (if provided to the University for a parking permit in academic year
2004-2005)
- Automobile owner name, car make and model (if provided to the University for a parking permit in academic
year 2004-2005)
- Student Information (including student judicial records, graduate admissions, and student housing records; at
this time there is no indication that grades were accessed)
- Applicant Data for faculty and administrator jobs posted from 2004 until 2006
- How many people were affected?
- The university is mailing approximately 65,000 notifications to current and former faculty, staff and students who may
have been impacted. Credit card information for 21 individuals is believed to have been viewed. The University will
attempt to call each of these 21 people by Friday, February 16, 2007.
- Why was data about me exposed and what has the University done to secure this data?
- The problem is believed to have been caused by a programming error associated with a computer program designed to
reduce the internal use of social security numbers on the OneStop system; the University is not believed to have been
“hacked”. Unauthorized access to this data was disabled by University IT services within fifteen minutes of this
problem being reported. The University remains committed to protecting its data about you and has taken all available
measures to secure its network and data about you.
- Where can I get more information?
- The University continues to monitor and review this situation and will provide updates online at www.ecu.edu/incident.
- What should I do if I think my personal information has been compromised?
- Review the documents from the North Carolina Attorney General’s Office included with this notice and visit http://noscamnc.gov/yourself.html
- Call your credit card company
- Call the national credit reporting organizations listed below to place a fraud alert on your account:
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