Seriously, I’m beginning to believe I am cursed:
Northwestern University recently discovered that files containing names and personal identification information were on nine desktop computers that had been accessed by unauthorized persons from outside the University.
You are receiving this e-mail because you are one of as many as 17,000 individuals whose records have been identified as being stored on the computers in the Office of Admission and Financial Aid. Northwestern is continuing to investigate the incident to determine if additional records may have been involved. There is no indication that the unauthorized persons accessed any of the personal information, or were even aware of its existence on those computers.
As soon as the computer security breach was discovered, Northwestern’s technical support personnel shut down the affected computers. In compliance with University policies and privacy regulations, Northwestern is notifying the individuals for whom it has addresses whose information was stored on the computers.
While there is no indication that any personal information was accessed, Northwestern recommends that, as a precautionary measure, anyone who has provided Social Security number information to the University’s Office of Admission and Financial Aid follow the identity theft precautions published by the Federal Trade Commission.
I mean, really, after the year I’ve had–first OU, then my wallet, now THIS? I should just put up an ad somewhere on the Internet advertising my identity to the highest bidder. I might as well profit on it, right??
