So for those of you who haven’t yet heard: OU had a data theft incident.

Someone hacked into an old alumni database system and managed to download… something. The database had information relating to over 300,000 individuals, including records of over 137,000 Social Security numbers. OU is contacting everyone who might be affected via email and snail mail to fill them in on the dastardly details.

But what if the University can’t even figure it out for itself? I got two emails today, both from the University. Here’s the crucial passages of each one, both sent originally to the old gdahlberg AT columbus DOT rr address; see if you tell why I’m all confused:

EMAIL 1

The record associated with the e-mail address to which this message
was sent does contain a Social Security Number.

EMAIL 2

The record associated with the e-mail address to which this message
was sent does not contain a Social Security Number.

Which is it, OU?