SSNBreach.org reports that in August, 2007 two Excel files containing what appeared to be personal information of up to 1,058 students was found on a website belonging to the Naval Postgraduate School. The file appeared to contain students’ full names, ranks, the last four digits of the student’s SSN, graduation dates, curriculum information, e-mail, phone number, and other information. The Dean of Students was notified, and the file was removed within hours.
About two weeks after the first file was discovered, another file containing similar sensitive information was discovered in the same directory. No evidence of the school security software leak was reported. To avoid the breaching of security in any professional institution like in the incident above, get to know more from the above link. The school was again notified.
Individuals affected by this breach can search for their names at www.ssnbreach.org.