University of Alabama reports data breach caused by compromised email account
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The University of Alabama is reporting a data breach that compromised sensitive information belonging to an unspecified number of individuals. The University of Alabama, established in 1831, is a public research university based in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
The incident was discovered when an unauthorized party accessed an employee's email account, potentially exposing personal data, including: names and Social Security numbers.
No other details are disclosed about the breach.
Following the breach, the university locked down the account and is conducting an investigation to determine the extent of the data exposure and beginning the process of notifying affected individuals through data breach notification letters.
