UW-Madison privacy leak was bigger than previously described
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - An accidental leak of personal information on the Internet could have affected more than twice as many U-W-Madison employees as previously reported.
University spokesman Brian Rust says the Social Security-based campus I-D numbers of 529 employees might have been posted on a campus Web site over the course of a year.
But he says the university decided to notify only the 205 employees whose information was most likely seen on the site.
He says it was less likely the information of the additional 324 employees was seen even though the university can't be certain.
One internal document shows a university employee warned the 205 number was inaccurate back in December and that more personal information could have been exposed.
The personal information was inadvertently posted online by a database that tracked purchases from a campus computer shop.
Rust says no employees have been disciplined in the incident.
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