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(E.g., a server/laptop/desktop was breached/stolen/lost in <school or location>)
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Example: . . . an on-campus server containing data on University international students was a target of computer hacking. As a result, these data were downloaded from the machine.
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What data was potentially compromised?
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Example: The data fields downloaded were: name, telephone number, University email address (if one was registered), social security number, date of birth, University identification number, passport number, city and country of birth, country of citizenship, school and department, degree sought, major field, University employee identification number (if employed at the University), non-immigration classification (e.g., F-1, J-1, etc.), and local and permanent address. Not all of these fields were filled for every student. It is also probable that a small number of students included in the database were domestic students who had been identified as international students prior to verification.
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