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Law School Victim Of A Cyber Attack, Applicant Data Compromised

An unexpected downside to applying to this law school.

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UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN – MADISON — LETTER — COMPUTER SECURITY INCIDENT

This letter is to inform you of a computer security incident on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus that may have exposed records containing your name and Social Security Number.

What Happened: On November 3, 2016, the University of Wisconsin Law School became aware that a server containing Social Security Numbers paired with names that corresponded to Law School applicant data from 2005-06 suffered an outside attack on that same day. The information was immediately removed upon the discovery of the attack. However, our investigation revealed that your name and Social Security Number were among the 1,213 name and Social Security number pairs that were likely obtained by the attacker. The University of Wisconsin Police Department is leading the law enforcement investigation which has indicated that the attack originated from inside the United States.

What We Are Doing: The University of Wisconsin Law School apologizes to you for this situation. We take data security very seriously. The university is making consistent and strong efforts to protect a vast array of technology and information across the campus. Since learning of the incident, we have taken additional security measures, including implementing an additional vulnerability identification program, evaluating current applications and decommissioning those no longer needed, tightening application credentials for access to databases, and deploying additional network intrusion detection. Due to this incident, we are offering identity theft protection services through ID Experts®, a data breach and recovery services expert, to provide you with MyIDCare. MyIDCare will help you monitor your situation and resolve issues if your identity is compromised. [Personal information has been omitted.]

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