Identity Theft at Southwest Mississippi
About 1,000 former student of the Southwest Mississippi Country College were warned against identity theft threats after having their private details exposed on the internet. The breach was quickly fixed by the college’s representatives.
Steve Bishop, vice president of student affairs, quoted by WXTV, stated that the breach was unintentional and it was fixed in about 12 hours after being discovered. The exposed data included names, addresses, and only in some cases social security numbers.
