POMONA, Calif. A former student notified the university last month that he'd
found information on himself while searching the Web. An
investigation found that an Excel file had inadvertently been
released with the addresses, Social Security numbers and other
information on 675 people who applied to the school in 2001.
Cal Poly official Debra Brum says the information was mistakenly
placed in a computer folder that could be publicly accessed. It's
unclear how long the data was public.
The school has removed the information from the Web and is
notifying the former applicants.
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