My SSN was exposed in a breach at Columbia, a school I have no connection with
6 hours ago
- #SSN exposure
- #Columbia University
- #data breach
- Received letter from Columbia University about data breach exposing 1.8 million SSNs, despite having no connection to the university.
- Columbia's notices targeted "members of the Columbia community", but victims included unaffiliated individuals.
- Letter offered no explanation for how Columbia obtained and exposed the author's Social Security Number.
- Directed to sign up for credit monitoring via Kroll, but support services proved ineffective.
- Columbia official later explained decades of third-party data collection and failed removal efforts led to warehousing unaffiliated data.
- Hotline from Kroll only allowed escalating cases, with no substantial follow-up or information provided.