Harvard Business School is working to respond to a data breach that compromised studentsâ personal information, including some social security numbers and exam submissions.
HBS Chief Information Officer Ronald âRonâ S. Chandler initially announced the breach in an email to school affiliates on Jan. 11.
Chandler wrote that the Business School was notified by a software vendor of unauthorized access to its files on Dec. 29, after which the school launched an investigation. The investigation found that one or more âunauthorized third partiesâ had downloaded âfiles containing personal informationâ between Dec. 21 and Dec. 23.
In a follow-up email to affected students on Feb. 10, HBS Information Security Officer and Managing Director of IT Compliance Christopher âChrisâ W. Pringle confirmed that some affiliatesâ social security numbers had been compromised, in addition to other personal information â such as names, contact informat