U. of Texas Student’s Personal Information Available Online

The University of Texas said it works hard to notify students about how to avoid identity theft, but the school put some of its own at risk.

The Personal information, including Social Security numbers of 22 current and former students, was posted and available to access on a university FTP site in late September.

All the students impacted were enrolled in a petroleum and geosystems class during the summers of 2001 and 2002.

The university took the files offline within hours after being notified by SSNBreach.org, but not before 22 students' Social Security numbers were exposed.

The university said there is an ongoing effort to get rid of using Social Security numbers except where they are needed.