About 5,000 current and former students of the University Dominican in Chicago were alerted months late because last that their personal information may have been violated as a result of a break in the digital secure files by both current students. The school had held off on announcing publicly the violation so far to help reduce the overall impact of the breach, but all individuals affected have been informed of the risk of identity theft immediately.
School officials believe it was an isolated incident and there were no reports of compromised data being misused in any way. The school has recommended that those affected contact the three major credit bureaus and fraud alerts placed on their credit reports. We discussed the difference between fraud alerts and credit freeze guide in our recent fraud alerts and credit freezes.
Learn more by visiting our guide to identity theft protection services.