Victims sue Georgetown University over sensitive data leak
Sensitive information was leaked at Georgetown University. A Virginia prosecutor who is an alumnus of the university filed a lawsuit against it over the leak. A law professor also filed suit, and questions about the leak were raised up to November 2024.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Georgetown University
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Not confirmed
- Cause / method
- Not confirmed
- Location
- United States
If your data was exposed
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Timeline
- A Virginia prosecutor sued his alma mater, Georgetown University, over a data leak.
- A law professor's lawsuit against the university over the sensitive data leak came to light.
- Questions the university had not answered about the data leak were raised.
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