University of Alaska: thousands affected by data breach, including names, social security numbers

KTUU reports:

Approximately 25,000 students, staff, and faculty members associated with the University of Alaska were affected following a successful phishing scam and subsequent data breach late last year.

The University of Alaska sent out letters to those people who had their names and accompanying social security numbers exposed to “an individual or individuals unknown to [the university]” due to an email scam.