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Princeton Review Accidentally Exposed Test Scores, Personal Information

by Tim Stevens on August 19, 2008 at 05:01 PM

Princeton Review is to Web Security as Krispy Kreme is to Healthy LivingWhere there are standardized tests there are always companies making a killing on exam preparation books and classes. Princeton Review is one of those, specializing in training for exams ranging from the ACT to the USMLE. However, the company itself apparently needs a lesson when it comes to Web security -- it accidentally posted over 100,000 records of private information about students online for anyone to access.

The company exposed information on 34,000 students in Florida, including birth-dates, ethnicities, and scores on standardized tests. Information on a further 74,000 students in Virginia was also exposed and made public on the company's website apparently due to a massive security oversight when it switched Web hosting providers. If that weren't bad enough, the site also exposed confidential company documentation describing how to write mock tests based on the real exams while dodging copyright violations.

So, at least the students aren't the only ones left with their dirty laundry hung out to dry by this debacle, and we can't wait for all the well written legal briefs to come flying in from this one. Don't forget those semicolons, lawyers! [From: The New York Times]

Tags: breaking news, BreakingNews, princeton review, PrincetonReview, sat, security, standardized tests, StandardizedTests

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