NEW YORK, March 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Baruch College ("Baruch"), a public college in New York City, is providing notice of a recent incident that may affect certain individuals' personal information.
On December 14, 2024, Baruch experienced a cybersecurity incident, which led to unauthorized access to documents contained within its system. Baruch takes the confidentiality, privacy, and security of personal information in its care seriously. Upon discovery, Baruch immediately launched an investigation to confirm the nature and scope of the incident. Baruch reported this incident to law enforcement and is taking steps to implement additional safeguards and review policies and procedures relating to data privacy and security.
Baruch is unable to definitively say what specific sensitive personal information was accessed by the unauthorized third party. Out of an abundance of caution, the school has decided to notify Baruch current and former students, and faculty and family members because their information is or has been processed by Baruch. Therefore, the school cannot rule out the possibility that their sensitive personal information may have been involved in the incident Baruch is offering two years of free credit monitoring and identity theft protection services to all potentially impacted individuals. Members of this group who are interested in enrolling in these services, should visit the Baruch College website for more information: https://bctc.baruch.cuny.edu/security-incident-dec-2024.
While the specific data elements vary for each potentially affected individual, and some individuals may not be affected at all, the information potentially involved could include an individual's name, and one or more of the following, if that information was provided to Baruch and affected by the incident: social security number; driver's license number or government issued identification number, credit or debit card number; financial account number; medical or health information, or information provided as part of disability services or counseling center services.
Baruch encourages individuals to remain vigilant against incidents of identity theft and fraud, to review account statements, and monitor free credit reports for suspicious activity. Out of an abundance of caution, if potentially affected individuals would like to take additional measures to protect against identity theft, the Federal Trade Commission provides general advice here: https://consumer.ftc.gov/features/identity-theft.
Media Contact: Suzanne Bronski, Director of Public Relations ([email protected])
SOURCE BARUCH COLLEGE
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