Computer Security Breach at Goshen College May Have Exposed Personal Information on 7,300 Students and Parents

Goshen College (www.goshen.edu) suffered a computer network security breach by an apparent attacker attempting to use Goshen's computer systems for distributing spam e-mail. 

The attack may have exposed the personal information of 7,300 students.   According to Goshen's public statements, the potential data breach may have included "names, addresses, birth dates, Social Security numbers and phone numbers of students and some information on some parents".

Goshen issued an advisory (http://www.goshen.edu/news/pressarchive/05-11-07-security.html) on Friday May 11, 2007.

When will educational institutions learn to protect the personal information of students, faculty, and staff?  How many more data breach incidents will we as a society have to suffer for organizations to do the right thing in protecting our personal information?