Marion Military Institute is notifying people whose names, bank account numbers and routing numbers were in its files that an unknown person had access to its network for four days in February, according to a notification letter one Marion family received this week.
The letter, sent on the school’s behalf by Cyberscout, an identity protection firm in Renton, Wash., says MMI became aware of “potential unauthorized activity” on its network Feb. 17 and, with outside computer forensics specialists, determined that an unknown individual had access to the network between Feb. 10 and Feb. 13. A review of the affected files “was recently completed,” the letter says.
The information involved, according to the letter, included the recipient’s name, account number, account type, financial institution name and routing number. The school is offering 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection through Cyberscout, a TransUnion company, and a call center at 1-877-520-8415, open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern time, Monday through Friday.
MMI reported the breach to the Vermont attorney general’s office on Sept. 10, listing three Vermont residents affected and Social Security numbers, financial account codes and credit and debit account information among the data involved, according to that office’s public log of breach notices.
