Cornell Security Breach Leaves 45,000 at Risk of Identity Theft Started in Cornell University by Dave_Berry on 06-24-2009
This afternoon, Cornell alerted over 45,000 current and former members of the University community that their confidential personal information — including name and social security number — had been leaked when a University-owned computer was stolen.

Cornell Sends Rejected Students ‘Congrats’ E-mails Started in Cornell University by Dave_Berry on 04-10-2009
"A technological glitch as well as human error caused the Office of Financial Aid to mistakenly send congratulatory e-mails earlier this month to 25 prospective students who had already been rejected by the Office of Admissions . . ."