Georgetown has still not answered many questions about the recent leak of student, alumni, and applicant data.
For 12 hours from Oct. 16 to Oct. 17, confidential information regarding students and applicants to Georgetown since 1990 was leaked and widely accessible via Ellucian, Georgetown's data management system. This information included social security numbers, GPAs, financial aid information, disability and immigration status.
According to a university wide email on Oct. 17, the leak was not due to "external attack or security compromise" of Georgetown's data management system, but instead caused by "an inadvertent setting change" that allowed users with GU IDs to access the data.