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Show - VIEDNESDAYFEBRUARY 1 2 - DIXIESUNNEWS.COM fi.,. ,,,li Security 19 STUDENTS rm 4 tion le 4- ed ,, 11AD resume, pulled up. "I'm concerned because my home address is now online," she said. "My private cell birth-datphone number and my now all that's missing is my social security number. There were certain things that I had been really protective of and now they're exposed. My concern is always identity theft, so if a hacker comes across this information, it's not too tough with every other piece of information to get a social security card." Stabler immediately notified DSU IT of the security exposure, and they began working with Google to have the information taken down. The DSU Information Security Office sent the affected students an email on Thursday, informing them of the security exposure that occurred with the DSU website in November along with assuring them that they worked with Google and the cached information was removed from their servers Jan. 13. Hanna Pollock, a sophomore media studies major from Stansbury Park, said Stabler first made her aware of the not information exposure the university by telling her to Google herself. "My phone number and address were on the internet for anyone to see," Pollock said. "If a stalker wanted to look me up, he or she could easily find me and harass me over phone or by coming to my apartment. PERSONAL INFELIATiTI birthdates 4,114,ows,,,o,,,, numbers Dixie ID 1 ft , i. i , i I I ' , : i ' 1 t K ,, F 1 1 t t ' , '' ': 05, ''" '''' Fr C Z ", ,,,, '', s ,,,, ;',. W ,,, that still remained on Google BY MISSY PARRY MissyParryDSN The IT Department at Dixie State University unintentionally exposed the personal data Visit of dixiesunnews.com article on financial literacy skills. , f -7, I-4 .i 19 journalism scholarship students over the course of six days in November. The incident occurred on the DSU website due to a configuration change that removed the security setting on the to read Taylor Lewis' " 1 CT3 Security exposure at DSU c, , emails LU ' I home addresses g 00 1 t. e, raj majors Inl - stucents1 names phone numbers resumes li7",,ftmlov,m, -- , G PAs journalism scholarship page. This allowed anyone to view the journalism schorarship applications for 19 students online. Google accessed the page before IT the information and created a snapshot called a cached copy don't even know how long the information was visiblet the public, so who knows people could've done." Gary Koeven, the chief information officer at DSU, said the university has a speciali7ed insurance policy for these sorts of incidents. Under the Family Educatiom Rights and Privacy Act, the university has no legal resptt. sibility to notify the students in this case because no socrdl security number, financial or credit card information for a business she ran and her name, including all her private information and a PDF of her EXPOSED INCLUDria for about two months. The leaked information included in those applications were the names of the students, their birthdates, phone numbers, home address, emails, Dixie ID numbers, majors, GPAs and an optional resume attachment. Bank account information, transcripts and social security numbers were not required on the application, so they were not exposed. "At this point, we're hot sure how the page got unsecure," said Rex Frisbey, webmaster of information technology services at DSU. "Whether we were working on it and we accidentally hit the checkbox to unsecure it or if when we updated our production it , - we're missed the update not 100 percent sure." Information security officer Andrew Goble said the change to the page that allowed the data exposure was made on Nov. 9, 2016 and was later fixed on Nov. 15, 2016. Google's.bots accessed the page, indexed the information, and created a cached copy that was still accessible by January. "So you had a y period where this page was accessible to anybody who knew how to look for it," Goble said. "It wasn't made intentionally; it was an accident." Wendy Stabler, a senior English major from Calgary, Canada, stumbled upon the exposed information on Jan. 10. by chance. Stabler said she was Googling an old website six-da- - exposed. "The risk of any of these students having any problem because of this seems very very low," Koeven said. "Be still, we should've protected that information. There was, mistake that was made with the web that caused it to hap. pen, so we decided we wouk have an abundance of cautio: and let the students know had happened." Although insurance isn't going to cover it, i.'cordingt stuthe email DSU sent is offens: the dents, university each of the 19 students a yez, of complimentary Experian: ProtectMyliD Alert as a precaution. Pollock said DSU and the department need to take sit tions like this more seriously, S "The IT department at DK isn't as secure as I originally c thought," she said. "They a mass email as an apols but that doesn't proteone from what they've alitt leased. They need to Ifirtm professional people whotitt,' our privacy seriously." At - , - soar t , 1 degrees require no additional funding and no additional courses," Wade said. The only degree added that requires additional courses is the bachelor's degree in information systems and data analytics, which will require two more courses in the CIT sel from an outside contractor who suggested DSU add a population health program, which is an approach to health that works to improve the health of an entire human population. "Population health is in preventative care," Wade said. "It seems to be a natural evolution from nursing and dental hygiene because it still deals with helping department. people." DEGREE continued from page DIXIE SUN NEWS Spencer Ricks, Editor-in-Chi- ef Markee Heckenliable, News Editor Drayson Ball, Sports Editor Don Gilman, Features Editor Hanna Pollock, Opinion Editor Ashley Harrison, Multimedia Editor Kylea Custer, Photo Editor Wendy Stabler, Social Media Editor Diana Fossett, Copy Editor Skye Clayton Ryann Hein len Jonathan Holland Grant Jones Jalen Jones Shelby Kassuba Taylor Lewis Jacqie Miller Joe Nelson Kristin Parry Alexis Winward Braden Wood Beaux Yenchik Rhiannon Bent, Adviser HOiAl TO REACH US Dixie State University Jennings Bldg. 225 S. 700 E. St. George, UT 84770 Phone: (435) 652-781- 8 Fax: (435) 656-401- 9 dixiesundixte.edu www.dixtesunnews.com Ads: dixiesunadsdixie.edu or (435) 414-009- 6 The Dixie Sun News is distributed each Wednesday during fall and spring semesters as a publication of Dixie State University, the communication department, and Dixie State University Student Activities, DSU administrators do not approve or censor content. The student editorial staff alone determines its news coverage. The unsigned editorial on the opinion page represents the position of Dixie Sun News as determined by its editorial board. Otherwise, the views and opinions expressed in Dixie Sun News are those of the individual writers and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Dixie Sun News or any entity of the university. 1 2 Unused mee110a11:funds to carry over BY RYANN HEINLEN ,,.. AvereeRHeinlen . Construction updates DSU will also start to phase more classes into being taught online. Ryan Hobbs, the newly appointed director of distance and digital learning, announced his plan to the trustees to have 15 percent of DSU's classes available online by 2020. Hired two weeks ago, Hobbs is the first director of distance and digital learning at DSU, President Biff Williams said. "We're about a decade behind in online education," Hobbs said. "Having more classes online will hopefully help with retention of students at DSU, as there'll be more opportunities for classes." ,The two big construction New department in health care The trustees also approved the creation of a new department of health care diagnostics and therapeutics at their meeting. This department will eventually offer a program in population health that will act as a "plan b" for students not accepted into the DSU nursing and dental hygiene programs, Wade said. Wade said they took coun projects planned for DSU in the future the construction of the Human Performance Building and the renovation of Legend Solar Stadium are well on their way to becoming reality, Williams said. The first phase of the Legend Solar Stadium renovations will start Wednesday, when the stadium will be closed for the track to be ripped out and replaced. Legend Solar Stadium will have the improved track installed by June 30, Williams said. The Human Performance Center is ranked as the No. 2 funding priority for the Utah legislature by the board of regents, Williams said. The Utah legislature will vote on funding the Human Performance Center during this year's legislative session, which kicked off Monday. Williams said the plan is to start building the Human Performance Center by fall 2017. "I'm biased, but I've seen universities have less growth in five years than we'll be having in one," Williams said. ' k 1.,. - y 'I. .4-:,x,,,;,,:- '6' , I' buying everything in sight, trying to burn the money left on meal plans that won't carry over. This semester, 875 students, on and off campus, purchased meal plans, said Martin Peterson, director of dining services. Starting this year, students will be able to carry over unused meal-pla- n funds to the next semester, including spring to fall semesters, Peterson said. "We have looked at other schools and found a few that allowed students to carry over a balance," Peterson said. "This will be the first year that we have done this change." Dining services didn't offer any cany over in the past to encourage students to use their meal plans and have extended the hours of both the cafeteria and the Market to accommodate students' schedules. Peterson said any money that was left over from the plans was put back into the prop-aand used to give students a wider variety. "In the past, any balance remaining went into the Dining Services fund, which.we used for construction and remodels," Peterson said. , '''' ' ,,,,,,,.6,,,r, '' 4 V.,', ,1 ,'t II' ) ' l' V ,, ,.'4i ' -- ' ..,,,,, ' ' 't ,,,,- t- '41, - I ,.- - ' - '.4"....-'- 'c S '' Di -,,' - '' ' '. 5 to an ''' ' ,' 44' ,,,6,, ',.,,, , ' ' ....... for AP. r ' ,i t i j , . I I Milton Williams, a junior P. 5. on I .ft. I ne ne - -- ,,,...oi .,..,,,,,J,,,, T -. k ' ' 4: ' ' ,..,., .1;1 'J'if:',.;77i, .' 1, i :'- ' ' ,', '' ' ;II 4, t, '. ...,,' ,'''''''''''',.-'- T- w -, N-- .,...,.., - 0 -' t,' - , '' . , ,. ,'''''''''''' -,- E- ,( m i' , , During the last week of the semester, students rush around .!,:,,.....,,,,,, 46. 1 Online education - ' mL communication major from nar Orderville enn pays for his meal at The Trailblazers Cafe. Martin Peterson, director of dining services, said students will be able to carrychsh( In s unused meal-pla- n funds into the next semester. ma The money collected from leftover meal plans helped fund the new Subway location and the cafeteria's latest addition, Estampida, which is set to open in the coming weeks. DSU is one of the few universities in the nation to offer students the ability to regain the funds spent on meal plans, Peterson said. Before the dining services established this change, Tatum Scoville, a freshman psychology major from Layton, had over $580 left on her meal plan the last day of the 2016 fall semester. "I think meal plans are a good resource for people living on campus," Scoville said. "But if I'm living off campus in the future, I don't think will get one again." L During the last few week edli of the semester, the market abuzz with students attempt gra i to use up the rest of theif Ina( paid plans. ScocIffE "I had Meal Plan B," vile said. "Having roughly $580 left on my card wasllted Pt-I- I practically emptied out L ti" the attz Market." - Brynna Tanner, a sopho- .L more psychology major ficof E Phoenix, lives on campus be r and is one of the over 7,00( D students who does not hav es E We meal plan. "I don't have a meal plan D because I feel like I won't edit an spend that much money food," Tanner said. "Inen COfl or v can go grocery shopping campus, I know what I wly and how much I am willinl pay for it." oil E |