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Re: Duke Email
« Reply #10 on: December 04, 2007, 06:07:54 PM »
Yikes.  Not unprecedented though.  I applied in 03/04 and received a similar letter from UCLA.  Nothing ever came of it, thankfully.  
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Re: Duke Email
« Reply #11 on: December 04, 2007, 06:14:37 PM »
I just got the email.  They're probably coming in batches.  Did anyone get one saying a SSN was vulnerable?
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Re: Duke Email
« Reply #12 on: December 04, 2007, 06:15:03 PM »
Quote from: Achilles Last Stand on December 04, 2007, 06:05:18 PM
That's interesting.  I applied at around the same time as you, and also used the online status checker, but didn't get either email.

Ok I just jinxed myself - got the email a minute ago.
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Re: Duke Email
« Reply #13 on: December 04, 2007, 06:15:37 PM »
Not the email I wanted to receive from Duke.  Jerks.
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Re: Duke Email
« Reply #14 on: December 04, 2007, 06:15:52 PM »
The one I got says that my SSN is safe, and that the primary concern is with the password I used to check my app status.
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Re: Duke Email
« Reply #15 on: December 04, 2007, 06:31:33 PM »
If you got the SSN email, you should probably go to

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/alerts/infocompalrt.shtm

and follow the instructions to place an initial 90 day fraud alert with one of the credit reporting agencies. I used Equifax and it was pretty painless.
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Re: Duke Email
« Reply #16 on: December 04, 2007, 06:37:23 PM »
I also got the "might have been" compromised email. I concur with the above: not the email I hoped to receive from Duke.
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Re: Duke Email
« Reply #17 on: December 04, 2007, 06:39:12 PM »
Much better than the message I expect to hear from Duke  :D
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Re: Duke Email
« Reply #18 on: December 04, 2007, 06:43:02 PM »
Quote from: hipcathobbes on December 04, 2007, 06:19:39 PM
Quote from: Achilles Last Stand on December 04, 2007, 06:15:52 PM
The one I got says that my SSN is safe, and that the primary concern is with the password I used to check my app status.

I got this email, as well. At this point I forget -- didn't they just assign us passwords?

Yikes
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Re: Duke Email
« Reply #19 on: December 04, 2007, 06:45:25 PM »
Quote from: EatYourVeggies on December 04, 2007, 06:36:47 PM
How are they jerks because someone hacked the website?  The hackers weren't trying to get your passwords; they were trying to use the site to bump the google ranking for their spam sites.

I was joking.  What I meant was, "This wasn't the email I wanted to get from Duke... I would have preferred another one."  Like an acceptance. 

That said, I personally and sincerely apologize to the admissions officials at Duke.  I am sure they are all lovely people.
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