"Georgia Tech takes every breach seriously, and the security of our students' personal information is of paramount concern," said Matt Nagel, Georgia Tech spokesperson. "In this case, the information involved is not financial in nature, but it is data that we would not normally publish as directory information."

Georgia Tech is unaware of any misuse of the demographic information from the computer account, and the breach has been isolated. Immediate steps have been taken to isolate the impacted electronic file, and additional technical and administrative safeguards are under way.