UTA data on 27,000 people possibly exposed

Somebody peered electronically into a file server at the University of Texas at Arlington, leaving health data on 27,000 students, faculty and staff potentially exposed to snooping eyes, the school said Friday in a news release.

"We have no indication the data was downloaded," said Kristin Sullivan, the school's assistant vice president for media relations, in an interview. She said the incident was tantamount to "somebody opening an unsecured door and looking inside." The school is not aware of fraudulent use of the information that may have been exposed on the file server, according to a news release.

The data in question included records of students, faculty and staff who received or filled a prescription through the Student Health Center between 2000 and June 21, 2010. Names, addresses, prescription names, amounts spent and diagnostic codes were potentially vulnerable, according to the release.