Western Oklahoma State College

Important Notice: 

Western Oklahoma State College was notified by the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) of a recent data breach. An unauthorized party obtained files from within the NSC systems that may have contained information from current and former WOSC students. The issue stems from a vulnerability in a software tool called Moveit Transfer that the NSC uses to transfer data.

Western does not use the Moveit Transfer tool and data stored by Western was not breached.  Western sends student enrollment data to the NSC to facilitate compliance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, The Higher Education Act, and other applicable laws.

The NSC has rectified the vulnerability and is working with law enforcement and third-party  security experts to determine what records and individuals were affected. The NSC serves thousands of colleges and universities, so students attending other colleges may receive multiple notices.

Western personnel will continue to closely monitor the situation and provide updates as we receive them.

More Information from NSC and Resources for Protecting Yourself

• For more information, please view the NSC's Security Issue Update page.
• Review and familiarize yourself with the FTC's warning signs of identity theft.
• Check your credit report at http://annualcreditreport.com
• Consider placing a credit freeze on your credit report with each of the three credit reporting agencies: TransUnion, Experian, Equifax.
• Consider enrolling in an identity theft protection service.