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More than 1,200 former Algonquin College students may have had their personal information — including their social insurance numbers — compromised back in December, the school confirmed Friday.

One of Algonquin’s computer servers was hacked around six months ago and the school is now offering to pay for credit checks to ensure students have not been victims of identity theft.

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The college confirmed they suspected suspicious activity in December 2014, but “did not know with certainty what was involved until they received the expert report in April 2015,” said the college’s spokesman Phil Gaudreau.

Some of the personal information that “may have been unlawfully accessed” include the student’s name, date of birth, social insurance number, student number, email and mailing address, visa status and citizenship, as well as academic history, according to a statement released by Algonquin. The files did not contain any personal health information or credit card information.