The Education Department said it would arrange for free credit monitoring for as many as 21,000 student loan borrowers after their personal data appeared on its Web site. Terri Shaw, the department’s chief operating officer for federal student aid, said the people involved were holders of federal direct student loans who used the department’s loan Web site, www.dlssonline.com, from Sunday to Tuesday. Officials blamed a software upgrade that mixed up data for different borrowers when users accessed the Web site. Since Sunday, 26 borrowers have complained. The data includes names, birthdates, Social Security numbers, addresses, phone numbers. Students who have loans managed through private companies were not affected.

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