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VSC narrows down personal data exposed by laptop theft (fwd)
From: lyger <lyger () attrition org>
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 08:18:25 -0400 (EDT)
From: InfoSec News <isn () c4i org> Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 03:29:37 -0500 (CDT) http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060406/NEWS/604060353/1004/EDUCATION05 By Darren M. Allen Vermont Press Bureau April 6, 2006 MONTPELIER - A month after the theft of a laptop computer containing personal information of thousands of students and employees of the Vermont State Colleges system, officials are narrowing down the types of private information that were exposed. In a system-wide e-mail sent Monday to students, faculty, staff and alumni of the five state colleges, VSC Chancellor Robert Clarke emphasized the colleges' assertion that no personal information has been accessed or compromised from the laptop, which has not been recovered. "We have no evidence to date that personal data were actually retrieved or misused," Clarke said. "The laptop has not been recovered by law enforcement, so our ongoing information requires working with staff who may have exchanged e-mails and attachments with teams including the owner of the stolen laptop." The concealed laptop was stolen Feb. 28 from the chief information officer's car while it was parked on the streets of Montreal. The car, according to Karrin Wilks, the colleges' vice president for academic and strategic planning, was broken into by someone who also stole a pair of skis and other visible valuables. [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/errata/dataloss/
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