Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corp. Reports Data Loss for 1.3M Borrowers

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2006/05/29/daily11.html

Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corp. says it lost a piece of equipment May 24 
containing the names and Social Security numbers of about 1.3 million 
borrowers.

The loss occurred when a company TG contracted to prepare a document management 
system lost the piece of equipment. The company, Hummingbird Ltd. notified TG 
of the loss May 26.

The amount of data lost represents about 10 percent of TG's borrowers.

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