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Mississippi - Belhaven College data stolen
From: lyger <lyger () attrition org>
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 16:58:57 -0400 (EDT)
http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060802/NEWS/608020375 By Jimmie E. Gates and Marti Covington August 2, 2006 A laptop computer stolen last month from a Belhaven College employee contained names and Social Security numbers of college employees, leaving them vulnerable to identity theft. Belhaven College President Roger Parrott confirmed Tuesday the stolen computer contained some personal information on employees. But Parrott said he didn't know how many of the private school's roughly 300 employees' personal information was compromised by the theft. Parrott notified faculty and staff of the situation in a memo July 25. "The computer of the auditor did have several sophisticated levels of security on it, so we are hopeful the thief won't be able to open it and will just toss it out," Parrott said in the memo obtained by The Clarion-Ledger. "However, we all need to be aware of anything that looks suspicious in your credit rating, and to be extra cautious of someone calling and claiming to have your Social Security number and trying to get more information from you." [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/errata/dataloss/
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