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TX: Spring students' info at risk after laptop theft
From: lyger <lyger () attrition org>
Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 11:29:55 +0000 (UTC)
http://www.khou.com/news/local/stories/khou080515_tj_laptoptheft.1057713ee.html A laptop computer containing the personal information of about 8,000 students was stolen this week from a Spring ISD employee's car. In a letter sent to parents on Thursday, Spring ISD said a testing coordinator's car was broken into when she made a quick stop on her way home from work. The car burglars made off with her school laptop and an external flash drive. The flash drive contains students' social security numbers, personal information, schools those students attend, as well as their grade level and birthdates. The drive also contained the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills test results. [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tenable Network Security offers data leakage and compliance monitoring solutions for large and small networks. Scan your network and monitor your traffic to find the data needing protection before it leaks out! http://www.tenablesecurity.com/products/compliance.shtml
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