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MORE users affected by the SunGard laptop theft
From: Henry Brown <hbrown () knology net>
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:48:43 -0500
These from Binghamton University http://www.bupipedream.com/pipeline_web/display_article.php?id=7938 Another security breach — this time following the theft of a laptop owned by the company which implements the Banner system — has exposed the names and Social Security numbers of over 130 individuals related to Binghamton University. This weekend the University notified 11 students and about 120 applicants that their names and Social Security numbers were saved on a laptop belonging to an employee of SunGard Higher Education, which was stolen on March 13. The information was password protected, but not encrypted, and the laptop also contained similar information for about 3,400 Connecticut State University students and an undisclosed number of University at Buffalo students. Although SunGard Higher Education, the company which offers consulting for Banner system users, notified the SUNY system about the theft on April 9, a BU spokeswoman declined to say what caused the nearly two-week delay in notifying students about the breach. A SUNY spokeswoman could not be reached for comment about the time lapse. According to New York State law, any person or business who handles sensitive personal information, such as Social Security numbers, must disclose security breaches, but the law does not specify a time frame for the notification. [...] _______________________________________________ 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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