update: TX: Irving ISD says data stolen on 3, 400 employees

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/6370750.html

Identity thieves using the names and Social Security numbers of Irving 
Independent School District employees have made thousands of dollars in 
purchases, school officials say.

One woman has been accused of fraudulent use or possession of identifying 
information and two charges of credit card abuse. A second person linked 
to the theft case has been arrested but no charges have yet been filed in 
the Irving case, authorities said.

At least 64 of the 3,400 teachers and other employees whose names were on 
the old benefits report that somehow ended up in the trash have said they 
are identity theft victims. The school district mailed letters to current 
and former employees about the breach, but 472 of the letters were 
returned as undeliverable.

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