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FL: DOE slow to act on ID threat
From: lyger <lyger () attrition org>
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:40:16 +0000 (UTC)
http://www.tallahassee.com/article/20090713/COLUMNIST03/907130306/Bill+Cotterell++DOE+slow+to+act+on+ID+threat You know that feeling you get, when you speed through a red light or run a stop sign? There's that first ghastly flash of comprehension when just want to get through the intersection without killing anybody. Then, as your heart restarts, there comes a guilty instant when you look around to see if a cop is around. "Whew!" you sigh, if you get away with it. "Close one." The Florida Department of Education's Office of Student Financial Assistance must be feeling that sort of bated-breath impulse. The agency is notifying 475 student-loan borrowers that their financial records have been exposed to identity theft because the OSFA managed to lose 1,186 "promissory notes" that they signed when they were going to school, and have now fallen behind on. [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () datalossdb org) Get business, compliance, IT and security staff on the same page with CREDANT Technologies: The Shortcut Guide to Understanding Data Protection from Four Critical Perspectives. The eBook begins with considerations important to executives and business leaders. http://www.credant.com/campaigns/ebook-chpt-one-web.php
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