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Seattle University laptop containing 2, 000 Social Security numbers lost
From: Destry Winant <destry () riskbasedsecurity com>
Date: Thu, 2 May 2019 12:23:52 -0500
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/seattle-university-laptop-containing-2000-social-security-numbers-lost/ Seattle University is warning that the names and Social Security numbers of more than 2,000 people could be exposed after a university-issued laptop was lost last month. Files containing information for 2,102 current and former faculty, staff and their dependents are accessible from the unencrypted laptop, which a university employee lost on a King County Metro bus on March 26, according to a statement from the university. A few days later, the employee alerted university officials, who notified Metro and Seattle police, but they were unable to find the laptop. The university said that while there’s no indication the information was accessed, the laptop has access to information about employees and their dependents enrolled in the university’s benefit plan. The information was attached to an offline email cache file on the laptop, according to the university. The “main file of concern” was sent in an email to the employee in error by an outside vendor, which the university said was an isolated incident. The university sent letters to those who may be affected on April 22, offering a one-year membership for an identity-theft and credit-monitoring service. The university recently hired a director of cybersecurity and risk, who investigated the incident. University officials promised to enhance security procedures and said they’re redoubling efforts to encrypt data on all university laptops. _______________________________________________ BreachExchange mailing list sponsored by Risk Based Security BreachExchange () lists riskbasedsecurity com If you wish to Edit your membership or Unsubscribe you can do so at the following link: https://lists.riskbasedsecurity.com/listinfo/breachexchange
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