Virginia: Data-rich computer stolen from Fort Monroe

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http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/dp-67405sy0nov01,0,3737661.story?coll=dp-news-local-final

By Stephanie Heinatz

November 1, 2006

A laptop containing personal information about 4,600 high school seniors 
from across the country was stolen last week from the U.S. Army Cadet 
Command's headquarters at Fort Monroe, a spokesman confirmed Tuesday.

The students are applicants for the Army's four-year ROTC college 
scholarship.

Their applications included their Social Security numbers, birth dates, 
home addresses, phone numbers, parents' names and mother's maiden names. A 
database containing that information was on the missing computer.

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