Second laptop with student data was stolen

["Dissent" <Dissent () pogowasright org>]

University of Minnesota officials confirmed Thursday a second theft of
a laptop computer this summer that contained private student data.

The incident involved a U art department laptop holding about 200
student names, university IDs and grades but no Social Security
numbers. It was stolen from a faculty member in June during a trip to
Spain.

There's no indication the data have been misused, though the loss was
considered a security breach under Minnesota law. Last month, the U
acknowledged two Institute of Technology laptops were stolen in August
with data on more than 13,000 students who enrolled in the school as
freshmen between fall 1991 and 2006. Some of those records contained
Social Security numbers.

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