Computers stolen from college financial aid office

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http://www.dailypilot.com/articles/2007/01/26/front/doc45ba618886459435458713.txt

Two computers stolen from Vanguard University earlier this month
have put more than 5,000 financial aid applicants at risk for
identity theft, authorities said today.

[...]

University officials did not believe the computers kept financial
aid data on their hard drives, Westbrook said. But last Friday they
learned apparently the machines stored that information, including
social security numbers, dates of birth, phone numbers, driver’s
license numbers and lists of assets.

[...]

Anyone who applied for financial aid at Vanguard University for the
2005-2006 or 2006-2007 school years is now at risk, he said. The
5,105 affected include even prospective students who may not have
enrolled at Vanguard. Anyone applying now, however, is safe.

[...]

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