UT: Laptop theft worries SLCC students

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

(Interesting twist: the compromised data may not necessarily be considered 
PII, but could be leveraged into revealing Social Security numbers and 
financial information...)

http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_8370346

Marty Greenlief is concerned his personal information may have been 
compromised after a laptop disappeared at Salt Lake Community College.

     "I'm upset that they're not telling me everything that happened," the 
SLCC student said.

     Greenlief said the school called him early last week and instructed 
him to change the password he uses to access his student page on the SLCC 
Web site due to a possible security breach.

     SLCC acknowledged a laptop had been stolen, but spokesman Joy Tlou 
said the school is still unsure whether the laptop taken from the 
Continuing Community Education of SLCC's Miller campus in Sandy contained 
internal log-in information for about 1,000 students, faculty and staff.

[.]

With a user name and password, an intruder could gain access to a 
student's "My Page" account, which contains a Social Security number and 
financial aid information, among other information, students said.

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