PA: Laptop with students' information stolen

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2008/01/25/laptop_with_students_informati.aspx

A university laptop containing archived information and social security 
numbers for 677 students attending Penn State between 1999 and 2004 was 
recently stolen from a faculty member while traveling earlier this month.

David Lindstrom, chief privacy officer at Penn State, said he believes the 
theft was random and "had nothing to do with Penn State."

"We have no reason to believe anybody's information has been compromised, 
but you need to take precautions, watch your credit, and just be careful," 
he said.

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