TX: Spring students' info at risk after laptop theft

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

http://www.khou.com/news/local/stories/khou080515_tj_laptoptheft.1057713ee.html

A laptop computer containing the personal information of about 8,000 
students was stolen this week from a Spring ISD employee's car.

In a letter sent to parents on Thursday, Spring ISD said a testing 
coordinator's car was broken into when she made a quick stop on her way 
home from work. The car burglars made off with her school laptop and an 
external flash drive.

The flash drive contains students' social security numbers, personal 
information, schools those students attend, as well as their grade level 
and birthdates. The drive also contained the Texas Assessment of Knowledge 
and Skills test results.

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