Personal info stolen from 7, 250 associated with Rice U.

[security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>]

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=7665392

Personal info stolen from 7,250 associated with Rice U.
Monday, September 13, 2010

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Houston police are investigating the theft of personal 
information of more than 7,000 people associated with Rice University.

The university says a device containing information involving about 7,250 
Rice faculty and staff, along with some students and retirees, was 
recently stolen. One of the files contained a list of Rice employees and 
students on the Rice payroll as of January 2010 and included information 
such as names, addresses, birth dates, employee identification numbers, 
salaries and emergency contacts, but no Social Security numbers. Another 
file included Social Security numbers, mostly for Rice employees.

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