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VSC laptop theft creates security concerns (fwd)
From: lyger <lyger () attrition org>
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 07:31:52 -0500 (EST)
Courtesy: InfoSec News <isn () c4i org> http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060324/NEWS/603240363/1002 By Darren M. Allen Vermont Press Bureau March 24, 2006 MONTPELIER - Thousands of Vermont State Colleges students, faculty and staff learned this week that a VSC laptop computer stolen from a car parked in Montreal on Feb. 28 could have given thieves access to their personal financial information, including Social Security numbers and payroll data. And while system administrators assured the thousands of potential identity-theft victims that they had all but eliminated access to the colleges' computer network from the laptop, some faculty and staff are furious that VSC took three weeks to warn them. "I can share with you that many, many people have come to me to express their anger," said Ernest Broadwater, an education professor at Lyndon State College and the president of the Vermont State Colleges Faculty Federation. The union has contacted an attorney to "learn what measures the VSC has taken to protect the information of our students, staff and faculty." [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/errata/dataloss/
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