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Poly heist risks identity thefts
From: lyger <lyger () attrition org>
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 11:17:11 -0400 (EDT)
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/news/15169992.htm Posted on Tue, Aug. 01, 2006 By Sally Connell Cal Poly has notified 3,020 current and former students that their names and Social Security numbers were on a laptop computer stolen earlier this month from a physics professor's San Luis Obispo home. Cal Poly used names and Social Security numbers on class lists before 2004, according to Vicki Stover, campus information security officer. The informational letter, which Cal Poly is required under state law to distribute to those affected, went to students who took the physics and astronomy lectures taught by physics professor John Mottman from 1994 to 2004. Cal Poly is trying to change its practice of using Social Security numbers as the main identifier for students, something that was once common in the halls of higher education. [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/errata/dataloss/
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