Stolen PC had student SSNs

["Dissent" <Dissent () pogowasright org>]

http://media.www.rutgersobserver.com/media/storage/paper822/news/2007/01/23/News/Stolen.Pc.Had.Student.Ssns-2669141.shtml

Computer owners at Rutgers-Newark now have more to worry about than
just viruses and busted hardware.

Gabriela Kutting, associate professor of political science, reported
her laptop stolen to Rutgers police Sept. 5, 2006. The laptop
contained the social security numbers of 200 R-N students. The
computer was taken from her office in Hill Hall despite having
locked her door, Kutting said.

Kutting's laptop is one of five incidents of computer theft reported
so far this academic year.

[...]


-- 
Privacy-related news and resources: http://www.pogowasright.org
Privacy news headlines feed:
http://www.pogowasright.org/backend/pogowasright.rss

_______________________________________________
Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org)
http://attrition.org/dataloss
Tracking more than 145 million compromised records in 544 incidents over 7 years.