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IL: Stolen laptop contains NU alumni data
From: lyger <lyger () attrition org>
Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 11:50:12 +0000 (UTC)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-laptop_20may20,1,6443490.story?coll=chi-newslocalchicago-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true A laptop computer belonging to Northwestern University's financial aid office in Chicago recently was stolen, and the Social Security numbers of some alumni may have been compromised, school officials said. In a letter dated May 11, Associate Provost Michael E. Mills contacted an undisclosed number of potential victims, informing them one of the computer's files contained their names and Social Security numbers. University spokesman Al Cubbage said on Saturday there is no evidence any of the personal information on the laptop has been accessed. [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tracking more than 208 million compromised records in 664 incidents over 7 years.
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