Hackers, laptop thieves compromise personal information of 17, 500 at Ohio State in separate incidents

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(update: another unrelated incident exposes another 3,500)

http://scmagazine.com/us/news/article/651562/hackers-laptop-thieves-compromise-personal-information-17500-ohio-state-separate-incidents/

On March 31 or April 1, a hacker using a foreign web address cracked a 
university firewall and accessed the names, Social Security numbers, 
employee ID numbers and birth dates of more than 14,000 current and former 
staff members, according to a university statement.

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In an unrelated incident, the personal information of about 3,500 current 
and former chemistry students was compromised when two laptop computers 
were stolen from the home of a university professor on Feb. 24.

The laptops were likely not the target of the burglary, and were stolen 
with a number of other household items, according to Lynch.

Records stored in the laptops contained names, Social Security numbers and 
grades, according to the university.

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