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UVa laptop stolen, had sensitive data
From: security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:49:57 +0000 (UTC)
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org> http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/local/article/uva_laptop_stolen_had_sensitive_data/17976/ By Brian McNeill Dailyprogress.com April 16, 2008 A laptop stolen from a University of Virginia employee contained sensitive information about more than 7,000 students, staff and faculty members. Stolen from an unidentified employee from an undisclosed location in Albemarle County, the laptop contained a confidential file filled with names and Social Security numbers. "As soon as we learned about the theft, we starting moving as quickly as we could," UVa spokeswoman Carol Wood said. UVa mailed out letters Monday to each person affected by the data breach. The university will publicly announce the incident today. The Albemarle County Police Department is investigating the theft. At the police department's request, UVa is releasing few details about the incident. Wood declined to say when the burglary occurred or which academic departments were affected. She did say, however, that the theft did not occur on UVa's campus. [..] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tenable Network Security offers data leakage and compliance monitoring solutions for large and small networks. Scan your network and monitor your traffic to find the data needing protection before it leaks out! http://www.tenablesecurity.com/products/compliance.shtml
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