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Stolen Computer at Univ. of Minnesota Puts Thousands of Students at Risk
Posted on Sep 9, 2006 by Tom Fragala
A story in the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
A pair of computers containing the personal information — in some cases Social Security numbers — of thousands of University of Minnesota students was stolen from a campus office. Now officials are scrambling to let past and present students know their identities may be in danger.
The computers, stolen in August from the desk of a program coordinator at the university's Institute of Technology, contained data on 13,084 students who joined the school as freshmen between the fall of 1992 and 2006.
And, incredibly, “October is cyber security month at the university.” according to a University spokesman. Hmmm. Probably a month late.
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