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Data breach at the University of Northern Iowa
Posted on Feb 27, 2006 by Tom Fragala
Over half of all data breaches last year (and so far in 2006) are at educational institutions, according to Linda Foley of the ITRC. Universities are notorious for weak security.
About 6,000 employees at the University of Northern Iowa were advised in a letter to protect themselves from identity theft by contacting credit reporting agencies and initiating fraud alerts after a security breach was detected last week on a laptop computer at the university, officials said Friday.
The laptop, assigned to the UNI's Office of Business Operations, contained Internal Revenue Service W-2 forms for student employees, faculty and staff.
More: DesMoinesRegister.com.
Filed under: Identity Theft
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