University of Iowa Data Breach
A laptop has been stolen from the University of Iowa, putting 184 students and graduates at risk for identity theft.
A former teaching assistant had the names, grades, and Social Security numbers for 184 students on a laptop, which was subsequently stolen from his home in Arizona. Only 100 of the names are suspected to have Social Security numbers attached to the files.
The students and graduates affected took “Philosophy and Human Nature,” “Philosophy and the Just Society,” or “Principles of Reasoning” taught by Tuomas Manninen some time between 2002 and 2006.
School officials say that identity theft is “unlikely”, since the Social Security numbers are “difficult to locate” in the files.
The University of Iowa is getting attention for this data breach. Although the breach only affects 184 students, a similar data breach occurred in 2006 when a professor’s laptop was stolen. At the time of the 2006 breach, the University of Iowa said they were trying to reduce the use of Social Security numbers.
Via wcfcourier ; Tags: university of iowa, data breach, data security, university security, social security numbers
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October 16th, 2007 at 4:00 am
[...] University of Iowa Data BreachA laptop has been stolen from the University of Iowa, putting 184 students and graduates at risk for identity theft. A former teaching assistant had the names, grades, and Social Security … that identity theft is unlikely, since the Social Security numbers are difficult to locate [...]