Tag archive for ‘computer theft’
Rip of the Week: Oops, We Did it Again: 17,214 SSNs Exposed
In yet another verse out of the same, long song, “Virginia Commonwealth University is notifying 17,214 current and former students of a security breach that may have exposed their Social Security numbers.”
The data were breached on a stolen computer, though the article doesn’t make clear whether the machine was a laptop or a desktop. In [...]
Laptop Theft in Luau Land
Looks like my big, no-holds-barred Hawaii vacation is going to be put on hold. Getting lei’d in aloha-land is a bit less appealing when you hear about the recent laptop theft from the Department of Transportation.
In the middle of March, a laptop was stolen from the Department of Transportation’s Motor Vehicle Safety Office. The office, [...]
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