Cal Poly Students’ Data Exposed
Notification letters have been sent to 3,020 current and former Cal Poly students in mid-July. They were being informed that their names and Social Security numbers were stored on a physics professor’s laptop which was stolen from his San Luis Obispo home early last month.
The informational letter, which Cal Poly is required under state law to distribute to those affected, went to students who took the physics and astronomy lectures taught by physics professor John Mottman from 1994 to 2004.
What to do?
University officials urge affected students to place fraud alerts with one of the credit reporting agencies. Anyone with questions are encouraged to contact the school at 805-756-2226 or 805-756-2171. A copy of the notification letter can be found here.
Source: The Tribune Sanluisobispo.com
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