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Officials at Berry College were notified late Monday afternoon that student information included on applications for need-based federal aid filed during the 2005-06 academic year has been misplaced by an external financial aid consultant.
This data, including student name, Social Security number and reported family income, involves 2,093 students or potential students who submitted a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to Berry in 2005-06. Of those, 1,322 are currently enrolled at the college.
More information about the data loss can be found on the school’s website.
Written by MCruz on September 20th, 2006 with no comments.
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Written by MCruz on September 10th, 2006 with 2 comments.
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About 6,000 current and former University of South Carolina (USC) students are being warned that they are at risk of identity theft. Their confidential information was accessed by a hacker last year.
A security audit this summer determined a university computer server was accessed from outside the system in September 2005.
School spokesman Russ McKinney says the intruder could have acquired a database used by the university post office that had the names, Social Security numbers and birthdays of the students.
Source: FOX Carolina
Written by MCruz on August 27th, 2006 with no comments.
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Employees of Belhaven College in Jackson, Mississippi are exposed to identity theft after a laptop computer was stolen. The laptop contained names and Social Security numbers belonging to faculty and staff.
Belhaven College President Roger Parrott confirmed Tuesday the stolen computer contained some personal information on employees. But Parrott said he didn’t know how many of the private school’s roughly 300 employees’ personal information was compromised by the theft.
A memo was sent out to employees on July 25th urging them to monitor their credit rating.
Source: The Clarion Ledger
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Written by MCruz on August 5th, 2006 with no comments.
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Nelnet, Inc. (based in Nebraska) has lost a backup data tape which contained personal information of about 188,000 students and former students mostly from Colorado schools.
The tape was part of a UPS shipment that disappeared recently on its way from Colorado to Austin, Texas. It included detailed student loan information such as Social Security numbers and other account-related details.
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The tape included data on loans serviced by Nelnet that were previously handled by the College Access Network between Nov. 1, 2002, and May 31 of this year, affecting every college in Colorado except Colorado State University in Fort Collins and University of Colorado at Boulder.
Affected Nelnet customers can call them at 1-800-552-7925 or visit their website.
Source: The Gazette
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Written by MCruz on August 3rd, 2006 with 1 comment.
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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
Written by MCruz on August 1st, 2006 with no comments.
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