De Anza College data on stolen laptop

[Henry Brown <hbrown () knology net>]

http://www.nbc11.com/news/14063454/detail.html

More Than 4,000 De Anza Students At Risk For ID Theft, School Says
Math Teacher's Stolen Laptop Contained Vital Information

CUPERTINO, Calif. -- De Anza College announced Thursday that thousands 
of former students might be at risk for identity fraud after an 
instructor's laptop computer, containing students' personal information, 
was stolen last month.

The Cupertino community college is attempting to contact 4,375 students 
and former students of the mathematics instructor to inform them that 
their personal information may be at risk. The computer contained the 
students' names, addresses, grades and in many cases Social Security 
numbers.

"Probably the bulk of them are Social Security numbers," said 
Foothill-De Anza Community College District spokeswoman Becky Bartindale.

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