From: lyger (lygerattrition.org)
Date: Wed Apr 18 2007 - 14:22:09 CDT

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(update: another unrelated incident exposes another 3,500)

http://scmagazine.com/us/news/article/651562/hackers-laptop-thieves-compromise-personal-information-17500-ohio-state-separate-incidents/

On March 31 or April 1, a hacker using a foreign web address cracked a
university firewall and accessed the names, Social Security numbers,
employee ID numbers and birth dates of more than 14,000 current and former
staff members, according to a university statement.

[...]

In an unrelated incident, the personal information of about 3,500 current
and former chemistry students was compromised when two laptop computers
were stolen from the home of a university professor on Feb. 24.

The laptops were likely not the target of the burglary, and were stolen
with a number of other household items, according to Lynch.

Records stored in the laptops contained names, Social Security numbers and
grades, according to the university.

[...]
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