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[Dataloss] NM: Identity info stolen from NMSU

From: lyger (lygerattrition.org)
Date: Sat Jan 05 2008 - 13:54:01 CST


http://www.lcsun-news.com/news/ci_7886839

A computer hard drive containing the names and Social Security numbers of
current and former NMSU employees is missing from the Pan American Center,
just the latest in a series of thefts from the facility since November
2006, according to police reports.

A New Mexico State University official said it was "highly improbable"
that the information on the hard drive could be accessed.

The external hard drive was stolen sometime between Dec. 30 and Jan. 2
from an office at the NMSU Special Events Department, housed at the Pan
Am. It contained the names and Social Security numbers of every employee
hired by the department since 1999, according to a university police
report.

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