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<DIV>Students and applicants at Herkimer County Community College should watch
their credit reports carefully, especially if they received a letter from the
school notifying them of a stolen laptop from a SunGard employee.<BR><BR>The
security breach was announced by the college May 1 to 6,000 people whose
personal information was on the missing laptop, which has yet to be
recovered.<BR><BR>SunGard Higher Education is a technology company out of
Malvern, Pa., that provides services to HCCC.<BR></DIV>
<DIV>The laptop was stolen March 13, and State University of New York officials
were notified April 9. Students at HCCC received a letter dated May 1.<BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Kvinge said the computer belonged to a consulting employee of SunGard, and
the incident occurred at a customer site. She would not disclose the name of the
police agency that initially handled the case for security purposes. For the
same reason, she would not release the make or model of the
computer.<BR><BR>“Naturally, we want to go public and let people know what's
going on, but at the same time, when we go public, we're sending a message to
the person who stole that laptop that there is personal information on
there.”<BR><BR>Rebecca Ruffing, assistant director of public relations at HCCC,
said after working together with SunGard to determine what data was missing,
students whose information was on the computer received letters in the mail
explaining the situation and advising they monitor their credit through a
consumer reporting company.</DIV>
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