[Dataloss] SFSU students' information stolen, school alerts 3,000

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http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/06/23/BAGQLJJ2LB1.DTL

Nanette Asimov, Chronicle Staff Writer
Friday, June 23, 2006

San Francisco State University officials have put students and staff on 
alert because a thief broke into a faculty member's car earlier this month 
and stole a laptop with nearly 3,000 Social Security numbers and names of 
former and current students.

Students' phone numbers and grade-point averages were also on the stolen 
laptop "in some cases," according to an information sheet posted on the 
campus Web site.

"The university employee's car was burglarized and the laptop was stolen 
on Thursday, June 1," the Web site says.

But university officials did not learn of the theft until five days later, 
said Ellen Griffin, the university's spokeswoman, who declined to say what 
disciplinary actions, if any, had been taken against the faculty member.

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