[Dataloss] UVa laptop stolen, had sensitive data

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By Brian McNeill
Dailyprogress.com
April 16, 2008

A laptop stolen from a University of Virginia employee contained sensitive 
information about more than 7,000 students, staff and faculty members.

Stolen from an unidentified employee from an undisclosed location in 
Albemarle County, the laptop contained a confidential file filled with 
names and Social Security numbers.

"As soon as we learned about the theft, we starting moving as quickly as 
we could," UVa spokeswoman Carol Wood said.

UVa mailed out letters Monday to each person affected by the data breach. 
The university will publicly announce the incident today. The Albemarle 
County Police Department is investigating the theft. At the police 
department's request, UVa is releasing few details about the incident.

Wood declined to say when the burglary occurred or which academic 
departments were affected. She did say, however, that the theft did not 
occur on UVa's campus.

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