[Dataloss] UVa laptop stolen, had sensitive data

[Chris Walsh]

Time for somebody to FOIA the Virginia AG's office.

Breaches must be centrally-reported to the AG there.

cw

On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 07:49:57AM +0000, security curmudgeon wrote:
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> A laptop stolen from a University of Virginia employee contained sensitive 
> information about more than 7,000 students, staff and faculty members.
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> 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.
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> "As soon as we learned about the theft, we starting moving as quickly as 
> we could," UVa spokeswoman Carol Wood said.
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> 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.
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> 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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