[Dataloss] FL: Loss Of HCC Worker's Laptop Spurs ID Theft Warning

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http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/jul/24/loss-hcc-employees-laptop-spurs-id-theft-warning/

Hillsborough Community College warned its roughly 2,000 employees on 
Wednesday to monitor their bank accounts because an HCC programmer's 
laptop was stolen from a hotel parking lot in Georgia.

The college also is looking into acquiring technology that will allow 
workers to remotely locate laptops and to encrypt computers or disks. In 
addition, it stressed to employees who use laptops to use extra caution 
when securing the devices, spokeswoman Ashley Carl said today.

The risk of employees' personal information being used is slim. The 
programmer had been working on a payroll project for a group of employees 
using their names, bank-routing numbers, retirement information and Social 
Security numbers, Carl said.

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