Private Records of 60,000 Standford Employees Stolen
June 11th, 2008 by Agent Smith (0) Data Theft & Loss,DLP,endpoint security,Identity Theft,In the News,security breach
Stanford University has recently announced one of its laptops has been stolen, along with confidential personnel data. The university explained it will not disclose more details about the theft until the ongoing investigation is completed.
According to the Standford news service, the university is sending e-mails and letters to current and former employees whose personal information may have been exposed. They are also posting frequently updated information on the Stanford homepage and sharing new data with the media. Officials estimates state approximately 60,000 people currently or previously employed by Stanford have been put at risk by this theft.
