Stolen Laptop Exposes School Employees to Identity Theft
June 19th, 2008 by Agent Smith DLP, Data Theft, IT security, Identity Theft, In the News, endpoint security, security breach
An over-the-weekend laptop theft occuring at a Dickson County school office has exposed employees to potential fraud or identity theft cases. The computer containing Social Security numbers of all school employees of the previous school year, about 850 persons, was taken from the office of Dickson County’s top school official.
According to WSMV Nashville, the laptop belongs to the new director of schools. The local police department has immediately launched an investigation, but found no signs of a break-in and haven’t ruled out someone within the building being the cause of the theft.
