7000 CCNY Students Feel Sting of Data Security Mishap
More than 7,000 students attending City College of New York this week are beginning to receive notices from school officials that their names, social security numbers and other personal information were exposed after a school laptop was stolen last month.
According to a post on the Educational Security Incidents (ESI) blog, the laptop was stolen a couple weeks ago. It was password-protected, but not encrypted and, thus far, CCNY officials have found no evidence suggesting that student data has been used for identity theft or other illegal endeavors.
CCNY officials said the school is in the process of reviewing its security procedures and has established a hotline for affected students to call for more information and to ask questions about protecting and monitoring their credit information as a result of the breach.
