Monday, February 1st, 2010

About 1,400 Columbia University students, alumni, and employees were given notice that their personal data was no longer secure after three laptops were stolen from the campus last Monday, according to the New York Post.  Authorities and school officials disclosed that burglars smashed a locked office door at Columbia College and stole the the three laptops which contained personal data such as Social Security numbers for several hundred people connected to the school.  While it was unclear whether the thieves were after the hardware or the data, Columbia is trying to prevent the havoc caused by identity theft by offering victims two years of credit-monitoring services.  A criminal investigation on the theft is currently underway.

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