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Stanford University Data Breach: 72,000 Identities at Risk

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72,000 Identities at Risk in Stanford Data Breach

Stanford University reported a data breach involving the theft of a laptop containing the personal information of university employees.

The theft is believed to affect only those employees hired on, or before, September 28, 2007 but the total number of individuals affected could be as high as 72,000, given the size of the university.

Details of the crime are still under investigation, but officials suspect this was a case of property theft—that the data contained on the laptop was not the primary target. Nonetheless, the university has issued a statement to all current and past employees acknowledging the potential impact of the crime, and implications relating to identity theft.

The stolen laptop contained a wealth of information including employee’s names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, addresses, phone numbers, and more. The scope of information compromised arms identity thieves to perpetrate credit card fraud and other identity-related crimes.

Data breaches at educational facilities continue to pose a large threat to consumers even as security measures are beginning to increase.  Other well-known institutions suffering security breaches this year include Harvard University, New York University, the University of California at San Francisco, and Oklahoma State University.

Learn more about how identity theft actually happens: view the identity theft timeline. In this brief overview, you’ll learn that identity scams usually start long before something shows up on your credit card statements.

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(This is often the first step an identity thief takes to steal your identity.)

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