Laptop Stolen from Professor Last Year Contained Sensitive Personal Data

A laptop that was stolen almost a year ago is now under research due to the recent notification that it contained sensitive personal data, including Social Security numbers along with names, addresses and phone numbers.

Some 1,300 students and faculty members of the University of West Georgia have been notified their information is at risk after the laptop was stolen in Italy during a professor’s travels.

Though there are no confirmed identity theft cases due to the stolen laptop students and faculty should continue to be vigilant in monitoring their credit reports and may want to consider buying a credit monitoring service.