Missouri school district investigating the theft of a laptop computer with personal information on past employees

The St. Charles County Sheriff’s Department responded to a break-in mid-July where a rock was used to break an exterior window of the Francis Howell School District administrative building and resulted in a stolen laptop.

The computer was password protected, so the likelihood of the information at risk is slim to none. On the laptop was information including Social Security numbers and names of over 1,700 noncertified employees that worked for the school district between 2005 and 2008.

The district is strongly encouraging previous employees to place fraud alerts on their credit cards, and the district would provide identity theft services in the event of an incident occurring from this situation.

This appears to be an isolated incident, but authorities are still investigating the theft.