STOLEN DESKTOP COMPUTER CONTAINS SOME 17,000 STUDENTS INFORMATION

A desktop computer that was in a locked, secure area was stolen sometime in April and was discovered missing less than a day after the theft occurred.

This computer contained information that may contain Social Security numbers of past and present students of the Virginia Commonwealth University.

The thief has been identified, but the computer has not been found at this time by the campus police. It has been discovered the computer has been thrown away after being used for personal use, but has not yet been recovered.

Students are being notified of this incident and are being offered free identity-theft insurance for a year from the date of the incident.