Laptop stolen from BGSU music professor
Technorati Tag: Security Breach
Date Reported:
3/27/08
Organization:
Bowling Green State University
Contractor/Consultant/Branch:
None
Victims:
"students and scholarship recipients"
Number Affected:
Unknown
Types of Data:
"personal information"
Breach Description:
"A MacBook Pro laptop containing personal information on students and scholarship recipients from "all over the world" was reported stolen on Tuesday, according to campus police reports."
Reference URL:
The BG News
Report Credit:
The BG News
Response:
From the online source cited above:
Laptop with personal info. reported stolen
A MacBook Pro laptop containing personal information on students and scholarship recipients from "all over the world" was reported stolen on Tuesday, according to campus police reports.
[Evan] Why was personal information stored on a laptop?
Music Professor Mary Natvig reported her computer stolen on Tuesday sometime between 1:15 and 1:25 p.m. from her unlocked office in the Moore Musical Arts Center.
[Evan] Why does a music professor need to access and store personal information beyond names, student IDs, and grades?
Further information was not available at press time.
Commentary:
I think this is the most abbreviated information security breach to date on The Breach Blog. Preliminary online searches turned up no additional information. All we can do is speculate.
Was the information encrypted? Doubtful. I know of some file encryption utilities for Macs, but I do not know of a full-disk solution.
What was the "personal information"? This is anyone's guess.
Past Breaches:
Unknown
Date Reported:3/27/08
Organization:
Bowling Green State University
Contractor/Consultant/Branch:
None
Victims:
"students and scholarship recipients"
Number Affected:
Unknown
Types of Data:
"personal information"
Breach Description:
"A MacBook Pro laptop containing personal information on students and scholarship recipients from "all over the world" was reported stolen on Tuesday, according to campus police reports."
Reference URL:
The BG News
Report Credit:
The BG News
Response:
From the online source cited above:
Laptop with personal info. reported stolen
A MacBook Pro laptop containing personal information on students and scholarship recipients from "all over the world" was reported stolen on Tuesday, according to campus police reports.
[Evan] Why was personal information stored on a laptop?
Music Professor Mary Natvig reported her computer stolen on Tuesday sometime between 1:15 and 1:25 p.m. from her unlocked office in the Moore Musical Arts Center.
[Evan] Why does a music professor need to access and store personal information beyond names, student IDs, and grades?
Further information was not available at press time.
Commentary:
I think this is the most abbreviated information security breach to date on The Breach Blog. Preliminary online searches turned up no additional information. All we can do is speculate.
Was the information encrypted? Doubtful. I know of some file encryption utilities for Macs, but I do not know of a full-disk solution.
What was the "personal information"? This is anyone's guess.
Past Breaches:
Unknown
Posted by Evan Francen at 3/31/2008 7:45 AM 
Categories: Bowling Green State University, Stolen Laptop
Categories: Bowling Green State University, Stolen Laptop
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