Student Info Lost During Trip To Madagascar
Quick Facts
- Date: 6/16/2007
- Institution: Texas A&M - Corpus Christi
- Type of Incident: Loss
- Number Affected: 8,000
- Source: Pogo Was Right
- Abstract Source: Corpus Christi Caller-Times
Abstract
Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi is alerting 8,000 students about the potential loss of their personal information after a professor reported losing a USB thumb-drive on a trip to Madagascar. The thumb-drive possibly contained the Social Security numbers and other personally identifiable information on all students enrolled during the spring, summer and fall of 2006. The professor, the Department of Mathematics Chair, first noticed the drive missing when packing to leave Madagascar after a two week vacation. At this point it is not known why the professor had this type of student data with him on vacation. The University is urging affected student to keep a close eye on their credit reports for signs of misuse and/or fraud.
