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Date: Wed Oct 08 2008 - 03:07:10 CDT

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http://www.grandforksherald.com/articles/index.cfm?id=88793

By Chuck Haga
Herald Staff Writer
October 07, 2008

A laptop computer containing sensitive personal and financial
information on more than 84,000 UND alumni, donors and others was stolen
last month from a vehicle belonging to a software vendor retained by the
UND Alumni Association.

The laptop has not been recovered, but the sensitive information,
including individuals’ credit card and Social Security numbers, was
protected by a data encryption system and other security controls,
according to the Alumni Association.

Tim O’Keefe, the association’s executive vice president, said today that
there has been no evidence that the information contained in the stolen
laptop has been used in any way.

“I feel confident that there is an absolutely minimal chance (the
security measures protecting the data) could be breached,� O’Keefe said.

Except to say the vendor is located outside the state and immediate
region, the association will not identify the vendor or say where the
theft occurred “to further ensure the security of the database and
privacy of member records,� he said.

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