Laptops, potential jackpots for ID thieves at Columbia University

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1. A recent break in at New York’s Columbia University may have compromised the personal information of more than 1,400 people, reports the Columbia Spectator. After announcing the burglary eleven days following the incident, campus officials released that three notebook computers were stolen from a college office that contained personal infor... (Read Full Article)

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