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Thief may have sensitive material from Weber State

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

OGDEN -- Weber State University is notifying nearly 70 members of the campus community that their personal information may have been compromised in a recent theft.

Campus police are investigating a break-in that occurred in the Shepherd Union Building mail center sometime between 2 p.m. Thursday and 9 a.m. Friday, according to a university news release Tuesday. Thieves made off with approximately $1,600 in cash, three computers and a postal scale. Physical, hard-copy records of post office box rental cards also were stolen . Some of those contained names, addresses and Social Security numbers for members of the campus community who rent post office boxes in the union. WSU computer security managers said the stolen computers do not have any sensitive information stored on them.

The news release said officials have identified 69 individuals whose information was stolen. The university is contacting those individuals directly this week to alert them to the theft and provide guidance about steps they can take to prevent and respond to identity theft. Anyone who has rented a post office box from the Shepherd Union Building mail center in the past eight years is encouraged to contact the university at security@weber.edu or 626-8080.