Karin Kapsidelis of the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that 17,214 current and former students at Virginia Commonwealth University are being notified that a computer containing their Social Security numbers was stolen from a secured area of the Cabell Library in mid-April. An additional 22,500 students are being notified that their names and test scores may have also been on the computer.
Campus police know who stole the computer but they were unable to recover it. Mark Willis, VCU’s chief information officer, said the computer was taken for personal use and then disposed of.
The computer was thrown away and not sold, Lepley said. The computer, which was in a locked area within a locked room, was discovered missing less than a day after the theft.
She said she could not say if the suspect was student or staff member. The case has been turned over to the commonwealth’s attorney’s office.