http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2009/jun/17/stolen_laptop_contained_donors_financial86188/ By John P. McDermott The Post and Courier June 17, 2009 A computer that was swiped from a car in Charleston last year contained personal financial information on 84,000 University of North Dakota donors, it was disclosed this week. The missing laptop belonged to Daniel Island-based software giant Blackbaud Inc., which stressed Tuesday that all of the information was password-protected and encrypted. It also said it was not aware of any data breaches. Blackbaud said the employee responsible for the computer violated company policy by keeping the data too long. The information belonged to the University of North Dakota's foundation and alumni association. Blackbaud's specialty is developing financial software and services for nonprofit fundraising organizations. Jake Marcinko, the company's manager of information security and monitoring, said in a statement that the two groups were notified immediately about the theft. [...] _____________________________________________ Visit the InfoSec News security bookstore! http://www.shopinfosecnews.orgReceived on Wed Jun 17 2009 - 03:35:32 PDT
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