Tuesday, June 01, 2010
Some Roanoke school employees’ personal data possibly compromised
Computers with hard drives containing personal data of school employees as of November 2006 were sold as surplus. The drives have since been recovered.
Personal information of more than 2,000 Roanoke City Public Schools employees may be at risk.
School officials this afternoon said the hard drives of eight computers were not removed before the units were sold as surplus.
"We believe that we have recovered all of the hard drives," said Superintendent Rita Bishop.
The drives contained the names, school locations and Social Security numbers of the division's employees as of November 2006.
The division will be setting up a hotline for employees to call with questions and concerns. Free credit monitoring service will be offered to affected employees.
School officials this afternoon said the hard drives of eight computers were not removed before the units were sold as surplus.
"We believe that we have recovered all of the hard drives," said Superintendent Rita Bishop.
The drives contained the names, school locations and Social Security numbers of the division's employees as of November 2006.
The division will be setting up a hotline for employees to call with questions and concerns. Free credit monitoring service will be offered to affected employees.
