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JHU Identity Theft alert
Feb. 16th, 2007 11:13 pmIf you have ever been employed by Johns Hopkins University, or been a patient at the JHU Hospital, there is a chance that personally identifying info about you has been stolen. Nine backup tapes containing the info were "misplaced" en route to being further backed up, and their best guess is that a trash collector picked them up, but they're not sure. The tapes included employees' SS#, birth date, and direct deposit info (where applicable), and patients' demographics.
If you were a student who was not employed by JHU, including nerd campers, you do not have to worry.
More info from JHU here. They also have a page w/ links to the three credit reporting bureaus, where you can get your free yearly credit report, and you can also ask them to put a fraud alert on your account - this will make it harder for both illegitimate people AND yourself to do anything. I'm going to do it.
If you were a student who was not employed by JHU, including nerd campers, you do not have to worry.
More info from JHU here. They also have a page w/ links to the three credit reporting bureaus, where you can get your free yearly credit report, and you can also ask them to put a fraud alert on your account - this will make it harder for both illegitimate people AND yourself to do anything. I'm going to do it.
