School Computer Thefts Costly
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By Alex Branch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Feb. 20--FORT WORTH -- School is in, especially for burglars.
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In Dayton, a state employee returns to work to find a $2,000 computer stolen. In Cleveland, someone walks into an unlocked office and takes a $2,200 laptop belonging to the state auditor's office.
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It only takes 20 minutes on the Internet for an unprotected computer running Microsoft Windows to be taken over by a hacker. Any personal or financial information stored
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IT experts issue a warning over a potential security risk to primary school pupils' personal data.
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The challenges faced by the  Nigerian school using the so-called "$100 laptop".
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(InfoWorld) - The U.S. Commerce Department reported that 1,137 laptops have been lost or stolen since 2001, with 249 of them containing some degree of personal data. The department couldn't determine whose data may have been on the machines, of which 672 belonged to the Census Bureau. It wasn't aware of any data having being used improperly, it said Thursday. The findings are from a Commerce Department review covering 15 agencies that use a total of 30,000 laptops. It comes as businesses and governments try to tighten their control over mobile devices after several high-profile incidents concerning theÂ loss of sensitive data. The Census Bureau's laptops -- used for collecting census data in the field -- rarely contain data on more than 100 households, and the data can't be accessed by the surveyors, many of whom are temporary, hourly employees. the department said. However, the Census Bureau also lost 15 handheld computers used to gather survey data. As a result, the department is contacting 558 households. The risk of the data being misused was "extremely low," it said, since the data is encrypted and two passwords are required for access. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which falls under the Commerce Department, lost 325 laptops, three of which had personal data. One of the laptops was stolen after a fire at one of its buildings in Seattle, Washington. The machine contained addresses, birth dates and Social Security numbers for 146 employees, the department said. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez said the agency plans toÂ strengthen accountability standards, encrypt data on all department laptops and implement two-factor authentication. U.S. government agencies have been stung by hardware losses in recent months. In May, aÂ laptop and external hard drive was stolenÂ from the home of a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs employee containingÂ data on 26.5 million veteransÂ and active-duty military personnel. The laptop was recovered, and two teenagers were arrested in June. Â
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By Tiffany Erickson Deseret Morning News  Davis School District leaders want students to get the most out of the district's computers and taxpayers' money by refurbishing older computers and giving them to students.
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U.S. and Canadian residents can pay $400 for one laptop to keep and one to give to a child in a developing nation.
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By OLYMPIA MEOLA  St. Catherine's School rising seventh-graders can add laptops to their fall school-supply list.  The Richmond private school has plugged into a growing list of schools adding computer programs that put a laptop in the hands of every student.  The St.
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InfoWorld - The theft of a laptop containing Social Security numbers of Nashville, Tenn.-area voters is expected to cost local officials about $1 million as they roll out identity-theft protection to those affected.
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By TOBY WALNE  A COMPUTER is a standard piece of kit for today's student, but buying the latest technology need not break the bank. It is possible to buy a reliable computer for less than Pounds 500 and there are plenty of student discounts for software and peripheries.
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By The Porterville Recorder, Calif.  Mar. 10--Three juveniles are facing grand theft charges after admitting to stealing laptop computers from Pleasant View Elementary School.
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By ANDREW DENHOLM EDUCATION CORRESPONDENT  THOUSANDS of primary school children are still without any "meaningful" computer access a month after the introduction of a new system worth GBP15.5m, teachers claimed yesterday.
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iPods and cell phones top the gadget list for penny-pinching students, and few hit campus without a PC.
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BURGLARS stole a laptop computer from a house in Plott Lane, Stretton-on-Dunsmore, on Thursday. Anyone offered a black Toshiba A30 computer is asked to phone PC Heidi Twynham on 01788 5 41111.  (c) 2007 Coventry Evening Telegraph. Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning.
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How your computer could be costing you thousands of dollars.
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By NO BYLINE  A THIEF sneaked through an open kitchen window and made off with a laptop computer worth GBP 400 along with some clothing.   The culprit broke in to the home in Kirkfield West, Livingston between 7.45pm and 11.15pm on Wednesday.