G'day everyone!
ALERT.. MAJOR ALERT.. MAJOR ALERT!!
Every NTID ALUMNI SHOULD BE READING THIS POST TODAY!! Because it concerns you very much!!!
I got this alert from a friend of mine in E-mail recently.
First.. read this quickly before Democrat and Chronicle move it again:
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20080831/NEWS01/808310356/1002/NEWS
Now for those who don't want to read it.. here's the synopsis of it:
A Computer Laptop was STOLEN from an NTID campus office LAST MONDAY, August 25th.
The campus community wasn't notified until YESTERDAY, Saturday, August 30th!
The computer laptop contains: the names, birth dates, and SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS of applicants dating far back as (get this) 1968!!
Folks.. that's 40 years. How many people do you think that is? 12,700 people! You know? This incident is too serious. I want to publicly BLAST NTID/RIT for NOT acting sooner! Waiting till this weekend? Sending out letters to people? E-mails?
EXCUSE ME!! We're talking about ID theft here!! How can NTID/RIT wait until a story has to break in the DandC newspapers and then the story gets right out into the community?
Well I'm not happy. As an ALUMNI OF NTID, I'm NOT HAPPY. I'm pissed.
1. I expect RIT personnel dept to PUNISH (I prefer FIRE) the employee who's laptop got stolen.
2. I demand that the person or persons, who were responsible for communication to the NTID community and ALUMNI community, be reprimanded for not notifying the community sooner!
3. I demand that NTID/RIT offer Security locks for the laptops to Faculty, Staff, Employees, and STUDENTS for free and demand that they lock their laptops completely to their desks!! In addition, their doors in the dorm rooms and office rooms should be closed at all times from now on.
We are living in a changed world. Security should be our main priority. What has happened at NTID should be a message as well to the Gallaudet and the deaf community as a whole: If you own a laptop, invest in a laptop lock and lock your laptop to your desk at all times. Even when you are home! Keep your office and dorm room doors CLOSED! We got strobe lights in these places.. USE THEM!!
Some of you may ask: what about for computer towers? Yes, there are locks too for computer towers. Ask your computer dealers.
NTID alumni should contact the hot line — (866) 624-8330, which can be called through a relay service — will be available from Tuesday (September 2nd) through Sept. 26. The hot line will be open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekdays and on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
More over, further information including Qs and As (questions and answers) can be found at this web page: http://www.rit.edu/news/?v=46283
My advice to the NTID alumni community: Call the credit bureau company first thing Tuesday and place a FRAUD alert on your credit file and ask for a credit report review asap.
This is NOT a fun thing to do. Especially when NTID has just already celebrated 40 years and we've just kicked the Alexander Graham Bell's name off Tower C this year. Augh.
Salute to Brian for his alert to me.
Semper FI.
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