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Roane State mobilizing after private information stolen from thousands

   Posted: Thursday, October 22, 2009 5:28 PM EST

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   By ANN KEIL
   6 News Reporter

   HARRIMAN (WATE) -- Roane State Community College officials have set up a
   call center in hopes of easing fears after private information was stolen
   from thousands of former and current employees and students.

   "I actually first heard about it this morning in our class because our
   teacher brought it up. He is one of them," said Roane State student Alex
   Morphew.

   Morphew  isn't one of the nearly 16,000 people whose identity has been
   compromised, but he's concerned anyway.

   A college accountant, William Fuqua, broke school policy by taking private
   information off campus. He left it in an unlocked car.

   "Highly irresponsible, yes," Morphew said.

   6 News asked college officials how this happened.

   "In this particular situation, an employee was going to do some extra work
   at home. He took the file home, and unfortunately, the file did contain
   sensitive information,' says Danny Gibbs, Roane State's vice president of
   financial services.

   College officials are still investigating. As of Thursday, Fuqua hasn't been
   reprimanded.

   The college is also being criticized for waiting until Wednesday to inform
   the  public. Officials were notified on October 12 about the October 9
   incident.

   "We wanted to give the investigators time to perhaps recover the data, and
   we wanted to identify all of the students on the files," Gibbs said.

   The phones at the call center have been ringing ever since.

   Gibbs  says officials  are taking  the  incident  seriously,  focusing
   particularly on those at risk.

   "We are encouraging students to get a free credit report and to place a free
   fraud alert on their credit reports," Gibbs said.
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