Lizette Koehler wrote:
From the Palistine Herold in Palestine TX. This was repeated in the Enterprise
e-Mag.
Apparently when you steal the "MAINFRAME" the data is on it.
Lizette
Mainframe computer stolen from local TVCC campus
By PAUL STONE
The Palestine Herald
PALESTINE — A “mainframe computer” containing confidential student information
was stolen over the weekend from the Palestine campus of Trinity Valley
Community College, according to local authorities.
Anderson County Sheriff Greg Taylor told the Herald-Press Monday that the
computer was stolen from an office inside the Anderson Building at the rear of
the campus which is located on Texas 19, north of the Palestine city limits.
The building houses the college’s EMT, cosmotology and nursing classes, he
added.
The sheriff said the break-in apparently occurred sometime between 10 a.m.
Friday and 8 a.m. Monday when it was discovered by a school employee.
Taylor said the computer included student and class information, including
grades.
“Unfortunately, there’s personal information on there,” the sheriff said.
Also reported stolen from a separate office in the same building was $30 cash
and a $200 check, according to Taylor.
Additionally, a glass container filled with urine was discovered in the office
where the money was stolen, according to the sheriff.
The suspect(s) gained entry into the Anderson Building by prying open a back
door, according to Taylor.
“There was some evidence removed at the scene,” Taylor said. “We don’t have any
named suspects at this time.”
Estimated amount of damage was unknown as of mid-afternoon Monday.
“Of course, they cut a lot of wires (to take the mainframe computer),” the
sheriff said. “There will be a lot of damage.”
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Another fine example of "know-nothings" trying to "inform" the general
public. Remember all the flap about Y2K causing power and water systems
to shut down? Your car no longer working "because it's computer controlled"?
The proliferation of the PC has resulted in another proliferation: that
of self-proclaimed "experts" that know next to nothing, but have loud
voices.
Rick
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