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2018 — Palo Alto Networks: On January 18, 2018, Palo Alto Unified School…

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Data compromised

Personal information

Technical writeup

On January 18, 2018, Palo Alto Unified School District learned that an employee was storing confidential parent information on his laptop. This same employee had a prior laptop stolen and based on this information, the District conducted an investigation to determine whether personal information was affected by the prior incident. The District's investigation determined that although the stolen laptop was password protected, confidential information may have been stored on the device, including

Root cause

Physical theft

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