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Free credit monitoring offered after data theft
Posted: 03.27.2010 at 2:12 PM
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MINEAPOLIS, MN (AP) -- A company that guarantees federal student loans is arranging free credit monitoring for borrowers after a big data theft. Educational Credit Management Corp. says personal data on about 3.3 million people nationwide has been stolen from its headquarters in Minnesota. The data includes names, addresses, Social Security numbers and dates of birth.

The St. Paul-based nonprofit says the data was on "portable media" stolen last weekend. Details aren't being released because of law enforcement's ongoing investigation. ECMC says credit protection agency Experian will provide affected borrowers with free credit monitoring and protection services.

(Copyright ©2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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