Educational Credit Management
Disclosed Mar 26, 201016 years ago3,300,000 affectedUnverified
Portable media with data of 3.3 million student loan borrowers stolen
The Minnesota company that guarantees federal student loans said portable media holding names, addresses, Social Security numbers and birth dates of about 3.3 million borrowers were stolen from its headquarters. No bank account data was included.
What is known
| People affected | 3,300,000 (as reported by the organization) |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Mar 26, 2010 |
| Attack | Lost or stolen device |
| Data exposed | Names, Addresses, Social Security numbers, Dates of birth |
| Sector | Finance · US |
| Status | Unverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization |
Sources
| Source | |
|---|---|
| Student Loan Company: Data on 3.3M People Stolen - FOXNews.com (AP)web.archive.org · News | News |
Notices filed
| Where | Filed | People |
|---|---|---|
| Researchtotal | Mar 26, 2010 | 3,300,000 |
History of this record
- 2026-09-25 · added · seed source
First seen 2026-09-25 (Research). Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.