UH Warns Students, Faculty Of Potential ID Theft

06-17-05

(Philadelphia & Conshohocken, PA)

Students and faculty who attended or worked at all 10 campuses of the University of Hawaii system are being encouraged to take steps to protect themselves against identity theft after a recent case involving a former library employee. Deborah Jenkins was employed at Manoa's Hamilton Library from 2001 until 2003. Right now, she is a fugitive. While working at UH Manoa, she apparently used a Maryland man's Social Security number to get fraudulent loans.
Jenkins had access to more than 150,000 students, faculty, staff and patrons. Anyone who checked out materials at any UH campus library between 1999 and 2003 may be at risk.
"We are taking this issue very seriously and strongly advise our staff, students, faculty and other affiliates associated with the university system to, at a minimum, obtain and review their credit report," UH Chief Information Officer David Lassner said in a news release.
"It's a wakeup call for our faculty staff and students but the reality is everybody's at risk for this all the time," Lassner said.

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