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the Oakdale firm that's now handling California student loan accounts

Educational Credit Management Corporation

That's because it made the news in March after someone stole personal data -- including Social Security numbers -- from 3.3 million accounts stored with the nonprofit company.

, involving an estimated 5 percent of all federal student-loan borrowers.

The stolen data, stored on about 650 disks, 

soon turned up in a Minneapolis police evidence room

. The disks had been in safes stolen from the company but then recovered by police. According to a KARE 11 report:

The police said it appeared no one had actually gotten into the data, so it had not been compromised.

Don't worry, California. Your personal info will be in good hands.

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rpongsaj via Flickr It’s safe with us   If you’ve read the news about the Oakdale firm that’s now handling California student loan accounts, the name of the company — Educational Credit Management Corporation — might sound familiar. That’s because it made the news in March after someone stole personal data — including Social Security numbers…

Minn. firm that lost data now handling California student loans

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