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Harvard uncovers ID, debit-card scam

January 7, 2008

The Boston Globe:Harvard University police and the Middlesex district attorney's office are investigating a security breach at the school after an undergraduate allegedly manufactured phony driver's licenses and university identification cards that can be used as debit cards. The student came to police attention after university police learned that their identification system was compromised. In an e-mail the university sent to accountholders yesterday, officials said that no accounts had been improperly debited, but that they wanted to alert students and staff as a precaution.