Stolen UC-Berkeley Laptop Has Personal Data On 100,000 People
A thief has stolen a laptop containing sensitive personal information such as Social Security numbers of almost 100,000 University of California at Berkeley alumni, graduate students and past applicants. University officials announced the theft under a state law requiring that consumers be notified whenever sensitive information has been breached. This is the same law that ensured data broker ChoicePoint notified victims of its sale of information to identity thieves.
Thief Swipes More Than a Laptop, Associated Press, March 28, 2005.
