Over 100,000 served …

Posted by in Uncategorized Mar 31st, 2005

And not the way they'd like. From Inside Higher Ed, news that a thief who stole a laptop at the University of california at Berkeley made off with information on around 100,000 applicants to Berkeley grad programs. Ouch.

Officials at the University of California at Berkeley said that a laptop stolen from the university's graduate division contained personal information for nearly 100,000 individuals. The computer included records for applicants to Berkeley's graduate programs from fall 2001 to spring 2004; students enrolled in the school's graduate programs from fall 1989 to fall 2003; and individuals who received doctorates from Berkeley between 1976 and 1999. Although no evidence exists that any of the stolen information has been used fraudulently,
according to a statement from the university, the institution is required by a California law to disclose the breach to those affected. The statement said the university is making "every reasonable effort to notify by mail or e-mail all 98,369 individuals whose names and Social Security numbers were on the computer."

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