Stolen UC Berkeley laptop exposes personal data of nearly 100,000

Stolen UC Berkeley laptop exposes personal data of nearly 100,000


Another security theft at a major university strengthens the importance of moving away from social security numbers as the means of identifying students. All of this happened with the theft of only one computer. It's difficult enough to protect your own information, it's even more of a problem to ensure that those who you trust to protect your information actually do so.