laptop stolen at UC Berkeley.. possible identity theft situation

[z0mb13]

FYI

link

 

[imported_Hi]

wow what kind of dipsit puts that stuff in a unsecured laptop

 

[BigJ]

Looks like someone lost their job.

 

[z0mb13]

Originally posted by: BigJ
Looks like someone lost their job.

I dont think so

probably a bum stole the laptop, then hawk it to buy dope or crack..

after all this is berkeley

 

[KEV1N]

Working in the graduate division of another University of California, we are feeling the heat from the dean to make sure this doesn't happen to us too.

 

[Baked]

It's not a possibility, it's a fact. Some dumb fvck was too cheap or too lazy to lockup his/her laptop w/ a $5 kensington microsaver. Glad I'm not a Cal student. They'll never recover the laptop. We've had laptops stolen in broad day light on campus before, never recovered, the cops are useless.

 

[xcalibir]

we have a theft problem at University of Michigan too

 

[TuxDave]

Gawwwddammit

Graduate students who registered at UC Berkeley from Fall 1989 through Fall 2003

<----- UC Berkeley Grad Student from 2002-->2004

 

[gsaldivar]

Unfvckingbelievable.........................................................:thumbsdown:

 

[paulney]

I wonder if that guy also stole a couple of bikes to get away in a breathtaking speed chase across campus.

 

[SKC]

damn, thanks for the psa. Maybe Stoney had something to do with it..

Seriously though, thanks for the link.

 

[da loser]

why would someone have the info on a laptop?

 

[SKC]

Originally posted by: da loser
why would someone have the info on a laptop?

Berkeley, probably like many campuses out there, doesn't have the most forward-thinking administration/bureaucracy.

 

[her209]

Let's hope the they put that information on an encrypted NTFS partition (at the very least).

 

[BHeemsoth]

Originally posted by: her209
Let's hope the they put that information on an encrypted NTFS partition (at the very least).

It's probably on a fvcking unencrpted, non password protected excel spreadsheet.

 

[grrl]

Originally posted by: gsaldivar
Unfvckingbelievable.........................................................:thumbsdown:

Especially considering how long they waited to noitify people. And in the meantime 100,000 credit cards are charging up a storm.

 

[Philippine Mango]

time to notify my mother! Sh!t! She is currently a berkeley graduate student and applied during the time frames listed...

 

[machintos]

wow, that's a lot of potential frauds.

 

[z0mb13]

come on guys.. the person that probably stole this does not even know that all the identities exist... probably its just a bum that hawk it right away to get money for booze and crack..

 

[777php]

which graduate division was it stolen from?

 

[BlackAdam]

That effects my English teacher...

 

[cyclohexane]

that's old news

 

[isekii]

Originally posted by: BlackAdam
That effects my English teacher...

Looks like the english class was pointless for you.

 

[bootymac]

Originally posted by: rpbri2886

Originally posted by: her209
Let's hope the they put that information on an encrypted NTFS partition (at the very least).

It's probably on a fvcking unencrpted, non password protected excel spreadsheet.

Doubt it. It's probably on one of those note things you can put on your desktop

 

[imthebadguy]

LOL, list will hit the net within the end of the week