laptop stolen at UC Berkeley.. possible identity theft situation

[jagec]

Originally posted by: isekii

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

Looks like the english class was pointless for you.

:laugh:

 

[pray4mojo]

/regrets applying for berkeley

 

[vegetation]

At the very least, the owner of this laptop should have all his personal info publically uploaded on all the usenet forums. Nothing else will do justice.

 

[chowderhead]

this is really lame. Here is the student newspapre article which lowlights the chain of failures. Notice that the cosmic forces had to align just right for this to happen :roll:

The thief, who is described as a middle-aged black woman, took the computer from a restricted area of the Graduate Division offices in Sproul Hall during lunch hour on March 11. The area would normally have been locked but had been momentarily left unlocked that day, Felde said.

UC-wide policy requires all computers containing sensitive student information like Social Security numbers to be encoded, but the brand-new laptop was not scheduled to be encoded until later that same day, Felde said.

Stolen Laptop Held Sensitive Student Data, Officials Say

yeah, Brand new laptop - right :roll: that someone had just put the names and SS# of 98,000 people on. Can we hope that they at least had a password user account?

The school should be rightfully sued if anyone ends up with identity or cc fraud.

 

[Baked]

Originally posted by: chowderhead
The school should be rightfully sued if anyone ends up with identity or cc fraud.

The selfish dumbass who left the door open, and the dumbass who didn't bother to lock the laptop up w/ a $20 microsaver should be publicly hang. Don't blame the school 'cause some highly educated people acted stupid once again and caused a shed storm.

 

[gsaldivar]

Originally posted by: isekii

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

Looks like the english class was pointless for you.

😀 owned.

 

[gsaldivar]

Originally posted by: Baked
Don't blame the school 'cause some highly educated people acted stupid once again and caused a shed storm.

Regardless of whether or not the school is directly to "blame" for the theft, they should be HELD ACCOUNTABLE for creating the situation in which the theft occurred.

Without legal accountability, students might be left to individually bear the costs of correcting any misuse of their private information -- made possible only as a DIRECT RESULT of the school's negligence in protecting the information entrusted to them. :thumbsdown::|

 

[chowderhead]

Originally posted by: Baked

Originally posted by: chowderhead
The school should be rightfully sued if anyone ends up with identity or cc fraud.

The selfish dumbass who left the door open, and the dumbass who didn't bother to lock the laptop up w/ a $20 microsaver should be publicly hang. Don't blame the school 'cause some highly educated people acted stupid once again and caused a shed storm.

It is called having a procedure for securing sensitive data and instilling a rigorous and redundant system where things like this won't happen. It is called facillitating a culture where failure to secure sensitive data occured on MUTIPLE levels.
Why have this stuff on a laptop? Who said ok for that to happen? Where is the laptop lock?

I work in an isolated area with security guards and badge checks. We lock our sh*t up and we don't even have any sensitive data. Nothing has happened (knock on wood) but we still lock everything up. Administration gets a butt load of money. There are more middle managers and deans and vice this and that then janitors. Computer security is lax. The employees should be reprimanded/demoted or fired depending on the union rules. They need a wakeup call and if people are damaged because of this incompetence, then they should sue.

 

[amol]

Originally posted by: isekii

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

Looks like the english class was pointless for you.

:laugh::thumbsup: