98,000 Stolen Identities Recovered

A laptop containing personal information on more than 98,000 Cal students that was stolen in March has been recovered after it was sold on eBay. I suppose consumers can find a small amount of comfort in this, knowing that the real target of one of the larger ID thefts was really the laptop containing the data, not the data itself. The thief likely didn't know what was on the laptop, and it was sold on eBay with all of the data intact. Cal dodged a bullet on this one, but as far as I know, the lost laptop of the Cal professor which contained military secrets is still at large.
By Chris on September 15, 2005 10:05 AM |