Stolen UC Berkeley Laptop Exposes Personal Data on 100,000
Thief was able to walk into campus office and walk out with
personal info on thousands  The laptop stolen from UC Berkeley
was supposed to be encrypted this month, Felde said. The
computer, which required a password to operate, was left
unattended for a few minutes in a restricted area of a campus
office before someone walked in and stole it, Felde said. A
campus employee witnessed the theft and reported it to
university police.  Authorities suspect the thief was more
interested in swiping a computer than people's identities. Felde
said there been no evidence so far to indicate the stolen
information has been used for identify theft.  The stolen laptop
contained the Social Security numbers of UC Berkeley students
who received their doctorates from 1976 through 1999, graduate
students enrolled at the university between fall 1989 and fall
2003 and graduate school applicants between fall 2001 and spring
2004. Some graduate students in other years also w