California discloses massive ID theft
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The state of California has warned residents that their personal data may have been stolen from computers at the University of California, Berkeley, after a database used by researchers there was compromised by hackers.
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In what may be the largest data breach at a university, the University of California,  Los Angeles, began sending out letters to more than 800,000 individuals whose personal data may have been compromised in database breach that remained undetected for more than a year.
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The University of California, Los Angeles, reports one or more computer hackers have accessed a database containing the personal information of 800,000 people.  The school said the central campus database was accessed between October 2005 and Nov.
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The loss or theft of personal data such as credit card and Social Security numbers is soaring to unprecedented levels, and the trend isn't expected to turn around anytime soon as hackers stay a step ahead of security and laptops disappear with sensitive information.
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When Michelle Brown, a corporate  banker outside of Los Angeles, filled out paperwork for an  apartment rental, little did she realize that financial details  offered to a landlord would lead to identity theft that plagued  five years of her life.
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BERKELEY, Calif.) - The personal information of more than a (m) million Californians may have fallen into the hands of a computer hacker.
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US consumers made more than 600,000 complaints of fraud in 2004 with two in five concerning ID theft, official figures suggest.
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A man charged in connection with identity theft had his social security number exposed on the court's digital records system.
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Network attacks using stolen IDs result in substantial damages, according to an analysis of federally prosecuted cases.
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Hackers took advantage of a known vulnerability on an unpatched computer to potentially gain access to some 1.4 million names, Social Security numbers, telephone numbers, addresses and dates of birth at University of California at Berkeley, officials said
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in which the hacker gained access to the private information of 600,000 clients and workers in California&#39;s In-Home Supportive Services program
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By Jim Provance, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio  Jun. 16--COLUMBUS -- A thief made away with a state government computer backup "storage device" containing the names and COLUMBUS numbers of more than 64,000 state employees, prompting Gov. Ted Strickland to issue an alert yesterday.
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A company that collects consumer data warned thousands of Californians that hackers penetrated the company's computer network and may have stolen credit reports, Social Security numbers and other sensitive information.
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The loss or theft of personal data such as credit card and Social Security numbers soared to unprecedented levels in 2007, and the trend isnât expected to turn around anytime soon.
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Intruder gained access to database holding personal information for up to 600,000 elderly and disabled Californians.
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A hacker has infiltrated a  University of California, Los Angeles database containing the  personal information on 800,000 people, the school said on  Tuesday, in one of the worst computer breaches ever at a U.S.  university.
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Warning unheeded as thousands of records exposed A stolen backup tape containing personal data on Ohio state workers also contained the names and Social Security numbers of around 225,000 state residents.â¦