Thief Gets University Laptop With Data on 100,000

A thief has stolen a computer laptop containing personal information about nearly 100,000 University of California at Berkeley alumni, graduate students and past applicants, continuing a recent outbreak of security breakdowns that has illustrated society's growing vulnerability to identity theft. University officials announced the March 11 theft under a state law requiring that consumers be notified whenever their Social Security numbers or other sensitive information has been breached.