No big deal. With potentially 800,000 people subject to identity theft because UCLA hadn't spotted a leak for a year, it was front page news for a couple days. When Boeing announced that the personal information of nearly 400,000 workers was on a stolen laptop, it was buried in a small article in the Business section (Information on Boeing workers, retirees stolen). Given that Boeing is one of largest employers in the L.A. area, you'd have thought it was bigger news.
I haven't gotten my letter yet from UCLA, but I've been told that they offer to lock the files of those of us at risk ... for a fee. Boeing at least has the decency to offer credit monitoring for three years for those affected. Maybe they are charging a fee, too, but the article doesn't indicate that. Given that it is their responsibility, it is the least they should do.
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