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• UC Berkeley to lead effort in foiling cyberattacks

  - 2005-04-12

  University of California, Berkeley, will lead a consortium of colleges in a $19 million effort to protect the nation's computers from cyberattacks, the National Science Foundation announced Monday. UC Berkeley researchers will join those at seven other colleges and universities -- including Mills College in Oakland -- to...

  Tags: computer, cyberattack, Government, Hacking, PRODUCTIVITY, SECURITY, University of California at Berkeley

• Cal will lead effort against cyberattacks Berkeley to lead U.S.

  - 2005-04-12

  University of California, Berkeley will lead a consortium of colleges in a $19 million effort to protect the nation's computers from cyberattacks, the National Science Foundation announced Monday. UC Berkeley researchers will join those at seven other colleges and universities -- including Mills College in Oakland -- to...

  Tags: computer, cyberattack, Government, Hacking, PRODUCTIVITY, SECURITY, University of California at Berkeley

• UC Berkeley to hire data security expert after theft

  - 2005-04-08

  BERKELEY -- UC Berkeley's chancellor has called for an outside auditor to examine the university's handling of personal computer records following the recent theft of a laptop containing personal information of nearly 100,000 graduate students and alumni. On March 11, a thief entered private graduate division offices...

  Tags: computer, FINANCE, Government, HARDWARE, Notebooks, PRODUCTIVITY, SECURITY, University of California at Berkeley

• UC Berkeley to hire data security expert

  - 2005-04-07

  BERKELEY -- UC Berkeley's chancellor has called for an outside auditor to examine the university's handling of personal computer records following the recent theft of a laptop containing personal information of nearly 100,000 graduate students and alumni. On March 11, a thief entered private graduate division offices...

  Tags: computer, FINANCE, Government, PRODUCTIVITY, SECURITY, University of California at Berkeley

• UC Berkeley to hire data security expert

  - 2005-04-07

  BERKELEY -- UC Berkeleys chancellor has called for an outside auditor to examine the universitys handling of personal computer records following the recent theft of a laptop containing personal information of nearly 100,000 graduate students and alumni. On March 11, a thief stole an IBM laptop from...

  Tags: computer, FINANCE, Government, PRODUCTIVITY, SECURITY, University of California at Berkeley

• Cal laptop security put under microscope

  - 2005-04-06

  BERKELEY -- UC Berkeley's chancellor has called for an outside auditor to examine the university's handling of personal computer records following the recent theft of a laptop containing personal information of nearly 100,000 graduate students and alumni. On March 11, a thief stole an IBM laptop from...

  Tags: computer, Government, HARDWARE, Notebooks, PRODUCTIVITY, SECURITY, University of California at Berkeley

• Cal laptop security is scrutinized

  - 2005-04-06

  BERKELEY -- UC Berkeley's chancellor has called for an outside auditor to examine the university's handling of personal computer records following the recent theft of a laptop containing personal information of nearly 100,000 graduate students and alumni. On March 11, a thief stole an IBM laptop from...

  Tags: computer, Government, HARDWARE, Notebooks, PRODUCTIVITY, SECURITY, University of California at Berkeley

• Noncampus server tied to Cal hack

  - 2004-10-22

  A noncampus computer and server that were hooked to the campus network without proper security precautions have been linked to a University of California, Berkeley hacker attack that may have exposed the personal information of more than a half-million California residents, university officials said. The Social Security...

  Tags: computer, Government, PRODUCTIVITY, researcher, SECURITY, server, University of California at Berkeley

• Hackers attack Cal database

  - 2004-10-21

  State and federal authorities are investigating a hacker attack at University of California, Berkeley after someone broke into a computer containing the Social Security numbers and other personal information of more than 1 million people, many of them elderly and disabled participants in a state home-care program. The break-in appears...

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