Several weeks ago, UCLA acknowledged that some of its computers had been hacked. Obeying a state law, it notified more than 800,000 people that their personal data, including Social Security numbers, might have ended up in the wrong hands.
The fact that the data got loose wasn't all that striking. Unfortunately, that's all too common. What struck me was this statement from a hapless UCLA honcho: "We have a responsibility to safeguard personal information, an obligation that we take very seriously."
When ...