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What to do if you find yourself part of a data breach

January 30, 2012 – 7:37 am

This past year was a significant one for business owners, as it was the year that saw some of the biggest data breaches in the history of the United States. More than 30 million records were affected by more than 500 data breaches – and those are only the ones that were reported. Many are not.
Some [...]

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Protect your business against fraud

January 27, 2012 – 7:28 am

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Business owners beware: Crooks can and will hack your system

July 25, 2011 – 7:50 am

A Georgia man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for hacking business computer networks and committing identity theft on a “massive scale,” said authorities.
Twenty-five-year-old Rogelio Hackett has pleaded guilty to counterfeit credit card trafficking and identity theft, which caused $36 million in losses, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Hackett had been trafficking [...]

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LifeLock can help business fight data breaches

January 24, 2011 – 8:15 am

The headlines have been filled in the past year with thousands of data breaches – from universities to hospitals to private companies. There are many more that occur and don’t get reported. And for each breach, there are thousands of people who are affected, and who could become victims of identity theft.
Hackers are getting more [...]

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Gamers hack server at medical firm

January 14, 2011 – 9:07 am

Gamers who hacked a server to play Call of Duty: Black Ops have caused a medical firm to warm patients of the threat of identity theft.
Seacoast Radiology, based in New Hampshire warned its clientele after its server was hacked and an “unseen vulnerability” was exploited, allowing possible access to a server containing sensitive personal information. [...]

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Colorado struggles with business ID theft solutions

October 12, 2010 – 8:25 am

Business owners in Colorado who registered their companies with the Colorado Secretary of State could find themselves victims of fraud.
The online state registry has no security protection, so thieves have been targeting businesses on the site in recent months. The site lists companies’ registered agents and offices, and the information is available by logging onto [...]

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Hospital employee steals ID info, passes it on to friends

October 1, 2010 – 7:06 am

An employee at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md. has been arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud and identity theft after stealing the names, Social Security numbers and addresses of patients at the facility.
Jasmine Amber Smith, 25, of Nottingham, stole the information and then provided it to friends, who have also been [...]

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Global ID theft scam focused on Florida businesses

September 20, 2010 – 7:00 am

Dozens of Florida businesses have fallen prey to corporate identity thieves, reports a South Florida newspaper.
The scam was uncovered when a Winter Garden businessman said he received multiple calls from people interested in applying for jobs they saw posted on his company’s Web site. There were no such job postings.
After investigating the calls, [...]

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Assess who you do business with before you get burned

September 16, 2010 – 7:21 am

If you live a normal life, you regularly put your personal information “out there” on a regular basis. Shopping online, shopping in stores, going to restaurants, going to school, visiting your doctor…all of these things require that you provide at least some of your personal information to someone.
As a savvy consumer, you should assess those [...]

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