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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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Health insurance company breach may affect 70,000 Georgians

June 30, 2010 – 6:35 am

Georgia’s largest health insurer has reported a Web site security breach that could affect 70,000 residents whose medical information, Social Security numbers and credit card data may have been accessed.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia’s breach is part of the larger breach of the insurer’s parent company, WellPoint, which has sent warning letters to 470,000 [...]

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Identity theft protection

January 31, 2010 – 5:01 pm

Prevent identity theft by shredding unnecessary documents
Tax time is the perfect time to clean out old files or set up a new file system. But where do you start? And what do you shred to prevent identity theft?
You should shred any unneeded documents or mail that has your personal information on it, and that doesn’t [...]

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Too many data breaches for you NOT to have LifeLock

January 16, 2009 – 3:36 pm

A good bit of my identity theft and data breach info comes from A Chronology of Data Breaches, which is compiled by the good folks at Privacy Rights Clearinghouse. I periodically cruise through their site, checking to see what groups of numbskulls has lost how many records recently.
This week there have been eight newly reported [...]

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December 27, 2008 – 10:01 pm

The fact that you’re reading this article indicates that you’re concerned about identity theft. You’re probably among the smart people who are cautious about giving out their Social Security numbers. You shred all mail you don’t need that contains identifying or financial information. You watch your bank and credit card accounts for suspicious activity. And, [...]

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Portland VA clinic data breach; LifeLock helps to provide data breach protection

November 5, 2008 – 12:04 pm

The Veterans Affairs Medical Clinic in Portland, OR posted personal information of at least 1,600 patients on a public website. Included in the exposed information was the Social Security numbers of approximately 700 patients.
Information of patients from other VA clinics was also posted, but the total number of patients affected isn’t known, according to the [...]

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Data breach big as Texas hits 89,000 lottery winners. It’s time for LifeLock.

November 3, 2008 – 11:59 am

It’s true what they say about everything being bigger in Texas: big hair, big ranches and now, a big data breach.
More than 89,000 lucky lottery winners are getting the bad news from the Texas Lottery Commission that a former employee took their names, addresses, Social Security numbers and their prize amounts with him when he [...]

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