Category Archives: identity theft risks

LifeLock review: AT&T temp took out $70,000 in online loans using co-workers’ info

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That’s verbiage from PayDayOne’s website, the same one Cassandra Walls allegedly used to obtain most of the $70,000 in online loans she obtained using stolen identities.

Walls was indicted this month, and accused of using her position as a temporary employee at [...]

Researchers prove Social Security numbers easy to guess and not secure

The idea of identity thieves stealing Social Security numbers has always been frightening. With every data breach, the risk of identity theft is determined by the security of the keys to the castle—the constituents’ SSNs.
Results from a Carnegie Mellon University study shows that the numbers don’t have to be stolen; they can be discerned with [...]