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Express Scripts’ hackers have 700,000 victims’ personal info

October 2, 2009 – 10:05 am

Express Scripts’ hackers have stolen the personal information of roughly 700,000 members of the pharmacy benefits management company. It’s the first time the company has placed a number on the total extent of the information held by the hackers, and the latest installment in an ongoing drama.
The tumult began last fall when Express Scripts [...]

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Social networking, file-sharing and ID theft risks

August 28, 2009 – 11:52 am

What do social networking users have in common with cigarette smokers? Members of both groups know they’re engaging in risky behaviors but don’t take steps they know will protect them.
The majority of social network users polled by AVG Technologies said they were concerned about becoming victims of online crime such as malware attacks and identity [...]

By admin | Posted in Social network sites | Also tagged AVG Technologies, CMO, Facebook, file-sharing, id theft, Identity theft, LifeLock promotion code, social networking sites, Twitter | Comments (0)

LifeLock eRecon™: Heartland, Hannaford data breaches mean lower prices for stolen credit card info

August 21, 2009 – 1:53 pm

It’s all a matter of supply and demand. Pickpockets and small-time hackers were once the only source for a meager supply of stolen credit cards and credit card data, and prices were correspondingly high; in the mid-1970s, buyers routinely paid as much as $20 for a single credit card record.
But that was then. Now the [...]

By admin | Posted in eRecon | Also tagged Albert Gonzalez, cybercrime, Dmitry Bestuzhev, eRecon, hackers, Hannaford, Heartland Payment Systems, Kaspersky Labs, LifeLock | Comments (4)

LifeLock review: Insider data breaches increasing; 1.33 million records stolen by insiders in 2008

July 15, 2009 – 2:23 pm

Yes, there was a time when a hacker was a pimply-faced guy sitting in his parents’ basement surrounded by pizza boxes and bulky PCs. But that’s not who’s responsible for data breaches in this millennium.
Increasingly, it’s insiders who are stealing their organizations’ information, according to recent studies.

By admin | Posted in data breach | Also tagged Cisco, Identity Theft Resource Center, LifeLock promotion code, Ponemon Institute, Verizon Business, Verizon Business Data Breach Investigations Report | Comments (2)

LifeLock and FBI summit focuses on ID theft and P2P software

July 10, 2009 – 2:26 pm

In less time than it will take you to read this blog post, Robert Boback and millions of other people can find your income tax return and download it. Within minutes, they’ll know your name, address, phone number, birth date, Social Security number, place of employment, annual income and account numbers.
Think that’s scary? They’ll know [...]

By admin | Posted in identity theft prevention | Also tagged file-sharing, Identity theft, LifeLock promotion code, LimeWire, P2P, peer-to-peer | Comments (4)

LifeLock reviews: June data breaches at colleges and universities

July 1, 2009 – 3:04 pm

June saw only seven reported data breaches at institutions of higher learning—not a terrific month, but certainly not the worst of the past year; that distinction is shared among July, September and December, 2008, when each month showed 13 reported data breaches. Total number of lost or exposed records for June is 171,611.
Last month, there [...]

By admin | Posted in Education data breach | Also tagged Cornell University, Johns Hopkins University, Kirkwood Community College, LifeLock promotion code, Oregon Health & Science University, University of Nevada, University of North Dakota, Virginia Commonwealth University | Comments (0)

LifeLock review: Virginia Dept. of Health Professions extortionist demands $10 million

May 5, 2009 – 1:57 pm

A wise-ass hacker has broken into the Virginia Department of Health Professionals, and is demanding $10 million in ransom for the return of the stolen information. According to Wikileaks.org, the hacker stole the data, encrypted it, and posted the following ransom not on the Virginia Prescription Monitoring Program website:
“I have your shit. In *my* possession, [...]

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LifeLock review: Managers turn off laptop encryption, lose laptops–DOH!

April 30, 2009 – 12:04 pm

In the old westerns it was easy to tell the good guys from the bad; the good guys wore white hats and the bad guys wore black. But, when it comes to identity theft and hackers, the bad guys are invisible, and the people we thought were the good guys either refuse to wear their [...]

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LifeLock review: 285,000,000 records compromised in 2008 data breaches

April 21, 2009 – 11:28 am

Verizon Business’ just-released an analysis of 1,152 data breaches that occurred in 2008, and found that 285,000,000 records were compromised as a result of security lapses. Kind of makes mail shredding seem like a quaint notion, doesn’t it?

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LifeLock review: 100,000 patients at risk of credit or medical identity theft after records stolen

April 13, 2009 – 2:41 pm

You have to wonder how it could happen. How do records from a medical practice disappear between the doctors’ office and the storage facility?
With any luck, the Salisbury MD police might be able to provide an answer someday, but for the 100,000 patients who’ve visited Peninsula Orthopaedic Associates in Salisbury MD, there are bigger things [...]

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