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 [...]
January 20, 2010 – 7:38 am
Consumer review of LifeLock’s Command Center™
I’ve been a LifeLock member for just over two years, and have always been happy with their service. But I recently decided to add LifeLock Command Center™–their new tier of ID theft services—to my membership. I know enough about ID theft to know that no one is ever completely protected, [...]
January 13, 2010 – 3:06 pm
2009 Identity Theft Resource Center Breach Report
The Identity Theft Resource Center’s numbers on last years’ data breaches are out, but despite some figures that are seemingly good news, the overall picture is muddled if not outright bleak.
Nearly 500 data breaches were reported last year – a 25% decrease from 2008. That’s the first decrease in [...]
December 21, 2009 – 2:43 pm
The holiday season brings families and friends together. It’s a blessing for some, but for others … not so much. These are the families whose relatives and friends include at least one drug addict, alcoholic, convict, compulsive shopper or gambler or a get-rich-quick scammer. In other words, these are the families who need to worry [...]
December 11, 2009 – 1:04 pm
A data breach is never a good thing, but when the data breach isn’t discovered for three years, and then those responsible wait two months before notifying those affected and at risk of ID theft … Well, 24,000 University of Notre Dame employees are confronting that situation.
Files containing the employees’ names, Social Security numbers, birth [...]
December 4, 2009 – 3:38 pm
Members will be receiving mail from BlueCross BlueShield any day now, but it won’t be Christmas cards. Instead, they’ll be getting letters warning them that they are at a heightened risk from ID theft because their personal, financial and even medical information may be among the millions of records missing after 57 computer hard drives [...]
November 24, 2009 – 11:34 am
When you hear about a drug addict being arrested on 276 counts of ID theft, forgery, possession of controlled substances and burglary, the smiling face of the OB/GYN who delivered your children doesn’t immediately come to mind.
Even more shocking: you may be among her 15 patients/ID theft victims. Dr. Lisa Barden admits she’s a drug [...]
November 5, 2009 – 1:05 pm
A computer technician at the Bank of New York Mellon was indicted on 149 counts of grand larceny, ID theft, money laundering, scheme to defraud, computer tampering and unlawful possession of personal identification information.
The Manhattan district attorney’s office accused 27-year-old Adeniyi Adeyemi of committing ID theft against more than 150 of his coworkers at the [...]
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Also tagged Adeniyi Adeyemi, AFK Foundation, American Friends of Birdlife International, and the American Association for Clinical Chemistry, Bank of New York Mellon, Goodwill Industries, Identity theft, Iris Ministries, Ravi Zacharia International Ministries, the American Community School at Beirut, the International Association of Women Judges, the Jacksonville Humane Society, the Kalgidhar Trust, the Space Generation Advisory Council, the Sudanese American Community Development Organization
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October 19, 2009 – 9:59 am
The Virginia state government has suffered another major data breach, their second this year. The most recent occurred September 21 when an unencrypted flash drive containing the names, Social Security numbers and employment and demographic information of 103,000 people was lost.
Those affected either took an adult education class between April 2007 and January 2009, or [...]
October 13, 2009 – 9:24 am
The first lesson we all learn about protecting ourselves online is how to avoid phishing emails. They often claim to be from a bank, credit card issuer or even the IRS and ask the recipients to confirm their account numbers, login information or personally identifying information. Their intent, of course, is to trick people into [...]
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