February 14, 2010 – 1:53 pm
Data breach at AvMed makes three health insurer data breaches in three months
If the question is when will health care insurers begin protecting their customers’ identities, health information and financial information, in light of the most recent insurer data breach, the answer has to be “when pigs fly.”
AvMed began sending out notifications this week of [...]
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 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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October 28, 2009 – 10:50 am
Yeah, yeah, yeah … innocent till proven guilty … jury of his peers … I know, I know, but, really, how much nerve does it take to plead not guilty when the evidence is so not in a guy’s favor?
Miguel Bell, 29, is accused of leading a ring of 29 ID thieves who stole $1.3 [...]
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