Archive for the ‘Data Breaches’ Category
Friday, August 22nd, 2008
Nowhere seems to be safe from identity thieves anymore, not even charities. Hackers recently breached the website of a charity in the United Kingdom called Aid to the Church in Need. They made off with the personal information of over 2,000 donors. Instead of using this information to open up ...
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
Despite the growing awareness of the threat of identity theft and all the measures taken against it, ID theft is actually increasing at alarming rates. According to reports from the Identity Theft Resource Center, there were over 340 reported data breaches in the past year. This represents a 69% ...
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Monday, August 4th, 2008
Another massive data breach was recently discovered at a Texas insurance company. A man was found taking photos of the trash in the dumpster of the Texas Insurance Claims Services building. When police were called in to investigate the incident, they discovered hundreds of files containing social security numbers, phone ...
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Friday, July 25th, 2008
Many people have the common misconception that if you’re careful enough, your identity can’t be compromised. Unfortunately, your private data is not always protected by the companies you trust. Even the government can put you at risk. On Wednesday, the identities of over 70 people were compromised at the San ...
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Friday, July 25th, 2008
Most of us think of identity theft on an individual basis, but it even happens to corporate giants. Google itself suffered a recent data breach, compromising the identities of Google employees, CNET Networks employees, and many of their clients. This information was stored at the offices of Colt Express Outsourcing ...
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