Archive for the ‘identity theft’ Category
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
Traditionally, identity thieves tend to use personal information to open up new lines of credit or rack up charges on current credit accounts. One international group of hackers tried a different approach. They hacked into the online database of White Wolf Publishing, a company that sells table top games. After ...
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Monday, July 28th, 2008
During a visit to the MAYO clinic in Arizona, the famous rapper, DMX, gave a false name and address to avoid paying the $7,500 medical bill he had incurred. On July 24th, he pleaded not guilty to the charges of identity theft. On his way out of the courtroom, he ...
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Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
3.4 million Colorado residents are at risk for identity theft due to flaws in the way that personal information is handled at the Division of Motor Vehicles.
The DMV sends large clumps of personal data over the internet without any encryption or protection. They have also failed to limit access to ...
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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
A woman from Duncanville, Texas has been sentenced to 38 years behind bars for stealing the identities of 78 individuals. This case has been labeled one of the largest identity theft cases against a person ever in the Dallas area. The 42 year old woman stole tens of thousands of ...
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Social security numbers are plastered across Medicare cards that are used by millions of Americans. Social security officials are calling for immediate action to issue new Medicare cards that do not display the SSN. However, Medicare officials are reluctant to do this. They state that it would be to ...
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