Friday, August 20th, 2010
You're standing in line at the grocery store, red-faced and embarrassed. The cashier has refused your check because the store has your name down as someone who's bounced a lot of checks.
And you've never bounced a check in your life.
Many people find out they've become the victim of identity ...
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Thursday, June 17th, 2010
New York City police arrested 26 people recently, most of whom are natives of Nigeria, who were reportedly involved in an identity theft ring that was able to steal at least $5 million using the personal information they obtained. The stolen identities included those of more than 200 soldiers, many ...
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Friday, April 17th, 2009
We depend on police officers to do the right thing and protect us from thieves that want to break in and steal. So it’s surprising to find cases where police officers are stealing from each other. You would think that the people designated to uphold the law wouldn’t be the ...
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Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
In late November I wrote a story about immigration identity theft and the effect it’s having. I mentioned one case out of Colorado that involved the tax preparer, Amalia Cerrillo, the owner of Amalia’s Translation and Tax Services. Well it seems that a judge has ordered a halt to the ...
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Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
With all the hype going around about the Conficker computer worm I thought it might be interesting to talk about technologies and people that can brake into systems and steal. For those who don’t know what Conflicker is here is a short description from wikipedia.
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Monday, April 6th, 2009
LifeLock is having another sweepstakes where one lucky winner and a guest will get a trip to New York City for four days and three nights. Along with $1,000 cash prize the lucky prizewinner will also get to experience the season finale of “The Celebrity Apprentice” that’s being filmed on ...
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Monday, March 30th, 2009
I’m sure that people are tired of hearing about identity theft. Identity theft horror stories are everywhere and are hard to ignore. This story isn’t necessarily a horror story, but it’s a good example of a business that you should be able to trust with your information but probably shouldn’t.
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Friday, March 27th, 2009
What can make identity theft worse than just loosing some money and gaining some bad credit? When the identity thieves make you the criminal instead of them. I have read a couple identity theft stories, similar to the one, and in my opinion they are the worst kinds of identity ...
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Friday, March 13th, 2009
Most data breach stories are rather boring and includes talk about how companies fail to protect their data. Most companies and organizations have a least one data breach at one time or another. Binghamton University has had many and can’t seem to get their act together. One would assume they ...
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Thursday, March 12th, 2009
1% of all PCs are Infected my ID Theft malware
According to Panda Security, an online virus and malware scanner service, one out of every 100 computers are infected with malware designed to steal your personal information. These malware programs steal information like your bank account login and investment information and ...
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Monday, September 8th, 2008
A recent data breach in Louisiana has exposed the identities of over 13,000 licensed real-estate agents. The Louisiana Real Estate Commission was transferring data onto a new server when it inadvertently published files containing personal information on the internet. This information was exposed for public viewing for about two days. ...
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Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
Many corporations handle massive databases of information worth millions of dollars to identity thieves. The majority of these companies have security measures in place to prevent identity thieves from breaking in forcefully. One ring of identity thieves found a way around security altogether and gained control of the identities of ...
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Thursday, August 21st, 2008
While almost no one is truly safe from identity theft, there are some factors that contribute to your risk for being the victim of identity theft. There are many ways we expose ourselves that we don’t really have a choice about. Even simply being a student, having a driver’s license, ...
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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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Thursday, February 7th, 2008
There are a lot of identity theft protection services available now, some better than others. LifeLock's services and guarantee are one the best.
What sets LifeLock above the rest is that they help prevent identity theft. They'll put fraud alerts on your credit records. And then, every 90 days when the ...
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