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 the best.
What sets LifeLock above the rest is that they actually prevent identity theft. They'll put fraud alerts on your credit records. And then, every 90 days when the fraud ...
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