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Wednesday, June 27, 2007 12:12 PM

Credit Bureaus Cause Identity Theft And Undermine Our Economy

Crossposted at Private Intelligence . Feel free to comment here or there . USA TODAY has a great (if unintentionally unflattering) look at the efforts by the bureaus' lobbyists to stop states from adopting credit freezes : When this trend began to gather
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Monday, June 18, 2007 4:40 PM

U.S., U.K. Team Up To Smash Pedophile Ring

This isn't really identity theft related, but since we're boosting interest in TrueScoop , I wanted to mention it: LONDON - British police, aided by U.S. authorities, have smashed a global Internet pedophile ring that broadcast live-streamed videos of
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Monday, June 18, 2007 12:38 PM

LifeLock In The Crosshairs With Hit Job

A few weeks ago there was a news story making the rounds that claimed identity theft protection company Lifelock had some very shady business in its past--specifically that one of its co-founders, Robert Maynard, was involved in identity theft, fraud,
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Friday, June 15, 2007 12:36 PM

Identity Thieves Steal From Child Pornographers (aka When Bad Meets Evil)

This scam is social engineering at its finest: Authorities say an on-going investigation centers around an East European crime ring that operates numerous child pornography websites. When a person attempts to purchase access to the sites, they are directed
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Thursday, May 31, 2007 4:22 PM

Wachovia To Post Office: We're Buying AG Edwards, So Who Cares What YOU Think?

I apologize for being gone from the blog for a week(!!!), but things've been crazy here at MyPublicInfo and I haven't really had time to do much ID theft-related bloggin' of late. Luckily, it's been pretty quiet on that front as well. I did run across
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Friday, May 11, 2007 11:48 AM

The Politics Of Credit Freezes

The Washington Post's Brian Krebs put out a great article on Wednesday detailing the long, hard struggle to pass credit freeze legislation across the country. Krebs details how hard the credit and finance industries fight bills in each state, preying
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Friday, May 04, 2007 10:57 AM

Feds Take On E-Gold Over Cybercrime Money Laundering

The Department of Justice is investigating alternative currency/payment company E-Gold over charges it facilitates money laundering for online crime : The indictment alleges that E Gold has been a highly favored method of payment by operators of investment
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Thursday, April 26, 2007 9:54 AM

FTC "Proof Positive" Conference, Day 2

Work has been crazy lately, so I didn't get a chance to recap the second day of the "Proof Positive" conference. It wasn't as packed as the first, but here are some highlights: There was an excellent discussion about the differing attitudes of nations
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Tuesday, April 10, 2007 3:48 PM

Georgia Health Contractor Loses Data On 2.9 Million People

This is exactly how identity theft happens: A computer disk containing Social Security numbers and other sensitive personal data on 2.9 million residents of Georgia has been lost, according to the state's Department of Community Health. The CD, which
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Thursday, March 29, 2007 3:59 PM

TJ Maxx Data Breach Officially The Largest Ever

The Boston Globe reports that the TJX hack exposed 45.7 million credit and debit card numbers to possible identity theft and fraud: "It's the biggest card heist ever," said Avivah Litan of technology consulting firm Gartner Inc. " It's done considerable
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Wednesday, March 28, 2007 5:54 PM

CardCops' Dan Clements and MSNBC's Bob Sullivan Combine Their Powers For Good

MSNBC's consumer/security reporting superhero Bob Sullivan has profiled Dan Clements , CEO of CardCops on his excellent blog, "The Red Tape Chronicles." Highlights from the read: Thieves openly trade stolen data in secret chat rooms, where the numbers
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Wednesday, March 28, 2007 4:35 PM

Identity Theft News Roundup: Cyveillance, Protection Tips, And Credit vs. Debit

Several interesting ID-theft-related docs made their way to my desk in recent days, so I'll just summarize them here: Cyveillance just put out a new identity theft and fraud report analyzing the state of the proverbial nation. Among their findings: In
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Wednesday, March 14, 2007 3:46 PM

Ask The Doctor: What To Do If You're A Victim Of Identity Theft

Although identity theft and fraud are rapidly becoming topics of mainstream awareness, there're still a lot of gaps in basic knowledge that people don't have for how to handle a worst-case scenario--if they actually become victims. This is due to a lot
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Tuesday, March 13, 2007 4:19 PM

Welcome To "Dr. Identity!"

Greetings and salutations! If you've read this far, you probably have a few burning questions which need answering, chief among them being: Who Or What Is "Dr. Identity?" That's simple--this is a blog about identity theft. How to identify it, how to learn
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