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Wednesday, July 23, 2008 11:34 AM

House Legislation Would Crack Down On SSN Thieves...EXCEPT NOT

Anne Broache from CNet has the story : At 56 pages (PDF) , the latest effort is far lengthier and more prescriptive but includes many of the same provisions. It was introduced Monday by Reps. Michael McNulty (D-N.Y.) and Sam Johnson (R-Texas), who lead
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Tuesday, July 17, 2007 12:15 PM

VA Secretary Jim Nicholson Resigns

From Talking Points Memo , via the AP: Veterans Affairs chief Jim Nicholson, who was forced to defend his agency's performance after revelations of shoddy health care at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, announced Tuesday he is resigning to return to the
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Friday, July 06, 2007 9:40 AM

GAO: Data Breaches Rarely Lead To ID Theft

"Yep, breaches have no impact whatsoever. Trust me on this..." The Government Accountability Office released a report yesterday stating that it was difficult to link data breaches to confirmed cases of identity theft. The GAO also recommended that agencies
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Wednesday, July 04, 2007 4:10 PM

David Bach on Protecting Yourself From Identity Theft

Financial author and columnist David "Finish Rich" Bach has followed up his November column on identity theft with some more useful discussion, particularly around the ease with which thieves can utilize a Social Security number, name, and address to
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Wednesday, July 04, 2007 1:23 PM

Fidelity Data Breach, or When Employees Go Bad

The breach of 2.3 million customer records by a former Fidelity National employee is a perfect example of how a person can do everything possible to protect themselves from being hit with identity theft or fraud, and STILL get endangered through no fault
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Monday, June 25, 2007 12:44 PM

Does Posting Employees' Salaries Lead To Identity Theft?

Editor & Publisher has posted a few interesting stories recently about local media outlets posting--or pushing to post--the salaries of state employees online. There's a case in Michigan that's causing a lot of drama, and now there's a similar push
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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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Friday, June 15, 2007 12:21 PM

FTC Chair Majoras Discusses Identity Theft

USA Today's Kimberly Palmer has the scoop: What should people do to protect themselves? The first thing to know is that you need to be a smart consumer about protecting your personal information both online and offline. Online, you never give account
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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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Thursday, May 24, 2007 11:43 AM

Data Privacy And Guest Workers: It's Worse Than We Thought

As more information comes out about the new immigration proposal, it's becoming clear that the bill not only fails to comprehensively address the root problems of illegal immigration, but introduces a series of new risks to data security, privacy, and
Posted by DrIdentity | 6 Comments
Monday, May 21, 2007 2:46 PM

Identity Theft And The New Immigration Bill

Rather than delve into the morally thorny issue as to whether or not it's right to grant amnesty to undocumented workers, I want to address a serious part of the immigration debate that often goes unmentioned--how the black-market demand for cheap labor
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Thursday, May 17, 2007 11:28 AM

Equifax Hired ID Thief Who Ruined Woman's Life

For a company dedicated to providing accurate information on lenders, Equifax's own hiring practices seem a bit lax : GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. -- Authorities are looking for a woman who may have had access to the personal information of millions of people.Tonia
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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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Monday, May 07, 2007 4:09 PM

TJX Had No Security Whatsoever? "INCONCEIVABLE!"

For those who are interested, the evidence seems to point to wireless hacking, or "wardriving," as the cause of the massive TJ Maxx data breach . The TJX data encryption was nonexistent when transmitting payment data, enabling said enterprising cyber-thieves
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