Written by Sensei on February 15, 2006
Stop the Press!
Identity TheftThe criminals must be shaking in their boots. The Federal Trade Commission is going to hold hearings on identity theft THIS FALL! The hearings will focus on emerging technologies being exploited by Internet spies and identity thieves. The FTC last held similar hearings in 1995, when the technology to create now familiar problems such as Read More
Written by Sensei on February 14, 2006
Stanislaus State University email Oops!
Identity TheftPrivate information accidentally sent in mass university e-mail. Workers in the financial aid department at Stanislaus State University in California are notifying thousands of students after an e-mail containing their private information was inadvertently sent to 97 students. On Thursday, February 2 employees were sending a mass e-mail notifying students about scholarships and other financial Read More
Written by Sensei on February 7, 2006
Bad news… Rhode Island, USA 0 … Russian Hackers 53,000
Identity TheftHackers steal credit card info from Rhode Island Website. Russian hackers broke into a Rhode Island government Website and allegedly stole credit card data from individuals who have done business online with state agencies. The Providence Journal reports that the hackers boasted two weeks ago on a Russianlanguage Website that they broke into the government Read More
Written by Sensei on January 27, 2006
ALERT: Ameriprise Customer Data Theft
Identity TheftAmeriprise Financial Inc. said Wednesday, January 25, it has notified about 226,000 people that personal data were stored on a laptop computer that was stolen from an employee’s vehicle. Ameriprise said it has alerted 68,000 current and former financial advisers whose names and Social Security numbers were also stored on the same computer. About 158,000 Read More
Written by Sensei on January 25, 2006
No One is Safe from Curiosity
Identity TheftThe British Parliament was attacked late last year by hackers who tried to exploit a recent serious Microsoft Windows flaw (WMF exploit), security experts confirmed on Friday, January 20. MessageLabs, the e-mail-filtering provider for the UK government, said that targeted e-mails were sent to various individuals within government departments in an attempt to take control Read More
Written by Sensei on January 25, 2006
Fake Credit Card Alert Seeks Your Information
Identity TheftThis story serves as a reminder to always verify communications that ask for your personal data.Trojan blitz poses as credit card warning. Businesses in the United Kingdom faced a barrage of 115,000 e-mails containing a new Trojan on Friday, January 20, before anti-virus vendors scrambled out an update, according to e-mail filtering firm BlackSpider Technologies. Read More
Written by Sensei on January 18, 2006
Avoiding Internet Scams
Identity Theft . Law Enforcement . NewsThe Federal Trade Commission launched site to fight cybercrime. Responding to the rising cybercrime threat, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Tuesday, January 10, unveiled an online tool designed to help consumers avoid becoming victims of Internet scams. At the Website, consumers can take interactive quizzes designed to enlighten them about ID theft, phishing, spam Read More
Written by Sensei on January 10, 2006
No vacation for these resort vacationer’s
Identity TheftIDs of 50,000 Bahamas resort guests stolen. The identities of more than 50,000 customers of major Bahamas resort Atlantis have been exposed to possible identity fraud following the theft of personal information from the hotel, the owners said. Kerzner International Ltd., owner of a 2,300-room Atlantis resort on Paradise Island, revealed details of the data Read More
Written by Sensei on December 26, 2005
Some Good News for a Change
Identity TheftCustomers’ lost bank information found. A wayward computer tape that contained personal data for more than two million LaSalle Bank mortgage customers has been safely returned after turning up amid a mound of unmarked packages. After a month of fruitless searching, an employee of the DHL courier service found an unopened package in a stash Read More
Written by Sensei on December 22, 2005
Hackers using Police Credit Card Accounts
Identity Theft . Law Enforcement . NewsA database hack exposes police financial data! Reevesnamepins.com, a company that manufacturers the plastic and metal name tags that police officers around the country wear on their uniforms, had its customer database hacked recently, exposing credit card and other personal data for a number of police departments. The discovery was made by investigators at CardCops.com, Read More
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