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Some simple steps you can use to prevent identity theft. Identity theft can occur when someone uses your personal information without your permission. Identity theft is a major problem in today's society and it can affect anyone. In order to prevent identity theft it is crucial that you do everything...
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Johns Hopkins Hospital has experienced a data breach involving more than 10,000 patients, including dozens of patients who have become identity theft victims as a result of the breach. Donald Bradfield, Senior Counsel for the hospital, sent a letter to the Maryland Attorney General’s office detailing...
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UC-Berkeley is the latest data breach victim at an institute of higher learning. The notification letters and emails were sent out Friday to 160,000 current and former students to let them know records dating back as far as 1999 had been accessed by hackers thought to be based in Asia. The source of...
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One of the many frustrations of becoming an identity theft victim is the never knowing how it happened. A new study might shine some light on the mystery. Researchers purchased 300 used computer drives from eBay, other auction sites and flea markets and found 34% of them still contained confidential...
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Remember when ransom notes were created with letters cut from magazines? No more. Now data kidnappers conduct “cryptoviral extortion.” "ATTENTION VIRGINIA I have your sh**! In *my* possession, right now, are 8,257,378 patient records and a total of 35,548,087 prescriptions. Also, I made an encrypted...
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The Pentagon has implemented another Iraq-style surge, but this time the counterattack is in cyberspace. Brig, Gen. John Davis of the U.S. Strategic Command said today that the U.S. military has spent at least $100 million in the past six months to ward off additional Pentagon network attacks. A month...
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Wendy Dore made the most of her job at a State Farm office in St. Martinville Louisiana. In fact, short of pawning the tires off her boss’s car, she made the most money for herself that she possibly could. Dore was arrested last week by the Louisiana State Police Insurance Fraud and Auto Theft Unit and...
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I’ve written much larger data breaches, but I don’t think I’ve ever been more amazed by an organization’s total disregard for information security than that displayed by Binghamton University in Binghamton New York. Let me paint the picture: There is on BU’s campus a large lecture hall used on a daily...
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March came in like a data breach lion, with five new reported data breaches, according to the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse's Chronology of Data Breaches. These most recent data breaches add 86,762 to the known number of records exposed in data breaches since in just over four years, bringing that...
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Most cities have services for vetting tenants, and Toronto has the Landlord Source Centre, a subscription service for landlords to check out tenants and prospective tenants. Landlord Source Centre maintains extensive databases of landlord-tenant disputes and will, for a fee, check for tenants’ criminal...
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