Category: Identity Theft
Identity Fraud Strikes One in Five Americans
A survey of nearly 2,000 people by the Chubb Group of Insurance Agencies has found that one in five Americans believe that they have been the victim of identity fraud. According to a press release by Chubb, other findings include: “Twenty-seven percent of respondents reported that their or a family…
University of California at San Diego Computers Hacked, UCSD Students and Staff Compromised
The University of California at San Diego announced this week that hackers have again broken into their computer system, compromising the personal data of thousands of UCSD students, staff, and faculty. The UCSD machines which the hackers accessed contained the trifecta payload of social security numbers, drivers license numbers, and…
California “Identity Information Protection Act” Would Limit Use of RFID
If California State Senator Joe Simitian gets his way, California will come to the fore of states passing laws which restrict the uses of the controversial RFID chips. South Dakota is presently considering a law which prohibits implanting an RFID chip in a human, and Rhode Island is currently reviewing…
The Scary New World of Identity Theft: Grand Theft Identity
The Scary New World of Identity Theft: a Newsweek article gives readers the nitty gritty about why identity theft is so rampant, and so easy.
Identity Theft Impacting the Uptake of On-Line Banking & E-Commerce
Are you one of the people mentioned in this release who are now avoiding Internet banking due to fears of identity theft? DALLAS, June 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Entrust, Inc. (Nasdaq: ENTU) today released the findings of its second Internet Security Survey. Conducted by an independent research firm, Infosurv, the survey…
Are You an Ameritrade Customer? Ralph Lauren? LexisNexis? If So You Could Become a Victim of Identity Theft
Joining the ranks of Choicepoint and LexisNexis, Ameritrade and Ralph Lauren (Polo) have both acknowledged that private data belonging to their customers has been compromised, meaning that those customers could be at risk for identity theft. Also, LexisNexis this week announced that the breach of their customers’ personal data was…
Identity Theft Insurance Now Available
Identity theft insurance? It’s obviously an idea whose time has come. In fact some would say that identity theft insurance is an idea whose time is long overdue. Just ask anyone whose personal data has recently been compromised by either the hacking of ChoicePoint’s data or the Scamming of Lexis…
ChoicePoint Syndrome: Lexis Nexis Hemorrhages Personal Information of Thousands to Identity Thieves
Lexis Nexis has been compromised and has hemorrhaged the personal information of tens of thousands of individuals whose data was stored with Lexis Nexis. Identity theft is a real possibilty for these people. Many will remember that this exact same thing happened to ChoicePoint just last month. Lexis Nexis, like…
ChoicePoint Sued Over Hacking, Identity Theft
Do you remember when Aunty told you that ChoicePoint had been hacked, leading to dozens of thousands of people having their private information which had been stored on ChoicePoint’s servers compromised, including credit card numbers, social security numbers, and other personal information? And do you remember Aunty told you that…
Jigsaw – The Website that Encourages People to Sell Your Personal Contact Information
Jigsaw – it’s like the illegitimate love child of eBay and Linked-In. Jigsaw is a new start-up headquartered in San Mateo, California, that has decided that it would be nifty cool to incentivize people to rat you out by posting your personal contact information from your business card to the Jigsaw database, which seems to be the functional equivalent of the world’s largest business card Rolodex, cross-referenced by name, address, area code, and for all one knows, shoe size. If you have ever given your business card to a Jigsaw user, odds are that your contact information is already in there.
AOL Offers Security Key, Adds Double Layer Log-in Authentication for Users
Two-factor security key being offered by AOL is just the thing to help thwart phishers and identity theft.