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ABA continues to fight inclusion of attorneys in groups regulated by red flag rules
Posted on September 14th, 2010 No commentsOn August 20, 2010, the American Bar Association filed a brief in D.C. Circuit Court responding to FTC claims that lawyers should be required to comply with the “red flag” rules requiring financial institutions and creditors to develop and maintain identity theft prevention programs.
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Facebook password-reset spam is Bredolab botnet attack
Posted on October 28th, 2009 No commentsVirus hunters are raising the alarm for a large-scale spam attack that uses fake Facebook password-reset messages to trick PC users into downloading a dangerous piece of malware.
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Bill shielding some lawyers from FTC ‘red flag rule’ headed to Senate
Posted on October 28th, 2009 No commentsA bill to exclude some lawyers from the Federal Trade Commission’s anti-identity theft “red flag rule” has passed the U.S.
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ChoicePoint to Pay Fine for Second Data Breach
Posted on October 20th, 2009 No commentsData broker ChoicePoint, the victim of a 2004 data breach affecting more than 160,000 U.S. residents, has agreed to strengthen its data security efforts and pay a fine for a second breach in 2008, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said Monday.
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ChoicePoint Breach Exposed 13,750 Consumer Records
Posted on October 20th, 2009 No commentsChoicePoint Inc., one of the nation’s consumer data brokers, agreed to pay $275,000 to federal regulators as a result of a data breach last year that exposed Social Security numbers and other personal information on 13,750 people. In 2006, ChoicePoint – now a subsidiary of Reed Elsevier Inc – paid $15 million to settle charges that it violated…
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How a $1 Charge Can Tip Off Identity Thefts
Posted on October 20th, 2009 No commentsSacramento county detective Sean Smith told us how to detect credit card fraud and potential identity theft by looking for a cheap transaction on your statement.
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