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VA manager stole disabled vet data to create fraudulent tax returns
Posted on February 11th, 2011 No commentsWoods, a data warehouse manager for VA, was charged in a January 2010 indictment with using the names and Social Security numbers of several individuals,
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Banks commit security breaches
Posted on February 11th, 2011 No commentsSome of the incidents involved criminal activity that exposed small numbers of people — or even only one person — to identity theft. Other incidents were on a bigger scale, exposing thousands of records that contained names, Social Security numbers, financial account data and more.
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Breach Hits 2,400 MediCal Beneficiaries
Posted on February 10th, 2011 No commentsThe San Francisco Human Services Agency has notified approximately 2,400 MediCal beneficiaries and the federal government about a breach of protected health information, including Social Security numbers.
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WABE: Better Business Bureau Warns of Identity Theft on Facebook (2011-02-02)
Posted on February 5th, 2011 No commentsThe Better Business Bureau is asking local residents to be more careful about placing their age, birthday or other information on Facebook. They warn that users of the popular social networking site could become victims of identity theft. The Metro Atlanta Better Business Bureau says identity thieves can guess the social security numbers of Facebook users with very little information.
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Lifelock employee data leaked to web
Posted on February 1st, 2011 No commentsIt may be OK for identity theft protection vendor Lifelock to publish its CEO’s Social Security number, but when it comes to other company employees, that’s another story.
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Identity Theft More Prevalent Around Airports – Here’s Why
Posted on January 15th, 2011 No commentsHackers are setting up fake wi-fi connections designed to steal personal information like passwords, credit card numbers and social security numbers. The Better Business Bureau says free wi-fi scams are turning up at airports across the country.
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Recent Data Breach at the Pentagon Federal Credit Union
Posted on January 15th, 2011 No commentsLast month, the Pentagon Federal Credit Union (PenFed) discovered that a laptop infected with malware was used to access a database that contained customers’ personal and financial information, including Social Security numbers and credit card numbers.
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Identity Theft Bill Proposed In Utah
Posted on January 10th, 2011 No commentsA Republican state lawmaker is sponsoring a bill that would allow parents to open up and lock credit accounts for their children as soon as they receive Social Security numbers.
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Report: U.S. troops likely victims of identity theft
Posted on January 6th, 2011 No commentsAmerican servicemen and women may be overly exposed to the threat of identity theft because they are often required to give out personal information such as Social Security numbers in their work, a report by the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York says.
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15,000 Social Security numbers were stolen by a subcontractor who was working in Office of Temporary Disability Assistance making computer…
Posted on January 5th, 2011 No commentsSocial Security Administration data loss incident circa 2010-12-15
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