Baltimore Highway Administration - [2008-04-25] (Employee information for about 1,800 accidentally exposed on internal server) Health Gloria Tam - [2008-04-25] (Medical data and identity on 700 children exposed) University of Colorado at Boulder - [2008-04-25] (Names, addresses, and Social Security...
April 2008 Archives
By Guest Blogger: Mike Aliberti South Florida The following situation is a very difficult and lengthy ongoing matter that happened to me and for which I appreciate the offer to explain and share with you as a guest. Manuel Marcelo...
TALLAHASSEE, FL - Attorney General Bill McCollum today issued a consumer advisory warning of two separate incidents where Floridians' personal identification information may have been compromised. The first incident was originally reported by the Florida Office of Financial Regulation, which...
I have highlighted Robert "Jack" Wright's story (founder of msfraud.org ) on several occasions. Below are a couple of videos that cut to the core of the mortgage servicing nightmare . It points out how an innocent man (one of...
(San Diego, CA) Since 1969, our military members have had their Social Security numbers used as their military ID number. It was on dog tags, items of clothing, duffle bags, and all their records. This policy potentially put service members...
Social Security Numbers Exposed On Hospital Bills April 23, 2008 -Some 2,000 medical bills were mailed around East Texas last week with patients' Social Security numbers visible on the envelope after a technical glitch skewed billing at the collection agency...
This is a true and personal story written by my friend and colleague Jim Malmberg, executive director of ACCESS (American Consumer Credit Education Support Services) whose wife recently learned she was being charged hefty fees, she didn't owe. No,...
Denise, I will try to be brief but the deceit has caused me such emotional turmoil that I feel like giving up. My problem began when I went to the closing of my loan on March 23, 2006 and all...
NEW YORK, April 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bankrate, Inc. today released the findings of a national poll which found that 8 out of 10 Americans are concerned about their identity being stolen. Furthermore, over one-third (34%) of Americans know someone who...
Most computer users repeat passwords, at their peril SAN FRANCISCO --AP Using the same password for multiple Web pages is the Internet-era equivalent of having the same key for your home, car and bank safe-deposit box. Even though a universal...
UM says confidential patient information stolen last month MIAMI (AP) -- School officials say confidential information of tens of thousands of University of Miami patients was stolen. UM says someone stole a case last month that had the information on...
US consultant pleads guilty to identity theft: A Los Angeles man Wednesday pleaded guilty to using spyware that turned thousands of computers across the United States into "zombies" so he could steal their owners' identities. LOS ANGELES (AFP) -- A...
Identity Theft Smash & Grab, CEO Style Source: WashingtonPost.com Tens of thousands of corporate executives were the target of a series of identity-theft scams this week, e-mail-borne schemes that appear to have netted close to 2,000 victims so far. Early...
WASHINGTON -- Thousands of people each year send in their income taxes only to be told by the Internal Revenue Service that they have already filed. It is not a welcome surprise. It is identity theft. In testimony Thursday...
Meet the Meeting Invite Spam Trend Micro recently issued a warning of a new type of spam, Meeting Invite spam. In this latest attack, Nigerian scam spammers are using meeting invites to bypass anti-spam engines. The e-mail invites are personalized...
NYC hospital reports as many as 40,000 possible ID thefts The Associated Press: VERENA DOBNIK NEW YORK - A man who worked in the admissions department at a prestigious Manhattan hospital has been charged with stealing and selling information on...
I tried to get my free credit report and ended up buying credit monitoring services that I didn't want. Now I need to cancel. I went to the annualcreditreport site but think somehow I was misdirected. Why is it so...
Hackers infiltrate search engines, social networks SAN FRANCISCO -- Consumers who use search engines, online social networks, browsers and the like face a gantlet of viruses and malicious software code, according to a cybersecurity report from Symantec, issued Tuesday as...
Personal Pfizer Data on Stolen Laptop Pfizer Inc. has revealed that the theft of a laptop computer in February potentially exposed about 800 current and former employees and contractors to identity theft. "At this time, Pfizer is not aware that...
EXPERIAN, the credit checking company, is braving mounting concerns over internet privacy with plans to launch a service that will track broadband users' activity so they can be targeted with advertising. Through Hitwise, the web-site company it acquired for £120m...
(See UPDATE below) An Exclusive interview with Todd Davis, CEO of LifeLock April 2, 2008- Over the past 30 days, LifeLock has been hit with three separate lawsuits over the company's identity theft prevention service. The first suit was filed...
Data breaches disclosed by Hannaford Bros Supermarket Chain, GE Money, and Georgetown University are just some of the 167 breaches reported during the first quarter of 2008, according to the non-profit Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC). This is more than...
Court Rules Identity Theft Law Inapplicable to Former Creditors MetNews Consumers who allege that they are victims of identity theft cannot rely on California identity theft law to sue a creditor who has since sold the account, the Ninth U.S....
A memoir exposing the steep price consumers pay when facing mortgage servicing errors, inaccurate credit reporting, illegal debt collection practices, identity theft and weak consumer protection laws. THE BOOK » DENISE'S STORY »
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