I read an interesting article this week on MSNBC:
Now, experts are warning that photocopiers could be a culprit as well.
That’s because most digital copiers manufactured in the past five years have disk drives — the same kind of data-storage mechanism found in computers — to reproduce documents. As a result, the seemingly innocuous machines that […]
From CBC Canada: Stolen Identity
On January 18, 2007, consumers were shaken by news that millions of credit card accounts may have been compromised after hackers stole customer information from computer systems of TJX Cos., the U.S. parent firm of Canadian retailers Winners and HomeSense.
It’s believed that as many as two million Canadian Visa card accounts […]
According to a USA Today article, the FTC discovered that Americans from 18 to 24 years old were the leading age group in terms of identity theft claims in 2005. Now that students are back in school for the fall and winter semesters, here are some suggestions for keeping safe from the threat of ID […]
How could something like this be allowed to happen?
A tough lesson on medical privacy - Pakistani transcriber threatens UCSF over back pay
A woman in Pakistan doing cut-rate clerical work for UCSF Medical Center threatened to post patients’ confidential files on the Internet unless she was paid more money.To show she was serious, the woman sent […]
Another employer responsible for protecting employees information safe and secure has lost the data stored on laptops:
Starbucks loses 4 laptops with employee data
Starbucks Corp. on Friday said four laptops, two of which contained the names and Social Security numbers of about 60,000 U.S. employees, are missing from its corporate headquarters.
The information on the laptops is […]
How can you protect your identity from being stolen by your boss? This is one scary story:
CEO of MSP Provider Compulinx Under Arrest
Terrence D. Chalk, 44, of White Plains was arraigned in federal court in White Plains, along with his nephew, Damon T. Chalk, 35, after an FBI investigation turned up the curious lending and […]
More and more business owners are purchasing document shredders then ever before.
Why?… Identity theft for starters.
A new law is going into effect in the summer of 2005 which states that if you employ anyone for any reason and have personal information on file regarding that individual for Social Security taxes, credit references, etc., […]
Since its birth, the Internet has grown and expanded to unprecedented, unmanageable proportions. Information, software, news, and much more flow freely through its twisted pathways. Online services such as Internet banking save time and money. However, from the depths of its vast expanse have come the dregs of society intent on preying on the new, […]
Are Cyber-Criminals “Phishing” Your Identity From Your Computer?
Phishing (definition) (FISH.ing) pp. Creating a replica of an existing web page or HTML email input form to fool a user into submitting personal, financial, or password data. —adj.
Today phishing seems to be one of the most serious new scams on the Internet. Now hackers and spamming companies […]
“Pfishing”, sometimes spelled “Phishing”, is a word that’s used to describe a method of identity theft where con men use fake e-mail that looks like it comes from legitimate sources. This e-mail is designed to hoodwink you into giving out personal and financial information.
Once the scammers receive your information they use it to either […]