The Blotter
The News, Blogs, and Whispers Involving Privacy, or Lack-There-Of
The Week of Sunday, May 13, 2012
Ottawa phasing out SIN card to help avoid identify theft
2012-05-16 - Calgary Herald
...a variety of programs, we actually recommend people not carry that card with them. That is one of the concerns relating to identity theft." The SIN card is currently issued by Service Canada, which notes on its website that the number is confidential and the... Via DayLife
Schield creates ID victims website
2012-05-15 - Wausau Daily Herald
...communities with Schield plants showed that at least 127 people with connections to the company filed reports this year of identity theft after their tax returns were rejected. The company has set up a website, www.wsemployees.com , for Schield employees who... Via DayLife
9 Alarming Statistics About Identity Theft
2012-05-14 - ESB Journal
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Identity Theft Concerns Follow Security Breach
2012-05-12 - Fox Charlotte
...computer programmers to credit card companies are developing better systems to catch fraud. York County says they have not yet found any problems. Mecklenburg County didn't return our calls for comment about their procedures for protecting your identity.... Via DayLife
Newark man charged with stealing $1.2M from mortgage lenders with stolen identity
2012-05-11 - NJ.com
...real estate investment company, AAA Investment Group, were charged with two counts of theft by deception, two counts of identity theft and one count of money laundering, the state Attorney General's Office said. In April and May 2007, Anderson and AAA allegedly... Via DayLife
Former KeyBank branch manager pleads guilty to fraud, identity theft
2012-05-09 - Oregon Live
...bank branch manager in Springfield accused of trying to fake his own death pleaded guilty today to federal bank fraud, identity theft and intimidating a witness. Randy Arlan Mainwaring, 41, admitted Tuesday to U.S. District Judge Michael Hogan that he used... Via DayLife
About The Blotter
The Data Loss Database doesn't include every breach we hear about in the database. We mostly go by a set of criteria, but also gut instinct. While some breaches involve the release of personal information, many are simply not a breach that could reasonably lead to identity theft. Also, some breaches affect so few people that they are more or less petty crime. Lastly, if we can't tie an organization to a breach, we're reluctant to add it as an incident in the main database. For news items and others, we now have "The Blotter".
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Zeus returns: FBI warns of 'Gameover' ID-theft malware
2012-01-10 - ZDNet
...defeating common methods of user authentication employed by financial institutions. A new variant of the notorious Zeus identity-theft Trojan is making the rounds and the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) says it is capable of defeating common methods of...
Stratfor Offers Customers Identity Theft Protection After Hack
2011-12-30 - Forbes
Earlier this week, Stratfor, a publisher of intelligence analysis, was hacked by people claiming to be affiliated with Anonymous. In response, the company has taken a number of steps to assist their customers, including actively cooperating with law enfo
Banks Rely Too Heavily On Social Security Numbers, Report Finds
2011-12-07 - The New York Times
Banks can do better at protecting their customers from the risk of identity fraud, a new report from Javelin Strategy & Research finds. The firm’s annual Banking Identity Safety Scorecard looked at the consumer-security practices of 25 large banks and cr
Survey: '4 million' Brits stung by ID theft
2011-10-17 - The Register
...Week, which begins today. The seventh edition of the annual event aims to educate people and businesses about the scope of identity theft and its prevention. According to research commissioned by paper-shredding kit supplier Fellowes, 7 per cent of the UK...
2012-05-16 - The Huffington Post
Something weird occurred on my TV when I happened to catch a few minutes of the Madrid Tennis Open on Sunday. Whatever technology these stadiums use to provide constantly changing television advertisements along the sides of the court wasn't working too Via DayLife
Northwestern Memorial employee charged with theft of patients' identities
2012-05-15 - Morris Daily Herald
...— A Northwestern Memorial Hospital employee has been charged with identity theft after she allegedly used the personal information of hospital patients to pay her bills. Shatina Golden, 35, of Matteson is charged with aggravated identity theft and identity... Via DayLife
ID Theft, Online Fraud Rose Slightly In 2011
2012-05-15 - TechWeb
...the public-private Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) logged more than 300,000 complaints of Internet crime such as identity theft and online fraud, totaling $485.3 million in losses, the IC3 announced Friday in its annual Internet crime report. (click... Via DayLife
Report: Children are fastest-growing identity theft victims
2012-05-14 - 9NEWS.com
...had been convicted of a felony using her Social Security Number," Jamie May, AllClear ID chief investigator, said. 9Wants to Know has been investigating local cases of child identity theft and will have more Monday evening on 9NEWS at 9 and 10 p.m.... Via DayLife
I.D. grave robbers: Post-mortem identity theft
2012-05-11 - WHDH-TV
...(NBC) -- Your local cemetery has become a favorite for I.D. thieves looking to rob a grave of a deceased person's identity. "Your odds after you pass away of being hit by this go up astronomically because your number and the rest of your identity are now public,"... Via DayLife
2012-05-09 - Vox Popoli
...was laundering money each month.... Cruz charges that the 1,000 pages of customer account records suggest HSBC relied on identity theft to capture legitimate Social Security numbers that were then used to create the bogus retail and commercial bank accounts... Via DayLife
Breach Types:
- Disposal Computer | Disposal Document | Disposal Tape | Disposal Drive
- Disposal Mobile | Email | Fax | Fraud Se
- Hack | Lost Computer | Lost Document | Lost Drive
- Lost Laptop | Lost Media | Lost Mobile | Lost Tape
- Missing Document | Missing Laptop | Missing Media | Snail Mail
- Stolen Computer | Stolen Document | Stolen Drive | Stolen Laptop
- Stolen Media | Stolen Mobile | Stolen Tape | Unknown
- Virus | Web |
