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ID thieves discovering defenseless target - the dead
Nearly 800,000 deceased Americans each year have their identity stolen by thieves looking for financial or other gain, according to a new study.
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Medicaid hack update: 500,000 records and 280,000 SSNs stolen
The Utah Department of Health hack has grown once again, and the FBI is now involved. The latest total is 780,000 victims: 500,000 records and 280,000 Social Security numbers (SSNs) stolen.
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Medicaid hacked: over 181,000 records and 25,000 SSNs stolen
The Utah Department of Health has been hacked. 181,604 Medicaid/CHIP recipients have had their personal information stolen. 25,096 have had their Social Security numbers (SSNs) compromised.
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Google index change exposes 43,000 Yale social security numbers
Another day, another serious data breach. This time, Yale University left social security numbers on an unsecured server, and complained when Google indexed it. Facepalm.
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University of Wisconsin hacked: 75,000 social security numbers, student names exposed
The University of Wisconsin is investigating a breach which may have exposed 75,000 social security numbers of students and staff.
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Beware: Social Security numbers available online via indexed tax documents
Nearing the end of tax season, it's a good time to ask yourself if your personal information is safe. Before you say "yes," read this article.
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Identity theft's next frontier: Your kids
A report by Carnegie Mellon's CyLab finds that identity theft is a growing concern for children. In a scan of 42,000 child IDs, CyLab found that more than 10 percent of kids had someone else using...
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UID roll out in India begins September 29th
An ambitious project for the government of India headed by Nandan Nilekani (was Infosys co-Chairman and now chairman for the Unique Identification Authority of India) is all set for roll out...
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Social security numbers: why it's easier than ever to steal them
Social security numbers are easier to guess than ever. Here's why, and what you can do about it.
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Congress eyes LimeWire over inadvertant P2P breaches
LimeWire is in the hotseat as the flagship P2P application. This time the issue is not music filesharing but security breaches through inadvertant file sharing. A House committee has sent letters...
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Personal information of Harvard grad students compromised
Harvard's graduate school of arts and sciences said that roughly 10,000 individuals may have had their personal information compromised by a security breach. The intrusion was discovered in...
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Letter template reveals Wisconsin social security numbers
Social security numbers belonging to as many as 5000 Wisconsin taxpayers were exposed because of a bad letter template used with a misaligned letter folding machine during a state tax form...
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Government supplies SSNs to identity thefts
The Washington Post reports on the prevalence of social security numbers in government documents. Federal courts banned the use of them on public documents in 2001, but governments regularly post...
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Two controversial bills aim to rein in identity theft
In the war on identity theft, two new bills were recently approved by the influential House Energy and Commerce Committee, but despite Congress's overwhelming support, some industry insiders...
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IRS plan for sites to report sales data troubles privacy advocates
President Bush is proposing that websites like eBay be required to collect personal data on their customers and share it with the IRS. The Center for Democracy and Technology is trying to rally...
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Census Bureau posted personal info of 63,000 people
This may come as surprise to no one but the Census Bureau inadvertently posted on a public Web site the Social Security numbers of 63,000 people who received financial aid, census officials...
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In Chicago, voter registration site has had security hole for six years
Simple programming technique could expose personal info of a million users, allow hacker to change information on the site.
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Prisoners around US get access to SSNs
In many states, prisoners see personal information as part of their work assignments. In CA's top-security Pelican Bay prison, prisoners got access to guards' personal information. A bill in...
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Dept. of Ed. site reveals 21,000 borrowers info
Software glitch displayed other users' information when certain functions used.
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Navy laptops stolen
Data on recruiter, recruiters just the latest Navy breach of personal information.
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