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veterans affairs
VA Loses Another 38,000 Records
A drop in the bucket compared to the 26.5 million veteran's records they lost before, but the VA has lost another 38,000 veterans records. More » -
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2 Young Scalawags Charged in Veteran Data Theft
Nineteen-year-old Jesus Alex Pineda 19, and Christian Brian Montano were charged Saturday in the left of a laptop containing 26.5 million veteran's records. More » -
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Stolen Veteran Affairs Laptop Recovered
After much hand and flag-wringing, a laptop containing millions of veteran's personal data has been recovered. A preliminary analysis by police reveals that the sensitive information was not accessed during the theft. More » -
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Lawsuit Filed for 26.5 Mil Vets in Data Privacy Snafu
A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of the 26.5 million vets whose personal records were lost by Veterans Affairs due to employee negligence, reports the AP. More » -
vertans
How Many Weeks Does It Take To Tell A Veteran His Identity Has Been Stolen?
You know, we cursorily mentioned the fact that the authorities investigating the theft of the laptop that resulted in the names, addresses and social security numbers of every living veteran being stolen waited three weeks to alert the public. But it took awhile for that to sink in. More » -
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Are Identity Thieves Targeting Idiot Employees?
Consumer Affairs raises an interesting question in its summary of the theft of 26 million social security numbers on a burgled laptop: are these targeted thefts? More » -
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HOW TO: Get Through Having Your Identity Stolen
After our last post on identity theft, regular Consumerist commenter trixare4kids sent us a great, well-crafted email detailing her own experience having her identity stolen. Better yet, she wrote us a personalized How To for getting through an identity theft crisis. More » -
identity theft
Interviewing The Victims Of Identity Theft
The Dayton Daily News has a good article up interviewing the victims of identity theft and describing how their lives have changed because of it. Although we're all concerned by the murky underworld of Eastern European hackers that prey upon badly secured financial records, the article is a good reminder that most identity theft actually originates with people close to you: friends, relatives and (natch) employees of the very institutions you trust to keep your financial details safe. More » -
security
90% of US Account Holders Think Bank Security Sucks
You just know your entire industry is gang raping the pooch when statistics like these are coming out: More » -
cybercrime
New York Times Story On Identity Theft And Cybercrime
We write a lot about data loss at American companies and financial institutions. Some of you might wonder why we spend so much time on Verizon losing the occasional CD, or the occasional Citibank security breach. Maybe you're wealthy, with a million dollars in credit and a shimmering Porsche. Maybe you've got 75 bucks in your checking account and need to eat beans and rice until your next paycheck. Either way, cyber-crime tends to seem faceless, not really a threat to you personally. More »
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