Posts tagged Identity Theft

• Your Identity Could Cost Just Fourteen Dollars

  Staff Writer | March 26, 2007 10:13 AM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Miscellaneous
  

  I just learned from an article in the on-line publication Infoworld that your identity and all sorts of personal information associated with it may be available for purchase on the internet for just fourteen dollars. A research report generated by the Symantec Corporation suggests that identity theft criminals can purchase confidential personal information as follows:U.S.-based credit cards...

• Copy Machines May Contain Identity Theft Risks

  Staff Writer | March 15, 2007 3:28 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Miscellaneous
  

  If you thought that we have been exposed to way too many risks of identity theft, think again. According to the Associated Press, simply using older model photocopiers may present risks of identity theft: 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,...

• Public Records Containing Social Security Numbers Readily Available in Arizona

  Staff Writer | March 01, 2007 9:48 AM | 2 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Yesterday News Channel Five reported that some county records containing social security numbers and other confidential information are readily available for inspection by anybody with internet access which unfortunately presents criminals with an invitation to commit identity theft. How would you feel if your social security number has been published on the internet because it has been...

• TJX Company Data Breach Leading to New Legislation

  Staff Writer | February 25, 2007 6:33 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The fallout from the data breach involving confidential data stolen from the TJX Companies continues. In Massachusetts, legislation has recently been introduced to shift the cost of a data breach onto retailers who do not follow security standards designed to prevent identity theft. Banks and credit cards currently protect consumers against fraudulent credit card use. However, according to...

• The TJX Companies' Data Breach Fallout Continues

  Staff Writer | February 13, 2007 7:07 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Miscellaneous
  

  At least two class action lawsuits have been filed and one attorney general investigation has begun so far as a result of a data breach at TJX Companies. Customers who shopped at TJMaxx, Marshalls and other company stores throughout the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico sometime in 2003 and 2006 may have had their personal private account data exposed to computer thieves. According to the...

• Civil Justice Remedies for Crime Victims

  Staff Writer | February 11, 2007 6:02 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  We have heard plenty of stories about crime in Arizona. Unfortunately and sadly, crime occurs everyday on our streets, in our offices and in our homes. If you have victimized by criminal conduct, what happens next? Who will provide support and explain what you can expect from our criminal justice system? What resources are available? What remedies are available in the criminal and civil...

• Arizona Still Ranks Highest for Identity Theft Victims

  Staff Writer | February 06, 2007 11:49 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Miscellaneous
  

  According to an article in the publication Newszapp.com, Arizona still ranks highest in the nation for victims of identity theft per 100,000 people. According to the article,In the Federal Trade Commission's annual report released Jan. 25 detailing identity theft in 2005, Arizona had the most victims per 100,000 than any other state with 9,320 cases. Mesa ranked No. 3 in the top 5 cities for...

• City of Chicago Elections Board Target of Lawsuit Over Public Release of Voter Social Security Numbers

  Staff Writer | January 29, 2007 9:24 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Looks like we have another example of data protection gone amiss. The City of Chicago Elections Board faces charges that it disclosed social security numbers and other confidential information belonging to over 1.3 million voters in late 2003 and 2004 when it distributed CD-ROM disks containing this confidential data to alderman and other members of local wards. In Chicago, election candidates...

• Several States Reporting Fraudulent Credit Card Use after TJX Companies' Data Breach

  Staff Writer | January 25, 2007 4:25 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Miscellaneous
  

  According to an article in today's on-line publication Computerworld, the Massachusetts Bankers Association (MBA) reports that identity thieves have been using stolen confidential credit and debit card information stolen by hackers who breached computer systems at The TJX Companies sometime in May of 2006. According to the MBA, compromised cards have so far been used to make fraudulent...

• Even More Details Emerging about TJMaxx and Marshalls Data Breach

  Staff Writer | January 21, 2007 8:24 AM | 2 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Even more details are beginning to emerge about the theft of data on computer systems belonging to TJX Companies, the parent company of TJMaxx and Marshalls stores. Unfortunately it appears that thieves are actually using information they stole from the TJX Company computers. The on-line publication Computerworld described the data security breach as follows:The scope of the security breach...