Posts tagged Identity Theft

• More Details Released on Computer Data Theft at TJMaxx and Marshalls Stores

  Staff Writer | January 18, 2007 4:18 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Since posting the message about thieves who accessed customer data on computers storing Marshalls and TJMaxx customer data, I have learned more about what happened and the company's response. According to a company press release concerning the data theft, • Portions of the information stored in the affected part of TJX's network regarding credit and debit card sales transactions in TJX's...

• Identity Thieves Steal Data from Marshalls and TJMaxx Computers

  Staff Writer | January 18, 2007 9:49 AM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Apparently late last year, hackers compromised and stole data from computer systems storing credit card and other confidential information belonging to customers of TJ Maxx and Marshalls stores. If you have been a customer of either of these stores, you may become the next victim of identity theft. The company chairman and acting CEO disclosed the security breach in a message to customers...

• Consumer Credit Freeze Proposal Good for Arizona

  Staff Writer | January 09, 2007 12:26 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Miscellaneous
  

  On Sunday, January 7, 2007, Linda Valdez, a columnist from the Arizona Republic urged the legislature to pass a bill allowing people to "put a freeze on their credit reports" as a way to minimize risk of identity theft. According to the Republic columnist, a credit freeze means that no one can access your credit information without your express permission. Consequently, no one can get a loan...

• Over 100 Million Identity Theft Victims since 2005

  Staff Writer | December 16, 2006 4:26 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The most recent theft of personal data occurred this week when thieves stole a laptop computer containing unencrypted personal and confidential data concerning about 382,000 current and former employees of the Boeing Corporation. According to an online article in Infoworld, the United States hosts a huge number of prospective victims of identity theft, That disclosure pushed the total number of...

• UCLA Database Hacking Undetected for An Entire Year

  Staff Writer | December 14, 2006 9:28 AM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Miscellaneous
  

  According to the on-line publication Computerworld, a UCLA computer database containing names, addresses, social security numbers and other personally identifying information about staff, faculty, parents and students was a regular target for a hacker/identity thief over the past year. Amazingly, this breach went undetected for at least one full year. Citing a UCLA information Release,...

• Proposed Congressional Data Privacy Laws Could be Bad for Consumers

  Staff Writer | December 10, 2006 2:40 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Apparently, several major internet-related businesses are going to make a major push to pass consumer privacy legislation in Congress this next year. According to a recent news account from Associated Press, companies such as Microsoft and Hewlett Packard are:preparing to push for data-privacy legislation next year to replace what they consider an outdated patchwork of state and federal laws...

• Consumer Problems with ChoicePoint, Inc.

  Staff Writer | December 08, 2006 9:45 AM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Have you ever heard of the company ChoicePoint, Inc.? If you have ever done business with an insurance carrier, chances are that ChoicePoint has collected personal and private information about you including your name, address, date of birth and social security number. According to the ChoicePoint, Inc. web site, Since 1997 ChoicePoint has been a leading provider of decision-making...

• Confidential Information Concerning Thousands of Patients Placed at Risk this Week

  Staff Writer | December 03, 2006 7:00 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Miscellaneous
  

  This past week, two medical providers disclosed serious data breaches involving patient information. The largest data breach involved confidential information concerning 38,000 members of a Kaiser Permanente Health Plan. In October, thieves in California stole a laptop computer from a company employee which contained, information such as the name, gender, date of birth, member identification...

• Have You Been Victimized Yet?

  Staff Writer | November 30, 2006 10:21 AM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Its been almost one week since my Thanksgiving reminder about on-line commerce and data security. Have you made a decision to buy a product on-line yet? Have you received notification that your social security number has been exposed to hackers? If so, you are not alone. Discussing the topic of identity theft, an article in the on-line publication E-Weeek.com, citing the Privacy Rights...

• Shopping Safely On Line

  Staff Writer | November 22, 2006 11:57 AM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Miscellaneous
  

  I hope everybody has a happy and healthy Thanksgiving tomorrow. Usually the Friday after Thanksgiving has become the busiest shopping day of the year throughout the country. During this upcoming holiday shopping season, increasingly more and more consumers are shopping on the internet. This year, we have already seen a startling increase in identity thefts and compromised sensitive data and I...