May 19, 2012
Is Your Medical Data Safe?
A report from Mobiledia:The theft of about 780,000 online medical records by unknown hackers from state computers in Utah is sounding alarm bells about the protections of sensitive data. Last month, hackers stole the data of hundreds of thousands of Medicaid recipients and participants from Utah’s Children’s Health Insurance Program, including the Social Security numbers [...]
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Suspect Faces ID Theft Charges
A report from Patch.com: A variety of ID and credit theft charges have been lodged agains a Brooklyn, NY man following an investigation by Greenwich Police. Raphael W. Brereton, 32, was arrested May 16 while he was in custody of the Kings County Court in Brooklyn, according to a Greenwich Police report. Brereton was charged [...]
> Read moreMay 18, 2012
Yes, You Actually Can Get Your Credit Score For Free (Here’s How)
A report from Business Insider: David Seaman is host of The DL Show and a prominent new media advocate. Follow him on Twitter (new!) and Google+. Previously, David founded the popular credit card deals web site, Outlaw. Recent Posts Low Interest Credit Cards: Monster List Here’s Everything* Wrong With America, And How To Fix It [...]
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ID Theft Victims Ate at Same Restaurant
A report from WOI: By Alex Schuman aschuman@myabc5.com Several people in the Metro recently found out they were victims of identity theft. Police figured out the one thing they all have in common: a restaurant. Since Saturday, West Des Moines police have gotten 12 reports of identity theft. Rob Christensen is one of the victims. Part [...]
> Read moreMay 17, 2012
McEntee: After data breach, I’ll long be looking over my shoulder
A report from Salt Lake Tribune: A couple of weeks ago, I returned home from vacation to learn my personal health information had been hacked. So I signed up for the free credit monitoring that lasts a year. On Monday, not having heard about my Social Security number, I called the state’s data breach hotline [...]
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