Leaked Social Security Numbers Put “Personal Security and Safety at Risk”
The Florida Democratic Party responded by stating, “We apologize for the oversight of not redacting this information from the public record included in the mailer,” and by offering West two years of identity theft monitoring, but West says he will not accept their money. Meanwhile, in Virginia, a judge has ruled it is legal to [...]
Identity Thieves Targeting Medicare Enrollees
With open enrollment for Medicare beginning November 15th, identity thieves are on the prowl. They are looking to obtain Social Security numbers and bank account information to commit fraud. “There are people out there looking for opportunities to come and give you wrong information, or do things fraudulently,” said Renard Murray, Regional Administrator with the [...]
7 Tips To Better Credit Card Security
Every time you use a credit card, you increase the chances of that card number being used fraudulently. Cards can be skimmed and hacked in a number of different ways. #1 Watch your card. Whenever you hand your credit or debit card to a salesperson or waiter, watch to see where your card is taken [...]
Friday’s Food for Thought: Note to Criminals – Stop Targeting the Elderly, Granny is Fighting Back
Welcome to the Friday’s Food for Thought post from the ITAC blog. While this is not a new topic for us to cover, we would like this post to be a plea to all the criminals out there to stop targeting the elderly with identity theft- and fraud-related schemes. Yes, we understand that they are [...]
University of Hawaii Exposes 40,000 Students Personal Information
The Social Security numbers, grades and other personal information of more than 40,000 former University of Hawaii students were posted online for nearly a year before being removed this week. University officials told the Associated Press that a faculty member inadvertently uploaded files containing the information to an unprotected server on Nov. 30, 2009. The [...]