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Big_Bear
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

#21

College students are not as worried as they should be about the threat of identity theft

http://www.businessinsider.com/students-identity-theft-2015-6

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Big_Bear
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

#22

This mornings newsfeed.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hackers stole personnel data and identity numbers for every federal employee, a government worker union said Thursday, charging that the cyberattack on U.S. employee data is far worse than the Obama administration has acknowledged.

EVERY federal employee. Wow!

So if you are a federal employee, according to the FTC, chances are 1 in 3 that someone will assume your identity.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/union-hackers-have-personnel-data-on-every-us-govt-employee/ar-BBkYSPD?ocid=ansnewsap11

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Big_Bear
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

#23

Senator Susan Collins May Have Had Info Stolen in Hack on Government

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/sen-susan-collins-may-have-had-info-stolen-hack-government-n377366

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Big_Bear
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

#24

Hacking Team, maker of government spyware, gets hacked

Leaked documents claim that the firm sold encryption-breaking spyware to many countries, including the U.S.

An Italian software company that helps governments hack into computers to spy on people... has been hacked.

Hacking Team, a small spyware maker from Milan, was hit by a data breach after hackers dumped more than 400 GB of internal documents online. It's difficult to prove the validity of the documents, but if true, it shows this company was supplying spy tools to multiple government agencies -- including oppressive regimes.

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Big_Bear
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

#25

I love this headline.

"IRS unveils plans to prevent tax fraud"

http://money.cnn.com/2015/06/11/pf/taxes/irs-tax-fraud/index.html

Meanwhile, the FTC says identity theft cannot be prevented.

https://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/cases-proceedings/072-3069/lifelock-inc-corporation

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Mr. Jones
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

#26

DUDE,
just hunt the prick who stole ur identity...

and

disappear his/ her sorry stupit azz...

JMHO

zerohourhero
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

#27

DUDE,
just hunt the prick who stole ur identity...

and

disappear his/ her sorry stupit azz...

JMHO

Mr. Jones wrote:

Even better... STEAL HIS IDENTITY.... yea... thatll show him.

Big_Bear
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

#28

21.5 million affected by hack at federal personnel office

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/21-5-million-affected-hack-federal-personnel-office-article-1.2287097

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Gene363
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

#29

21.5 million affected by hack at federal personnel office

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/21-5-million-affected-hack-federal-personnel-office-article-1.2287097

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Big_Bear wrote:

The data is from processing clearances! Not only complete personal data, but data about family and friends, everything needed to get control of your name.

I cannot believe these jackasses allowed the entire database to be accessible on line when accepting data from applicants. The responsible bureaucrats were repeatedly warned about security, the managers, the developers and the administrators need to be fired. The later two groups for either doing crap work or not whistle blowing such a piss poor design.

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Big_Bear
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

#30

Yeah. IIRC the news this morning said that they were using an unencrypted storage system designed more than 30 years ago.

According to the FTC once your data is breached the chances of identity theft (someone assuming your identity using the data) is 1 in 3!

It's a shame that the headlines re id theft are almost weekly.

Part of what Safe ID Trust provides is post-theft restoration.

You can dm me for details.

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Gene363
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

#31

Big_Bear wrote:

Thanks, but I already have coverage, from three other data breaches and have my credit files frozen. The credit folks make it a PITA to turn on and off, but it is the best thing to prevent problems.

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Big_Bear
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

#32

freezing your lines is a good measure to help prevent.

But it doesn't prevent.

One of the reasons LifeLock got fined 12+ million dollars is because they claimed to be able to prevent identity theft. The FTC said that id theft cannot be prevented. Although there are measures you can do to help prevent.

The credit bureaus are a good place to start for financial id theft.

You need to also consider medical id theft and criminal id theft. If someone has your name, social, etc., when they get arrested they can just claim to be you. Then the next time you get pulled over for speeding you get hauled off to jail. A friend of mine got declined for a CFO position because when they did a background check they found that he had served 12 years in an Arizona prison. He didn't, but that didnt matter. They chose someone else.

Credit monitoring is like a car alarm. ID theft restoration is like car insurance.

BTW the odds are 1 in 250 that someones car will be broken into or vandalized; odd are 1 in 19 that their id will be stolen.

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fenderbendertex
Herf-A-Holic Topic Starter

11 years ago

#33

Bear, we may have to work something out.
Just found that one of our debit cards was hacked.
Been used all over the Metroplex today.
And of course, the bank is closed...

fenderbendertex
Herf-A-Holic Topic Starter

11 years ago

#34

And of course, on the original deal that started this thread, the IRS says "they're working on it."

They are supposed to provide restoration to all involved, but we'll see...

Mr Roso
Connoisseur

11 years ago

#35

Hey fenderbendertex, have you received a PIN number from the IRS? That's going to help when you file next year. Also, I know the IRS sends you interests if the held your refund. Of course, you'll have to declare that as income if they do.
I hope it gets resolved soon.