Friday, August 20, 2004
WebWire - View My Press Release: "Identity theft is one of the fastest-growing and least-understood crimes in America. Those who have never been victimized tend to brush it off. Senior citizens and deceased individuals fall prey to indentity theft predators."
You're not even safe when you die! What a problem for your family members to deal with.
You're not even safe when you die! What a problem for your family members to deal with.
Wednesday, August 18, 2004
MSNBC - 9%2F11 report light on ID theft issues
"what good are traveler databases and terrorist watch lists? After all, they are easily foiled by impersonation.
But in the nation's most comprehensive look yet at what went wrong on Sept. 11., and what can be done to prevent the next terrorist attack, identity theft gets scarce mention. Buried deep within the 9/11 commission report — on about 10 pages, starting with page 393 — are suggestions for dealing with the deeply connected problems of terrorism and identity fraud.
The report does note the importance of the issue, however."
"what good are traveler databases and terrorist watch lists? After all, they are easily foiled by impersonation.
But in the nation's most comprehensive look yet at what went wrong on Sept. 11., and what can be done to prevent the next terrorist attack, identity theft gets scarce mention. Buried deep within the 9/11 commission report — on about 10 pages, starting with page 393 — are suggestions for dealing with the deeply connected problems of terrorism and identity fraud.
The report does note the importance of the issue, however."
Wednesday, August 11, 2004
NPR : Tips to Avoid Internet Identity Theft, E-Mail Scams: "Criminals around the world are stealing credit card numbers, bank account passwords and other sensitive information in greater numbers than ever before. Many of them are using tools, easily found on the Web, that let them spy on the Internet habits of hundreds of thousands of people, from the sites they visit to the keystrokes they enter."
This article talks about email phishing (where thieves randomly attempt to obtain account numbers and passwords).
This article also includes a link to an audio session of NPR about ID Theft.
This site also has some great PDFs -
Profile of Criminals' Methods
Justice Dept. Report on Phishing
This article talks about email phishing (where thieves randomly attempt to obtain account numbers and passwords).
This article also includes a link to an audio session of NPR about ID Theft.
This site also has some great PDFs -
Profile of Criminals' Methods
Justice Dept. Report on Phishing
Tuesday, August 10, 2004
deseretnews.com | Big-time theft: "It wasn't hard to attract cyberthieves either, with databases that amass credit card numbers in huge numbers.
The theft earlier this year of thousands of credit card records from the nation's third-largest warehouse club illustrates the potential for massive-scale identity theft whenever so much purchase-enabling information is stored in one place. It also illustrates how difficult the cleanup can be."
Even when we keep our information safe, someone else might not!
The theft earlier this year of thousands of credit card records from the nation's third-largest warehouse club illustrates the potential for massive-scale identity theft whenever so much purchase-enabling information is stored in one place. It also illustrates how difficult the cleanup can be."
Even when we keep our information safe, someone else might not!
