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Showing 1-18 of 18 results foundDebunking myths about identity fraud
February 7, 2007 Attorney Eric J. Sinrod finds that the facts belie the general belief that ID theft is rampant. Still, victory is a way off.Iowa proposes ID theft 'passport'
March 21, 2006 Document is meant to prove somebody was a victim of identity theft, protect against fraudulent credit charges.Identity theft risk greatest in major cities
February 14, 2007 Study lists New York, Detroit and Los Angeles as the cities with the highest occurrence of identity fraud.Congress may slap restrictions on SSN use
May 11, 2006 Identity fraud concerns spur promises of new laws restricting some commercial uses of Social Security numbers.White House panel pushes new identity fraud laws
April 23, 2007 A wealth of state and federal laws already prohibit ID fraud and phishing. But a federal task force says more are needed.Laptop theft exposes teachers to ID fraud risk
April 9, 2007 Stolen laptops contain Social Security numbers and other information on Chicago Public Schools employees.University probes possible data breach
April 4, 2007 Personal information of about 46,000 may have been compromised in server breach at data center for University of California at San Francisco.ZoneAlarm adds ID theft protection
June 5, 2006 Update to ZoneAlarm security products includes tools to keep personal data safe. It's priced to compete with Microsoft's OneCare.Judge: Firm not negligent in failure to encrypt data
February 15, 2006 Federal court throws out suit attacking student loan provider for failing to encrypt customer database subsequently stolen.Laptop with HP employee data stolen
March 23, 2006 Theft of computer belonging to Fidelity Investments puts almost 200,000 current and former workers at risk of identity fraud.Verizon gaffe lets customer details slip
August 26, 2006 Spreadsheet with limited data on more than 5,000 wireless subscribers was accidentally e-mailed to other customers.Data on 2.9 million Georgians goes missing
April 10, 2007 CD containing Social Security numbers, other personal information on people enrolled in Medicaid or PeachCare is lost.Class action suit over ID theft tossed out
October 12, 2006 Acxiom, a data warehouser, had its databases looted at least twice. But judge throws out an ID-theft class action suit.T.J. Maxx hack exposes consumer data
January 18, 2007 Intruders accessed systems used to process, store customer transaction data, putting unspecified number of shoppers at risk of identity fraud.Loan company reports loss of data on 1.3 million
June 2, 2006 Texas student-loan provider says IT contractor lost hardware containing customer names and Social Security numbers.Auditor loses McAfee employee data
February 23, 2006 An external auditor misplaces a CD with details of thousands of workers, putting them at risk of identity fraud.A call for rational discourse on identity theft
December 6, 2007 ID Analytics' Thomas Oscherwitz writes that while ID theft losses are dropping, the debate has become ever more shrill.Year in review: Insecurity over ID theft
December 13, 2005 High-profile hack of Paris Hilton's phone and a huge credit-card leak brought worries over ID theft to the fore. Sponsored matches for "identity fraud"
