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H&R Block blunder exposes consumer data

January 4, 2006 Company inadvertently prints Social Security numbers on promotional mailings, but says security risk is low. TAGS: social security number, Social Security, incident, identity theft

Start-up launches identity-theft search service

January 24, 2007 Service lets people check if their data is being traded online by criminals, but critics say it could be a boon for the same crooks. TAGS: social security number, Social Security, criminal, fraud, identity theft, Sunbelt Software, credit card, search technology, start-up, database, agency, CEO

Police Blotter: Is it legal to use an alias anymore?

October 12, 2007 Arizona senior citizen sentenced to 10 years for inventing the name "Peter Reynolds" and using it to open bank accounts, pay his monthly bills. TAGS: conviction, Arizona, bank account, Police Blotter, Cox Communications Inc., Social Security, identity, bank, citizen, social security number, identity theft

Is identity theft inevitable?

March 31, 2005 Think Computer CEO Aaron Greenspan says the crime's not unstoppable--if legislators stop fooling themselves. TAGS: identity theft, computer security, social security number, payroll, Social Security, flaw, law, security

States fiddle while defrauders steal

June 21, 2005 States lag in investing in systems to detect fraud, which will cost the public big-time, warns SurePayroll President Michael Alter. TAGS: unemployment insurance, fraud, Social Security, social security number, crime, credit card company, identity theft, payroll, initiative, credit card, agency, database

Identity theft: Calendar

October 24, 2005 How are laws to combat ID fraud progressing? What events are coming up? Keep track with News.com's regularly updated schedule. TAGS: identity fraud, social security number, Social Security, security breach, identity theft, data security, sale, conference, security, California

Blood bank fears ID heist

December 21, 2004 Delta Blood Bank warns donors after a computer that held personal information is stolen. TAGS: social security number, Social Security, bank, personal information, letter, identity theft, California, security, laptop computer

Stolen Boeing laptop held ID data on 382,000

December 14, 2006 Former Boeing employees, some retirees could be at risk of ID theft after a notebook goes missing. TAGS: theft, incident, social security number, Social Security, laptop computer, identity theft, notebook computer, worker, server

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. TAGS: Hummingbird Ltd., identity fraud, social security number, data security, Social Security, identity theft, Texas, password

Season over for 'phishing'?

July 15, 2004 President Bush has signed into law a bill that mandates minimum sentences for ID fraudsters, including Net-reliant "phishers." TAGS: identity fraud, phishing, Social Security, identity theft, crime, social security number, victim, bank, law, bill, president, e-mail

Short shelf life for data breach laws?

March 2, 2006 Privacy expert Thomas Oscherwitz says given the rapid advancement of technology, these laws may quickly become obsolete. TAGS: crook, law, identity, social security number, Social Security, institution, identity theft, notification, analysis, security

Online private eyes draw privacy complaints

July 18, 2005 Numerous Web sites that promise to dredge up personal data are raising concerns about an upsurge in identity theft and fraud. TAGS: Electronic Privacy Information Center, identity theft, fraud, Social Security, social security number, address, client, Yahoo! Inc.

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. TAGS: Acxiom Corp., class action, class action lawsuit, identity fraud, identity theft, social security number, Social Security, attorney, Adobe PDF, database, security, password, server

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