identity theft

A child is not immune to identity theft. In many ways, using a child’s identity has inherent benefits. For example, a young child will not have a criminal record, will not have debts like mortgages and student loans, will not be doing a credit check soon and possibly will not find out about [...]

It is inexplicable. There are reports that there are still educational institutions that are using Social Security numbers as student identifiers. That makes identity theft simple and easy. All that someone needs to steal an identity is to tie a name to a Social Security number. Any other information can be [...]

It is a data breach of significant magnitude - over a half million files were breached. And the breach extended from March 12 to June 8. Hackers had access for almost three months:
“Web services provider Network Solutions disclosed Friday that hackers broke into its servers and stole information on more than 573,000 debit [...]

The laptops are missing - or stolen. And the number of laptops is staggering. Christopher Null is reporting that in American airports, there are over a half million laptops missing each year:
“…1,200 laptops a week go missing at Los Angeles International Airport, and 12,000 laptops are lost or stolen nationally at airports every [...]

The key to successful identity theft is to be able to tie your social security number to your name. That is basically the key identifier. A security breach of data that exposes that link triggers identity theft monitoring results in financial burden.
Now it seems that the social security number code can [...]

Each one of us has hundreds of dollars invested in that desktop computer and/or laptop. For some people, the value of the computer is in the thousands, with modifications and improvements. It seems ludicrous to think that your machine would be sold for pennies. However, if your machine is infected by malware, [...]

There is a data breach at Cornell University that has compromised thousands of files with sensitive, confidential information. The security breach involves the names and security numbers of approximately forty five thousand (45,000) people.
This incident illustrates one of the pitfalls of data security. Policy set in place becomes meaningless unless there is some [...]

The laptop may cost a thousand dollars - perhaps two thousand dollars. The lost data on the laptop could cost the state of Oklahoma millions of dollars. One million people in Oklahoma are at risk of identity theft:
“The Oklahoma Department of Human Services (DHS) is notifying more than one million state residents that [...]

The New York City police will have a special interest in this data breach. It impacts upon them. Approximately eighty thousand (80,000) former and current members of the police department are at risk of identity theft:
“…According to local media reports, a man has been arrested and charged with illegally entering a [...]

There was a security breach at the University of Florida. Files of over 97,000 people were compromised:
“…The files included the names and Social Security numbers of students, faculty and staff who used the “Grove” computer system between 1996 and 2009.”
link: University of Florida reports computer breach
It is certainly a legitimate question to ask [...]