Posts under ‘Recovering from Identity Theft’

Around 22,000 Social Security numbers of Delaware state government retirees have been inadvertently posted online by a government contractor.
Aon Consulting included the Social Security numbers, gender and birthdates of about 22,000 Delaware state government retirees in a request for proposals for insurance companies interested in providing vision coverage to employees and retirees.  Retirees affected included [...]

A federal judge granted final approval on a settlement between Countrywide Financial Corporation and around 17 million customers on Monday.  This was a result of a large data breach that left the large group at a high risk for identity theft. Â
Bank of America, who now owns Countrywide, will provide free credit monitoring for the [...]

A Blue Cross Blue Shield employee has been charged with stealing identities of members.  Blue Cross Blue Shield said Latonia Davis a former employee tried to obtain credit by using health insurance information of 15 members.
The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office recently arrested Davis, 32, on a charge of identity theft.  Blue Cross Blue Shield said [...]

Attorney General Richard Blumenthal believes The Connecticut Teachers’ Retirement Board owes its members identity theft protection and an explanation after waiting six months to inform them they lost a flash drive containing their personal information.
Blumenthal is urging the board to give the 58,000 plus members identity theft protection for two years and provide them with [...]

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has once again postponed enforcement of the Red Flags Rule from June 1 until Dec. 31, 2010 at the request of several members of Congress. The FTC stated that Congress would be considering legislation on the scope of entities covered by the Rule.
The FTC “urges Congress to act quickly to [...]

The Los Angeles Firemen’s Credit Union has notified members that their private information may have been compromised.
The letter from the CEO Michael Maestro states that a small percentage of files were not properly moved when the Credit Union relocated. The personal data that could have been compromised included members names, addresses, phone numbers, account numbers, [...]

Personal data on about 3.3 million people nationwide has been stolen from Educational Credit Management Corp. (EFMC), a company that guarantees federal student loans.The theft occurred on March 20 or 21 at the Minnesota headquarters. Educational Credit Management Corp. (EFMC) is a nonprofit company that guarantees student loans nationally.
The data stolen was on “portable media”, [...]

More than 7,000 Vanderbilt University students could be at risk of identity theft after a professor’s computer was stolen.
The computer contained the names and social security numbers.
University officials have informed students about the incident that happened in February.  All individuals have been offered 12-months of credit monitoring.
Vanderbilt University also advised professors to delete all personal [...]

On Tuesday a national data breach notification bill was passed in the U.S. House of Representatives.  The Data Accountability and Trust Act (DATA), requires businesses to notify both customers and the Federal Trade Commission if sensitive information has been exposed to a security breach.
The law states that:
“Any person engaged in interstate commerce that owns or [...]

Health Net reported the loss of a portable external hard drive that contained seven years of medical and personal data on about 1.5 million members.  The insurance company said it lost the hard drive six months ago.
The hard drive contained Social Security numbers, medical records and health data of Health Net members in Arizona, Connecticut, [...]