Posts Tagged ‘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 [...]

The Ohio State Highway Patrol has seen the number of identity theft cases more than double this year.  Identity theft is a $10 million a year criminal business, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
The increase in identity theft cases in the past year is alarming and continues to grow. The Ohio State Highway Patrol says [...]

More and more young children our becoming victims of identity theft at an alarming rate.  Often times they are completely unaware of the theft until many years later.  They do not find out until they attempt to get a college loan, credit card, or purchase a car and are denied.
Hundreds of online businesses are finding [...]

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 [...]

Individuals with diabetes have been targeted in a recent identity theft scam.  The identity theft scam is effective because the identity thieves know the intended victim has diabetes.
The identity theft scheme was first discovered in Mississippi. It was reported that diabetics were receiving phone calls from identity thieves claiming to be from the Diabetes Foundation [...]

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 [...]

Anthem Blue Cross has notified around 230,000 of its applicants that their personal information may have been exposed.  The personal information included medical records and Social Security numbers.
This recent data breach is believed to be linked to a systems upgrade completed last October. A third-party security vendor certified that all proper privacy safeguards were in [...]

A Staten Island-based identity theft ring was charged with stealing the personal and financial information of at least 200 people and using it to steal in excess of $5 million before caught, officials announced on Wednesday.
The ringleaders of the scam were Kazeem Badru, 38, Ganiu Rilwan, 46, and Okoronkwo Okechukwu, 32.
The ringleaders recruited other conspirators [...]

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 [...]