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Man faces new charges in ChoicePoint ID theft

Man faces new charges in ChoicePoint ID theftKeep nailing the PoS to the Wall - I'll drive a spike"Hangings' to good for him, killings' to good for him...." Hanover FistThey can catch everyone of the ba5tard5, punish them to the full extent of...

Tags: ChoicePoint ID theft, ChoicePoint Inc., identity theft

Discussion threads 2005-09-02

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Veterans' data theft may cost $500 million

Veterans' data theft may cost $500 millionOKSo this guy has a staff member that screws up big time, basically giving out critical information on 26.5 million vets and he uses it as a reason to spend another half a billion dollars. Needless to say they will need to increase...

Tags: identity theft, vet

Discussion threads 2006-05-25

Forget the NSA. Here's another very scary list. Are you included?

Forget the NSA. Here's another very scary list. Are you included?Ridiculous! When do these people get sued?That list basically says everyone has been compromised and they don't know it. I also read somewhere where the Social Security Administration has a "secondary" list of SSNs because so...

Tags: Sales channel, PRODUCTIVITY, Financial services, personal data, credit card, security, computer

Discussion threads 2006-05-25

Legislation needed on ID theft

To be a victim of identity theft is worse than having some nasty goo on your shoe. It's tenacious and follows you everywhere and our government is moving at a snail's pace to protect us from thieves stealing our data. Tom Zeller reports in the New York Times on the...

Tags: identity theft, Raymond Lorenzo

Blog posts 2006-01-10

CardSystems says it faces 'imminent extinction'

CardSystems says it faces 'imminent extinction'GoodIf there's not extreme penalties, businesses won't pay attention to security. It's only a cost center otherwise, why do you need it? Customers won't care if they don't know, let's just let it slide.As is should be !SCUMBAGS !This is exactly howa free market is...

Tags: Financial services, payment processor, Perry, CardSystems Solutions Inc.

Discussion threads 2005-07-22

Security breach laws become state's rights issue

Security breach laws become state's rights issueThe inherently anti-consumer nature of monied corporationsThis article doesn't really touch on the issue of customer abuse. ChoicePoint evidently see Joe and Jane Public as nothing more than the raw data which funds their revenue. They are insultingly dismissive in their proven responses to...

Tags: Identity theft, Sales channel, Hammurabi, LexisNexis, Arlen Specter, ChoicePoint Inc., security

Discussion threads 2005-04-14

ChoicePoint: We're sorry for data leak

ChoicePoint: We're sorry for data leakThey're sorry alrightIt's more than just being notified when their lax security is penetrated, it's being able to dispute bad data. http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,66856,00.htmlAnother non-issue to your Republican never-met an-an-unreasonable-search Congress.More on SS# sales?I'd be curious to know when/how the "sale" of one's SS# and personal...

Tags: Social Security, Sales channel, Operational accounting, Insurance, American Public, SS#, credit card, ChoicePoint Inc., security

Discussion threads 2005-03-15

ChoicePoint data loss may be higher than reported

ChoicePoint data loss may be higher than reportedLaw of big numbersOne good thing about this is that one or a few thieves can only use so much data. Each time you set up a dummy ID - you take a small chance that you will get caught. The 145,000th person...

Tags: data loss, ChoicePoint Inc.

Discussion threads 2005-03-11

Lawmakers to act on ChoicePoint ID theft

Lawmakers to act on ChoicePoint ID theftIronic" A Nigerian man was sentenced to 16 months in prison..."Gee, maybe he was the one that started the original Nigerian scam still running around the Internet? :-)Seriously though, as it is with Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, we should hold the ChoicePoint executives personnaly responsible for...

Tags: ChoicePoint Inc., identity theft

Discussion threads 2005-02-24

ChoicePoint hit with ID theft lawsuit

ChoicePoint hit with ID theft lawsuitExcellentI am of the opinion that companies should be held responsible for security breaches that results in theft of personal data. Note I'm not talking about the software vendors, but the companies doing the hosting themselves, ESPECIALLY if the breach was caused by something other...

Tags: SECURITY, ChoicePoint Inc., private information, identity theft

Discussion threads 2005-02-23

ChoicePoint data theft widens to 145,000 people

ChoicePoint data theft widens to 145,000 peopleALERT! Rant Ahead You have been warnedFirst of all this is totally unacceptable. Companies that warehouse our private information need to take steps that insure people are legit that request information from them.Next Choice Point should be civily liable for any...

Tags: Financial Planning, Choice-Point, ChoicePoint Inc., identity theft, CREDIT FREEZE

Discussion threads 2005-02-18