I have to give the lawmakers in the state of Ohio some credit for attempting to take identity theft somewhat seriously. It’s actually about time since every other state in the US has had laws for a long time now. Unfortunately, they got it wrong. The problem is that they have made something that is […]
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Interesting developments in the Hannaford Supermarket breach that was reported a few weeks ago. Seems that malware infected 300 some servers that were located at each of the stores. This malware was apparently collecting and sending customer credit card data to overseas locations. I like the following part the best: “Andrew Conry of InformationWeek adds
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Another day…another credit card breach! This time 4.2 million credit cards were exposed. I personally smell a bit of TJX in this one… “The stolen data was limited to credit and debit card numbers and expiration dates, and was illegally accessed from our computer systems during transmission of card authorization,” said Hannaford CEO Ron Hodge,
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Did you know that you can order free identity theft materials from the Federal Trade Commission? The FTC has a really good program called “Deter, Detect, Defend” to help educate the public about identity theft. They offer free bulk orders of pamphlets, handouts, and other paraphernalia to distribute to your company, friends, family, etc…great if
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