Zero Fraud Liability

Posted on Thursday, 10th May 2012 by Archie Norton

Welcome to the Monday Morning News Kick Off post from the ITAC blog.  We hope everyone had a restful holiday weekend.  Though as we all know that although it is technically a holiday week the world of cybercrime does not slow down.  That is why we have been kind enough to pull together all the key identity theft, data breach and cyber security stories you need in one convenient location.  Happy Monday!

Rise In Child Identity Theft Prompts Push For Solutions When Jennifer Andrushko applied for public aid two years ago, a state employee entered her son Carters Social Security number into a computer and discovered something strange: The boy appeared to have been earning wages for the past eight years. I thought, How could this be happening? Hes only three years old, Andrushko said. It

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Posted on Tuesday, 8th May 2012 by Archie Norton

 A data breach at a payments processing firm has potentially compromised credit and debit card information from all of the major card brands, representatives from MasterCard and Visa said on Friday.

MasterCard said it has alerted payment card issuers “regarding certain MasterCard accounts that are potentially at risk.”

The company also said the breach is the subject of an ongoing forensic review by an independent data security organization.

Visa released a statement saying it too has provided card issuers with notifications about accounts that could be affected. The

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Posted on Sunday, 8th April 2012 by Archie Norton

Source: worldbackupday.com

Tomorrow, March 31st, is World Backup Day. And what better time to get in the backup mentality than just in time for April Fool’s Day? Your roommate may think programming that miscellaneous picture to pop up anytime you click on your browser is a harmless joke, but your crashed PC sure doesn’t think so. Instead of mourning the loss of all your computer files, have the last laugh by backing up your computer, just in case you’re at the wrong end of the prank.

Source: worldbackupday.com

Here are some backup tips echoed by World Backup Day:

1. Constant computer backups. Backing up your computer once a year is not enough.

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Posted on Tuesday, 3rd April 2012 by Archie Norton

Tamara here from the AllClear ID investigation team. Facebook users are being duped into divulging personal information by filling out a form to supposedly prevent their Facebook account from being disabled. The information they’re being asked ranged from their email address and Facebook password to the first six digits of their credit card number and type of card. Scammers then use that personal information to assume the victim’s Facebook profile and email. In doing so the thief can not only spread the scam, but can also obtain other personal and financial information to commit identity theft.

“Spammers and scammers sometimes create phony emails that look like they’re from Facebook,” as written on the Facebook Security home page. “These emails can be very convincing. Even the ‘F

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Posted on Sunday, 25th March 2012 by Archie Norton

Welcome to the Monday Morning News Kick Off post from the ITAC blog. What do the Iowa Caucus, Gene Simmons and Malcolm Xs daughter all have in common? They are popping up in major stories about cyber security, data breaches and identity theft right now. Who would have thought that a simple blog that focuses on identity theft would have so much celebrity new to share? So, check out these stories and more in the following post. Happy Monday!

Iowa Caucus Polling System Threatened By Hackers Republican Party officials in Iowa are taking new steps to secure their vote counting systems after an anonymous threat suggested computer hackers could attempt to disrupt next months presidential nominating caucuses.

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Posted on Wednesday, 21st March 2012 by Archie Norton

On March 13^th it was discovered that three University of Tampa data files were accidentally made accessible to the public putting students and faculty at risk.

The files included personal information, including Social Security numbers and photos of over 36,000 past and present students and faculty members.  

One files contained 6,818 records of Fall 2011 students. The other two files contained information about nearly 29,540 faculty, staff, and students from January of 2000 through July 2011.

University of Tampa says there is no evidence of any fraud at this time.  They have decided to pay for each potentially impacted individual to sign up, if they desire, for fraud alert services with a national identity protection service. T

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