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Posted on Tuesday, 21st June 2011 by Archie Norton

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Posted on Monday, 20th June 2011 by Nate Sawers

U.S. Senators Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) and John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.) reintroduced legislation to require businesses and nonprofit organizations that store consumers’ personal information to put in place strong security features to safeguard sensitive data, alert consumers when this data has been breached, and provide affected individuals with the tools they need to protect their credit and finances. 

“If companies are going to collect and store consumers’ personal information, safeguarding that information should be priority number one.  Unfortunately, we’re seeing some very popular companies outsmarted by hackers.  In fact, since we first introduced this legislation, we’ve seen major data breaches affect customers at Target, Best Buy, Walgreens and Sony,” said Senator Pryor, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Subcomm

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Posted on Monday, 20th June 2011 by Archie Norton

All merchants who accept credit cards are now subject to strict Payment Card Industry standards, rules, and regulations, which require a level of security that took about five years to finally implement.

PCI exists to increase credit card security and, among other goals, to stave off government intervention. While significant effort has been made to improve the security of credit card data processing, adequate attention has yet to be

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Posted on Sunday, 19th June 2011 by Nathan Thorpe

It’s almost as if there’s a political machine operating behind the hacker group Anonymous.  Much like any major political campaign, the candidates seeks out a national platform while an army of grassroots activists spreads the message on a localized scale.  And when this political machine works, it can be highly effective.

Perhaps Anonymous is thinking on the same strategic scale?  The group has been highly effective in garnering national headlines by targeting companies and governments with its “hacktivisim” efforts.   And now it seems they are operating like a grassroots movement by tackling smaller, more localized issues.

Yesterday, the hacker group shut down the Orlando Chamber of Commerces web site for most of the and posted a boycott Orlando message on a major theme parks Internet page to protest the homeless-feeding policies of Mayor Buddy Dyer.  According to the Orlando Sentinel, Orlandos restrictions on feeding large groups in downtown parks has resulted in arrests of members of Food Not Bombs, a group that recently lost a court fight to continue its food giveaways at Lake Eola.

For those who cover the news on a national scale, Orlando’s policies for dealing with feeding the homeless would have never registered on our radar screen.   Though it did

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Posted on Saturday, 18th June 2011 by Nate Sawers

1. Identity theft starts with the misuse of your personal identifying information such as your name, Social Security number, credit card numbers, or other financial account information.
2. Check your credit report from each of the three major credit bureaus every year.
3. Open your credit card bills and bank statements right away. Review your statements and close unused accounts. Be aware if bills don’t arrive on time. It may mean that someone has changed contact information to hide fraudulent charges.
4. Don’t carry your Social Security card or PIN numbers in your purse or wallet because of what can happen if they fall into the wrong hands.
5. Avoid giving any personal information over the phone, mail, or Internet unless you know who you are dealing with. Give it to them in person instead.
6. Criminals pretend they are collecting money for victims of a natural disaster. Som

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Posted on Friday, 17th June 2011 by Archie Norton

Yet another reason to invest in home security systems.

Some people work in a building, others on construction sites. Some work in banks and some in people’s homes. Burglars and bandits go to work to rob banks and homes and that’s a normal days work for them.

A dude named Robert James Neese famous for burglarizing Dan Quayle the former Vice President under Bush Sr is known as the “Rock Burglar” and got his name by tossing rocks through a glass door or windows to gain entry to his victim’s homes. How original.

Neese racked up a reported 337 break-ins over 17 years and stole an estimated $10 million in cash and jewels. He was bu

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