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Red Card! MLSGear.com Shoppers Exposed To Identity Theft
Computerworld is reporting that "a series of SQL injection attacks" on a third-party e-commerce company's servers has compromised the personal data of customers who shopped at Major League Soccer's MLSgear.com website. One affected customer told us he received a letter from MLSgear.com letting him know what had happened and offering him free credit monitoring services for a year, which is apparently the standing corporate response to personal data theft. More »
data theft
Consumer Agency IT Pro Admits To Stealing 8.4 Million Records
A senior database administrator for Fidelity National Information Services, a widely used banking technology and data providor, has admitted that he stole 8.4 million customer records from the company and sold the data to a broker, who in turn sold them to marketers. He could face up to 10 years in prison but will probably get less because he confessed. We think he should have to open, read, and shred every piece of junk mail that his victims receive for the next, oh, say 10 years instead. More »
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Lots Of Retailers Don't Use Proper Wireless Security
The recently reported TJ Maxx security breach—where data on 94 million credit card accounts was stolen in 2003, 2004, and 2006—has ended up costing the company $200 million and counting. But although it's the biggest example so far of retail data theft, TJ Maxx isn't the only retailer doing a poor job of keeping sensitive data protected from hackers. One wireless security vendor recently surveyed thousands of stores and discovered that a significant number of retailers don't practice good wireless security: More »
privacy
Gap Says Laptop Containing Job Applicant Data Stolen
Gap is disclosing that a laptop filled with job applicant data has been stolen. The laptop contained the personal information of 800,000 job applicants, including social security numbers. More »
security
UPDATED: "NSA" Allows You To Search And See If You're A Terrorist
And just in time for the 5th anniversary of September 11th comes yet another database for hackers to play with, this time courtesy of NSA . That's not the National Security Agency. The National Surveillance Agency, whose motto is "Extractum Quislibet Infideli." More »
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Hey Consumerists! Get Blacklisted By The Chargeback Bureau!
Welcome to the consumerist blacklist, Dalton Trumbo! More »
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The News; Rich, Creamy, Lung Cancer
• The last bowl of payola, overturned. Spitzer for el Presidente! [NYT]• Alternate headline: Chevron agrees to be as good as 7-11. [LAT]
• Avoid these 6 airlines. [CT]
• That's one way to get them to stop losing data. [LAT]
• Gates, denouement, still looks like a doofus. [NYT]
• Nothing says I love you like asbestos. Too bad the candygram is belated. [NYT]
• It's gonna be a long spanking for Fannie Mae. [NYT]
• Nation's factories prescribed Cialis. [NYT] More »
identity theft
Man Fights Identity Thief and Wins
Imagine getting mugged in LA and having your social security card stolen. It might not seem so far fetched that its number would be used to graft an identity onto an illegal alien. But what might be a surprise, is if years later, the guy's still walking around with your name and you go to the car lot, they run a credit check, and not only does the guy have several cards in your name, he has way better credit than you do! More »
citibank
Thunder Before The Storm? Another Citibank Account 'Compromised'
Buckle yourselves in, boys and girls. Is this email we just received from Kate H. the first rumbling of another massive slate of Citibank security breaches? More »
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