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      Bank Sends You Another Copy Of Your Credit Card Just To Remind You To Use It

      Here's a weird story. Chris at PhillyBurbs.com was dealing with some ID theft problems (random charges were showing up on his credit cards) when he got a random credit card in the mail. It was an extra copy of a card he did indeed have. Wondering if someone was trying to get copies of his cards — he contacted the bank: More »

      4:10 PM on Wed Nov 12 2008
      By Meg Marco
      12,054 views, 34 comments

      Most discussed dodongo: I've had exactly this happen to me with Discover. They were nice enough to follow it up with a more »

    • id theft

      Did Turkish Police Beat Information Out Of A Suspect In The TJ Maxx Credit Card Case?

      Christopher Soghoian over at Cnet is reporting that Turkish police may have used violence to get the encryption keys of one of primary ringleaders in the TJ Maxx credit card theft investigation. The suspect, Maksym Yastremskiy, is apparently a "major figure in the international sale of stolen credit card information." More »

      1:48 PM on Fri Oct 24 2008
      By Meg Marco
      4,385 views, 62 comments

      Most discussed friendlynerd: Yeah I'm having trouble rustling up any pity here more »

    • hilarious

      Walmart Sells You An Empty Box Instead Of A Laptop -- But You Bought It With Stolen Credit Cards

      You know how sometimes in football both teams will screw up on the same play and the penalties will offset? We've just found the fraud version of that situation. Three men brought a laptop computer box to Walmart and said that they'd been sold an empty box. Walmart thought they were being scammed, so they called the police. That's when all hell broke loose. More »

      6:31 PM on Tue Oct 14 2008
      By Meg Marco
      61,653 views, 105 comments

      Most discussed LibertyReign: Wait a minute...I just noticed something..there are actually people out there trashy enough to buy food and laptops @ Wal-Mart? Oh more »

    • fail

      7 Stupid Online Security Mistakes You're Probably Making

      A new study National Cyber Security Alliance says that you're probably making one of these 7 stupid mistakes when it comes to your own online security. The study shows that when Symantec, polled 3,000 online users and scanned the computers of 400 of them, 81 percent of respondents said they were using a firewall, but only 42 percent indeed had a firewall installed on their computer. Whoops. More »

      4:46 PM on Fri Oct 3 2008
      By Meg Marco
      27,800 views, 57 comments

      Most discussed veronykah: If there could be a STANDARD somehow with regards to passwords it would make it a lot easier. They always more »

    • comcatastrophe

      Idiot Comcast Door-To-Door Salesmen Cause Neighborhood Panic

      Yesterday, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported that the police were looking for two men who were posing as Comcast employees as a ruse to steal social security numbers. The men were driving an unmarked car, wandering around a neighborhood knocking on doors and telling residents they needed to fix some wiring issues. One resident refused, claiming that she didn't have an appointment. She then saw the employees start knocking on other doors and, finding it unlikely that her entire neighborhood could have "wiring issues," called the police. More »

      9:59 AM on Fri Sep 19 2008
      By Meg Marco
      14,790 views, 36 comments

      Most discussed hardtoremember: Never ever answer the door if you are not expecting anyone. more »

    • id theft

      Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Georgia Sends 202,000 Letters Containing Personal Information To The Wrong Addresses

      Well, if you're having a bad day at work, rest assured that someone in Georgia is having a worse one. The Journal-Constitution is reporting that 202,000 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia customers had their personal information exposed, including (in some cases) their social security numbers, thanks to an error in the computerized mailing system. The system was apparently used before it was tested. More »

      9:29 AM on Wed Jul 30 2008
      By Meg Marco
      3,815 views, 18 comments

      Latest by douglasmcstewart: @Phexerian, MissPeacock: Name and Address does not count as PHI according to HIPAA, but Social Security Numbers do. And an more »

    • Stein Mart

      Stein Mart Settles Personal Data Breach By Offering... Coupons

      Stein Mart was caught "printing expiration dates and/or more than the last five digits of credit cards on receipts," and was subsequently hit with a class action lawsuit for exposing sensitive customer data. Now they've settled by agreeing to run coupons in local newspapers. It gets better: instead of a flat 20% off coupon, the store is requiring minimum-purchase amounts that reduce the savings if your purchase falls between the arbitrarily set thresholds.

      • $10 off a purchase of $50 or more
      • $20 off a purchase of $100 or more
      • $30 off a purchase of $150 or more
      We need a new federal law that says class action lawyers have to be compensated in the same manner as their clients. Give those hard working guys and gals some $30-off coupons, please! More »

      4:00 PM on Tue Jul 8 2008
      By Chris Walters
      3,496 views, 40 comments

      Latest by mrwilson: The Class Action Fairness Act, enacted in February 2005, requires most nationwide class action cases to be filed in federal more »

    • apple

      "Apple Just Gave Out My Apple ID Password Because Someone Asked"

      All the security in the world can be rendered useless by human error, it seems. Marko Karppinen, a software designer, says Apple gave his password to someone who simply emailed them and asked for it. More »

      10:10 AM on Tue Jul 8 2008
      By Meg Marco
      16,105 views, 33 comments

    • curves

      Curves Leaves Working Computer Full Of Personal Information In An Office Dumpster

      UPDATE: Adam has been in contact with the owners and has posted an update on his site.

      Reader Adam writes in to let us know his relative found a working Dell computer in the dumpster at his office complex. It appeared to be in functional condition, so he took it home. Sure enough, it took only a bit of tweaking before it was back to working order—as a Curves Fitness employee and customer information smorgasbord. More »

      10:25 PM on Thu Jul 3 2008
      By Alex Chasick
      13,328 views, 59 comments

      Latest by awaitinginspiration: Original post has been put back up. more »

    • Google now helps catch criminals. The FBI identified a Citibank PIN thief by cross-referencing security camera footage with an ICQ handle and personal photos on ham radio enthusiasts sites. [Information Week]

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