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Data Breaches in January Close with a Bang!

February 5, 2008

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield and Davidson Companies Expose over half a Million in Final Days. After a record number of data breaches in 2007 one would think tighter security would become a priority in 2008 but the first month showed no signs of Read the full article →

TrustedID Introduction and Identity Theft Labs update

January 29, 2008

Readers of Identity Theft Labs probably noticed that we recently removed credit monitoring from our LifeLock and LoudSiren comparison and added a new company TrustedID. This was done as we believe that credit monitoring, while still useful in a Read the full article →

LifeLock Secures $25 Million in Funding

January 26, 2008

LifeLock just hit another home run receiving $25 million in funding from prestigious firm Goldman Sachs Group Inc. With a rapidly growing customer base and great financial backing LifeLock is poised to continue their domination of the credit fraud Read the full article →

Don’t be Fooled, Your Identity Is Not Safe – Part 4 Policies and Procedures

January 25, 2008

Part 4 2007 Data Breaches Due to Lack of Proper Policies and Procedures Data Breaches in part one (Hackers), part two (Stolen Laptops) and part three (Storage Devices) were mostly caused by identity theft criminals who were seeking the personal Read the full article →

Credit Card Data Lost by GE Money Affects 650,000

January 19, 2008

The associated press has reported that GE Money, part of General Electric Capital Corp. has mailed letters to 650,000 customers informing them of a Data Breach. GE Money processes payments for over 100 retailers including J.C. Penney. GE Money was Read the full article →