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March 14, 2016

From Stolen Wallet to ID Theft, Wrongful Arrest

This post was originally published on this site It’s remarkable how quickly a stolen purse or wallet can morph into full-blow identity theft, and possibly even result in the victim’s wrongful arrest. All of the above was visited recently on a fellow infosec professional whose admitted lapse in physical security lead to a mistaken early morning arrest in front of his kids. The guy police say stole Miller’s wallet and got him wrongfully arrested was himself apprehended earlier this month. On the morning of Feb. 20, Lance Miller was arrested in front of his two children by local sheriffs in Golden, […]

September 8, 2017

Equifax Breach Response Turns Dumpster Fire

This post was originally published on this siteI cannot recall a previous data breach in which the breached company’s public outreach and response has been so haphazard and ill-conceived as the one coming right now from big-three credit bureau Equifax, which rather clumsily announced Thursday that an intrusion jeopardized Social security numbers and other information on 143 million Americans. WEB SITE WOES As noted in yesterday’s breaking story on this breach, the Web site that Equifax advertised as the place where concerned Americans could go to find out whether they were impacted by this breach — equifaxsecurity2017.com —is completely broken […]

September 11, 2017

The Equifax Breach: What You Should Know

This post was originally published on this siteIt remains unclear whether those responsible for stealing Social Security numbers and other data on as many as 143 million Americans from big-three credit bureau Equifax intend to sell this data to identity thieves. But if ever there was a reminder that you — the consumer — are ultimately responsible for protecting your financial future, this is it. Here’s what you need to know and what you should do in response to this unprecedented breach. Some of the Q&As below were originally published in a 2015 story, How I Learned to Stop Worrying […]

September 24, 2017

Equifax or Equiphish?

This post was originally published on this siteMore than a week after it said most people would be eligible to enroll in a free year of its TrustedID identity theft monitoring service, big three consumer credit bureau Equifax has begun sending out email notifications to people who were able to take the company up on its offer. But in yet another security stumble, the company appears to be training recipients to fall for phishing scams. Some people who signed up for the service after Equifax announced Sept. 7 that it had lost control over Social Security numbers, dates of birth and other sensitive […]