The news about Governor Palin’s Yahoo account being hacked presents an interesting use-case for a dynamic KBA solution and gives me the opportunity to clear up a big misunderstanding people have about what [IDology’s] KBA really is.
First, let’s examine how the hacker accessed her email. According to this Wired article:
As detailed in the postings, the […]
I’m still amazed by stories such as this about how ticketed drivers from Virginia and D.C. could find their Social Security number posted on a Maryland State Web site if that information is on their driver’s license.
Does your driver’s license have your SSN number on it? Federal law banned using SSNs as a driver’s […]
Did you see this story? No, it’s not a joke or a scene from a bad 80’s movie. Two men actually used an office chair to wheel their dead friend down to a check cashing store in NYC in an attempt to cash the man’s Social Security check.
I think one of the film’s tagline’s sums […]
Barely giving us time for the turkey to digest, some stores are advertising that they will open their doors at 4:00 a.m. this Friday to kick off the official start of the holiday shopping season. And some online retailers have already gotten a jump start and are offering deals starting today. Check out […]
According to this article employers have 120 days to determine (and resolve) discrepancies over Social Security Numbers of employees and matching government records or else face a possible criminal investigation and a 25% increase in fines. The effort is to help crack down on employing illegal immigrants.
DHS issued a regulation that will take effect […]
The AJC reports today that an Atlanta man has pled guilty for stealing $1.5 million in credit from 225 people. He was sentenced to 3 ½ years in the federal penitentiary.
I commend the officers involved in catching this man, especially because his capture led to the uncovering of a multi-national scam. Many of […]
Our friends over at ID Analytics just released a fraud study titled U.S. Identity Fraud Hotspots. The study looks at fraud rates over 2006, as confirmed by businesses not consumer victim reports, and is an update to a report they issued earlier this year which examined identity theft fraud rates by geography from 2005 […]
Some folks over at InfoWorld are really championing the prevent identity theft cause these days.
Today Mario Apicella wrote a piece on his personal story with identity theft and the legislation the DOJ has drawn up to combat identity theft. And last Friday, Robert Grimes had commentary disputing some of the GAO’s report […]
Atlanta’s Star94 held an interview with NBC Dateline’s Chris Hansen yesterday morning which was really interesting. Last night another episode in his series To Catch a Predator aired where the focus was on predators in New Jersey.
During the interview Hansen gave some statistics from the show. Since the series began 3 years ago, 286 […]
