Equifax offers help for VA breach victims (Identity Theft Prevention)

Equifax offers help for VA breach victims
Atlanta Business Chronicle - Equifax Inc. will offer its Equifax Credit Watch credit monitoring products at half price to all American veterans whose identities might have been compromised as a result of the recent security breach at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) . On
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Cautious Optimism for President Bush's ID Theft Executive Order
MacNewsWorld - "We hope the federal government's leadership role on identity theft doesn't end with this task force," said Bill Conner, president and CEO of Entrust. "While this is a positive step, Congress needs to pass a data breach notification law that assures
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Agency says VA may have caused biggest ID theft case ever
Brattleboro Reformer - WASHINGTON (AP) -- Veterans Affairs officials did not fully heed warnings to tighten access to personal data for the millions of U.S. veterans, investigators said Tuesday, a misstep that could lead to one of the nation's largest cases of identity
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Nicholson: I'm Outraged by Delay in Revealing Theft of Veterans' Data
FOX News - WASHINGTON Under intense bipartisan fire from Capitol Hill, Veterans Affairs Secretary Jim Nicholson said Wednesday he was outraged by his agency's decision to keep the theft of veterans' personal data quiet for two weeks. "I will not tolerate
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