2 more government laptops with people's personal data (ID Theft) are stolen

2 more government laptops with people's personal data (ID Theft) are stolen

2 more government laptops with people's personal data are stolen
Winston-Salem Journal - We believe the likelihood is very small that this will lead to ID theft." The FTC has reached settlements with such companies as jeans-maker Guess? Inc. and drug-maker Eli Lilly & Co., which were accused of exposing customers to identity theft
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Hutchison Introduces Amendment To Protect Veterans From ID Theft
KWTX - (June 23, 2006)—In the wake of the theft of a laptop computer loaded with personal data about 26.5 million U.S. veterans and as many as 2.2 million active duty personnel, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, has introduced measures intended to
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ID Theft Hits 3.6 Million U.S. Households
TechWeb - An estimated 3.6 million households reported being victimized by identity theft in 2004, about three percent of all U.S. homes, said a government study released Sunday. The Department of Justice survey said that households headed by people in the 18
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Warning of even bigger risk of ID theft
Houma Courier - CAPITOL HILL - Monitoring their credit might not be enough to help (m) millions of veterans whose Social Security numbers are at risk. That's the warning from an expert in data breaches. Mike Cook told a House panel that the "worst-case scenario
Source: www.houmatoday.com

ID-theft-fighting agency loses personal data
Arizona Daily Star - WASHINGTON — The government agency charged with fighting identity theft said Thursday that it had lost two government laptops containing sensitive personal data, the latest in a series of breaches encompassing millions of people. The Federal Trade
Source: www.azstarnet.com