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Data Breach Cases Surged in 2012

Incidents that exposed millions of people to potential identity theft and other problems as a result of lost data have …

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Identity Theft in 2013: The Battle for Your Data

In 2013, we’ll have to make a choice: Either we acknowledge we’re at war and push back hard, or we …

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The 10 Worst Government Data Breeches of 2012

The 2012 political races were dominated by a debate about the “makers” vs. the “takers” among the American electorate.

But it …

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Companies Hit by Hackers Fighting Back

In recent months, several organizations — large and small — have been hit by hacking attacks by Internet collectives, and …

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Study: Medical Identity Theft Rising Sharply

An overwhelming majority of healthcare providers—96 percent—admit that they have lost patients’ medical data in the last two years, according …

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A day doesn’t go by when we don’t read news of a data breach at a major company, healthcare …

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By Brian McGinley, Identity Theft 911

Small businesses take note: Verizon recently just released its 2011 data breach report, and the …

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Are you one of the millions of Americans who have been notified that your personal information may be at risk due to a data breach? Then you’ll want to tune in to Talk Credit Radio today…

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Those are some significant drops in consumer trust over the last few years. Frankly, it is not at all surprising with the recent attention given to data breaches at large financial institutions. Data breach cases in 2006 at Bank of America, Premier Bank, West Shore Bank, FirstBank, Sovereign Bank, US Bank, M&T Bank, Mercantile Potomac Bank, Wells Fargo and People’s Bank, have justified drops in consumer trust.

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