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The Motley Fool December 30, 2005	The Upside of Credit Card Theft If your card gets swiped -- literally -- you're only on the hook for $50. But you still need to protect yourself from identity theft at home.
InternetNews October 29, 2004 Jim Wagner	Feds Charge 28 in ID Theft Ring Agents at the U.S. Secret Service unmasked 28 people who thought they were safe behind anonymous identities and charged them in connection with alleged ID Theft activities.
Bank Systems & Technology November 6, 2008 Orla O'Sullivan	2008 Data Breaches: 30 Million and Counting Roughly 30 million consumers have had sensitive personal data stolen in the 552 reported data breaches so far in 2008.
InternetNews March 2, 2009 Richard Adhikari	ID Theft Threat Grows With 1M Already Hit in '09 A new report shows identify theft is off to a rapid start this year - and the figures could be even worse than expected.
InternetNews January 17, 2007 Ed Sutherland	Less Data, More Security Will data minimization be the key to enhancing data security? Experts say it's a trend to watch.
Bank Systems & Technology July 12, 2007 Larry Greenemeier	Link Between Data Breaches And ID Theft Unclear, GAO Reports A U.S. Government Accountability Office report indicates that while the amount of information lost or stolen is disturbing, it's difficult to prove that these breaches lead to identity theft.
InternetNews July 5, 2005 Roy Mark	Finance Firms To Give FTC ID Theft Data The financial services industry is pooling its own data on identity theft victims with the Federal Trade Commission and law enforcement groups.
InternetNews September 16, 2005 Tim Gray	Stolen University Laptop Recovered In San Francisco, authorities track down pilfered laptop that contained tens of thousands of student's personal data.
CRM September 7, 2012 Dale Dabbs	Protect Your Most Valuable Business Assets--Your Customers Optimal CRM incorporates data protection best practices to curtail identity theft.
InternetNews June 22, 2006 Clint Boulton	Two FTC Laptops Stolen The Federal Trade Commission today said two if its attorneys' laptops containing the personal information of 110 people were stolen from a locked vehicle last week.
InternetNews September 27, 2006 Ed Sutherland	GE Employee Data Stolen From Laptop General Electric alerted 50,000 current and former employees that a stolen laptop held names and Social Security numbers.
The Motley Fool November 21, 2006 Dan Caplinger	Get the FACTs, Jack: Part 2 Here is how to fix mistakes or fraud on your credit report.
InternetNews June 2, 2006 Clint Boulton	Hotels.com Warns Customers on Data Theft Hotel booking site Hotels.com has begun sending out letters to some 243,000 customers whose names and credit card numbers were on a laptop stolen from an employee of Ernst & Young, the accounting firm.
InternetNews May 23, 2006 Roy Mark	VA Data Breach Stirs Washington In the second-largest data breach on record -- and the biggest Social Security numbers breach ever - the Department of Veterans Affairs disclosed Monday approximately 26.5 million veterans are at risk of identity theft.
Bank Technology News May 2007 Glen Fest	Identity Fraud: Banks Offer ID Theft Resolution Services A Tennessee bank gets surprising demand for an ID theft resolution service it is private labeling from Worldwide Assistance. Customers are even willing to pay for the luxury.
InternetNews January 30, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	ID Theft And Internet Fraud Declining? New studies indicate that the Internet isn't as dangerous as other places.
InternetNews September 1, 2005 Roy Mark	States Lead Congress on Breach Protections While federal lawmakers dither on data-breach legislation to protect against identity theft, states take matters into their own hands.
InternetNews January 23, 2004 Ryan Naraine	FTC: Online Fraud Losses Hit $437M Using stolen identities, fake Internet auctions and fraudulent shop-at-home schemes, online swindlers robbed Americans of a whopping $437.5 million in 2003.
Bank Technology News March 1, 2008 Glen Fest	Thwarted On-Line, Crime Looks to Past A new identity theft report survey finds a continuing overall decline in fraud numbers and victims, but unfortunately a rapidly rising number of "vishing" and other hands-on alternatives to catching consumers off guard.
Bank Technology News July 2005 Glen Fest	Profiling: The DNA Of Fraud Rings ID Analytics spent two years studying criminals who traffic in fake and stolen IDs for attempted financial services fraud. It discovered the ways how they succeed-and how they don't. It isn't pretty.
InternetNews December 14, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Boeing Grappling With Data Theft Hundreds of thousands at Boeing get free credit checks after yet another laptop slipped away. Is it enough to prevent ID theft?
Bank Systems & Technology August 30, 2004 Ivan Schneider	Who Was That Masked Man? MSU professor talks about the problem of fighting ID theft and the Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act.
Wall Street & Technology October 26, 2005	Consumer Data At Risk Despite warnings and increased scrutiny by financial services firms, 16% of consumers have had their financial information stolen, 13% have experienced monetary loss because of the theft of their financial data and 12% have had their Social Security numbers stolen, according to a recent survey.
PC Magazine May 1, 2009 Matthew D. Sarrel	Identity Theft: It's Out of Your Hands The most important thing you have is you, right? And online, you are your identity. If xyz.com doesn't value you enough to keep you safe, then does that company really deserve your business?
Wall Street & Technology March 18, 2008 Cory Levine	Identity Fraud on the Decline Despite the hype, identity fraud is on the decline, according to a new survey. But as fraudsters return to traditional channels, such as phone lines, to steal the trusting public's personal information, few financial institutions have implemented multifactor authentication for telephone banking.
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PC World December 2004 Bob Tedeschi	Protect Your Identity Phishers and other online thieves are targeting your money and personal data--and they're getting sneakier. Here's how to defend yourself, and how to erase the damage if you get scammed.
InternetNews August 7, 2006 Roy Mark	Teens Charged in VA Laptop Theft Maryland police arrested two teenagers Friday morning at a suburban Maryland McDonald's and charged them with the May theft of a Veterans Administration's laptop that resulted in the largest data breach in federal government history.
InternetNews February 12, 2010	Study Puts Identity Theft Cost at $54B in 2009 Research firm Javelin estimates that more than 11 million Americans were victims of identity theft last year, a 12 percent increase that led to tens of billions of dollars in costs.
InternetNews August 26, 2010	Applicants Alerted to UConn Data Breach More than 10,000 people who applied to the University of Connecticut between 2004 and 2010 are learning that a stolen laptop has exposed their contact information and Social Security numbers.
Financial Advisor November 2005 Joel Bruckenstein	Securing Yourself And Clients Identity theft poses a serious threat for financial advisors and their clients. Here are steps to take to prevent identity theft and related security concerns.
BusinessWeek November 29, 2004 Anne Tergesen	The Price Of ID Protection Are insurance and other services for identity-theft victims worth their cost?
Bank Technology News February 2007 Glen Fest	Identity Fraud: ID Theft Victims, Losses Take Welcome Nosedive New account vulnerabilities are toughened, but 'vishing,' limited alerts practices, and consumers' misguided personal trust in acquaintances still leave the doors wide open.
InternetNews March 31, 2010	FBI, DOJ Identity Theft Programs Fall Short A new report from the DOJ's Office of the Inspector General says the government is making a big mistake by not making ID theft prevention and prosecution a top priority.
PC Magazine August 22, 2008 Matthew D. Sarrel	Thwarting Identity Theft Identity theft has been a federal offense since 1998. But are we getting any better at dealing with it? Actually, we are. Here are several tips to prevent financial loss from identity theft.
Entrepreneur June 2007 Amanda C. Kooser	Safety First Keep your customer and employee data on lock-down.
Bank Systems & Technology November 20, 2008 Orla O'Sullivan	Best Practices on Data Breaches The task of informing consumers of a breach falls on banks. How the institutions do that is key to how they will be perceived by their customers.
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InternetNews May 26, 2005 Tim Gray	BofA Steps up Authenticity Plan Bank of America moved quickly to restore its reputation this week, announcing a new online authentication service it says will help prevent online fraud and identity theft.