Some would argue that signs of what WW III might be like are already emerging … it’s just not visible to ordinary folks because it takes place online, often in the dark web, largely out of the public eye. Just like generals and politicians, schooled in infantry-based warfare, weren’t prepared for tanks and airplanes in WW I, nor for Blitzkrieg, aircraft carriers, submarines, or long-range strategic bombing in WW II,…
Recently I sat down with Renee Murphy and our own Chief Council, Neil Stelzer, to discuss regulatory topics including the impact of the 7th circuit effectively lowering the threshold needed to bring a class action lawsuit in a data breach. The ruling states that harm occurs the moment that a data breach occurs, not if or when the data is used to commit fraud. On the heels of that…
Aaron Titus, Chief Privacy Officer at Identity Finder provided commentary on the breach reported on Dec 18th. “Although skimmers (physical devices that steal track data from point-of-sale machines in stores) can collect track data, it is extremely unlikely that hackers could have installed skimmers in Target stores across the country. At this point it seems most likely that Target’s centralized card processing network was compromised with some sort of malware…
In a recent study by Javelin Research commissioned by Identity Finder, we show results that data breaches within healthcare and retail environments do correlate to identity theft. In plain English, it means that if a criminal is able to steal data from your healthcare provider, pharmacy or any merchant you do business with, that your identity is in jeopardy of fraud and theft. The study shows that healthcare and retail…
In an upcoming study by Javelin Research commissioned by Identity Finder, we show results that data breaches within healthcare and retail environments do correlate to identity theft. In plain English, it means that if a criminal is able to steal data from your healthcare provider, pharmacy or any merchant you do business with, that your identity is in jeopardy of fraud and theft. … The complete study will be available…
Here is a great post about disaster recovery at a real personal and community level. Identity Finder’s Counsel, Aaron Titus, put together a solution that empowers communities to effectively organize and clean up after a natural disaster. This feature is quite apropos as we are coming up upon the 1st anniversary of SuperStorm Sandy. We’re proud to be associated with you Aaron. ” How would you coordinate 30,000 volunteers in…
Last week, Identity Finder security researchers performed in-depth scans on several employee computers using the latest version of Sensitive Data Manager (SDM). During the scan, SDM pinpointed several Chrome SQLite and protocol buffers storing a range of information including names, email addresses, mailing addresses, phone numbers, bank account numbers, social security numbers and credit card numbers. SDM found similar data among all employees who consistently use Chrome as their primary…
Identity Finder Warns Comedian that Identity Theft is no Laughing Matter On Monday, September 3rd, Daniel Tosh of Comedy Central’s TOSH.O show issued a challenge the Identity Finder team couldn’t resist: Daniel Tosh offered to retweet the first person to get the right answer. That night he retweeted: @danieltosh 40, 320 — Kaelan (@ThisIsTug) September 4, 2013 While 40,320 is the mathematically correct number of permutations of 8 digits in…
SC Magazine, a leading voice in the security media community recently reviewed Identity Finder Sensitive Data Manager and found it a great value. Here are some quotes: Identity Finder’s Sensitive Data Manager offers a lot of data loss prevention capability in an easy-to-configure package We found this product to be an excellent value for the money Sensitive Data Manager has a lot of bells and whistles Very good value, especially…
The open records organization, Public.Resource.org recently announced that the IRS posted thousands of SSNs on their website in form 990s. Earlier today John Mello wrote a follow-up article entitled, Who Needs Anonymous When You’ve Got the IRS?, which highlighted Identity Finder’s 2012 report on 472,866 social security numbers currently posted in IRS documents online. “Thousands of Social Security Numbers were there for anyone to take,” he told TechNewsWorld. “If you’re…