by Carrie Kerskie | Jul 30, 2014 | Government Benefits Theft, Identity Theft
Remember when you would receive your social security statement in the mail outlining your reported income along with estimates of the amount of social security you would receive if you retired at a specific age? If you are saying to yourself “yes, I have not...
by Carrie Kerskie | Jan 10, 2014 | Business Identity Theft, Data Breaches, Identity Theft
If you thought hackers stealing debit and credit card information on 40 million customer was bad, just wait until you hear the latest update from Target. It appears that during their investigation Target has discovered that an additional 70 million customers had been...
by Carrie Kerskie | Aug 28, 2013 | Data Breaches, Medical Breaches
Four computers were stolen from the administrative office of Advocate Medical Group, the largest health system in Illinois. Unfortunately, for 4.03 million patients, their sensitive information on the computers was unencrypted leaving them vulnerable to identity...
by Carrie Kerskie | Aug 28, 2013 | Data Breaches, Privacy Tips & Tricks
Recently I came across an article by Charles Duhigg where Target notified the father of a teenage girl that she was with child. Target was mailing pregnancy coupons addressed to his teenage daughter. He did what any father of a teenage daughter would do – he...
by Carrie Kerskie | Aug 13, 2013 | Credit Identity Theft, Data Breaches, Devices, Identity Theft
Remember the good old days when a pick-pocket had to actually steal your wallet? You know, the ones that bump into you don’t even realize they took it until you get home and check your pockets? Well times they are a changing. With today’s technology...