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...
by Carrie Kerskie | Aug 13, 2013 | Identity, Identity Theft, Privacy Tips & Tricks
 By Carrie Kerskie Identity theft has become a global epidemic with no available cure. You, nor any service, can prevent identity theft from happening. If you have not yet become a victim you will be one day in the future. No one is immune from ID theft. So what...
by Carrie Kerskie | Nov 8, 2012 | Identity, Identity Theft, Privacy Tips & Tricks
This year don’t give the same generic gifts to your friends, family and clients. Terrify them by giving them the gift of knowing about the true facts of identity theft! On a more serious note, identity theft really is the fastest growing crime in America, and...
