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Tips from Brian Krebs - When Your ID Gets Pwned

posted by LaminatorX on Wednesday March 19 2014, @03:53PM   Printer-friendly
from the sensative-and-I'd-like-to-stay-that-way dept.

sl4shd0rk writes:

"Although not as ubiquitous a name in digital security as Bruce Schneier, Brian Krebs has dealt (first hand in some instances) with much of the same related criminal activity. Krebs has some good tips worth reading for anyone interested in mitigating identity theft. If the infamous Target breach, and others like it, are any indication of how your sensitive customer info is 'secured' by retailers, it may be only a matter of time before your information is compromised."

 
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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by sjames on Wednesday March 19 2014, @06:16PM

    by sjames (2882) on Wednesday March 19 2014, @06:16PM (#18711)

    There is no such thing as identity theft. It's just creditors trying to push their problems off to innocent 3rd parties.

    If someone claims to be me and a bank stupidly hands them a wad of cash, that is the bank being careless and someone committing fraud against the bank. I am not actually involved. If the credit agencies treat that information as if it applies to me in any way, that's just libel, pure and simple.

    The real answer is to make credit agencies quit libeling people and make the banks actually prove the validity of a debt before they are allowed to collect it.

    As for those same agencies trying to sell me protection, that should be prosecuted under RICO just like any extortion or protection racket.

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  • (Score: 2) by everdred on Wednesday March 19 2014, @07:46PM

    by everdred (110) on Wednesday March 19 2014, @07:46PM (#18726) Homepage Journal

    Yep. This exactly.

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    We don't take no shit from a machine.

  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 20 2014, @08:10AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 20 2014, @08:10AM (#18849)

    Mod parent post to 6!

  • (Score: 1) by MSC_Buff on Thursday March 20 2014, @10:17AM

    by MSC_Buff (3322) on Thursday March 20 2014, @10:17AM (#18896) Homepage

    This...x100.