http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/07/thieves-target-government-records-for-identity-theft/ Protect yourself from government gaffes, bureaucratic blunders and incumbent incompetence Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:25:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/07/thieves-target-government-records-for-identity-theft/#comment-13605 Don’t give the government your identity - Homeland Stupidity Mon, 19 Feb 2007 23:40:46 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/07/thieves-target-government-records-for-identity-theft/#comment-13605 [...] And for an update on a previously covered story: When thieves targeted CTS Tax Service in Cassopolis, Mich., and stole the computer, they got more than they bargained for. The owner is also the treasurer of Jefferson Township, and the stolen computer contained payroll information for the township and six other businesses. [...] [...] And for an update on a previously covered story: When thieves targeted CTS Tax Service in Cassopolis, Mich., and stole the computer, they got more than they bargained for. The owner is also the treasurer of Jefferson Township, and the stolen computer contained payroll information for the township and six other businesses. [...]

]]> http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/07/thieves-target-government-records-for-identity-theft/#comment-13604 Your identity, lost and found - Homeland Stupidity Mon, 12 Feb 2007 02:56:39 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/07/thieves-target-government-records-for-identity-theft/#comment-13604 [...] And to update an earlier story on the Veterans Administration losing a portable hard drive in Birmingham, Ala., containing records for 48,000 veterans, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Jim Nicholson announced Sunday that the drive may have contained a lot more information than that: 535,000 individuals and 1.3 million non-VA physicians, both living and dead, could have been on the drive. The VA uses the non-physician data to determine how well its own physicians provide care in comparison. [...] [...] And to update an earlier story on the Veterans Administration losing a portable hard drive in Birmingham, Ala., containing records for 48,000 veterans, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Jim Nicholson announced Sunday that the drive may have contained a lot more information than that: 535,000 individuals and 1.3 million non-VA physicians, both living and dead, could have been on the drive. The VA uses the non-physician data to determine how well its own physicians provide care in comparison. [...]

]]> http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/07/thieves-target-government-records-for-identity-theft/#comment-13603 Michael Hampton Sat, 10 Feb 2007 23:20:52 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/07/thieves-target-government-records-for-identity-theft/#comment-13603 Records for 262 people who applied at Rent-A-Center in Midvale, Utah, somehow wound up in the trash behind the store. Rent-A-Center denies knowing how they got there, and said it must have been a burglar who broke in and stole two TVs. But the police said they know nothing about this burglary. Records for 262 people who applied at Rent-A-Center in Midvale, Utah, somehow wound up in the trash behind the store. Rent-A-Center denies knowing how they got there, and said it must have been a burglar who broke in and stole two TVs. But the police said they know nothing about this burglary.

]]> http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/07/thieves-target-government-records-for-identity-theft/#comment-13602 Get Me Approved Today » Blog Archive » “The best defense for identity theft is ***** credit….” Thu, 08 Feb 2007 03:45:56 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/07/thieves-target-government-records-for-identity-theft/#comment-13602 [...] I was reading this post on identity theft and it looked like it was like any other.  Someone stole this or that and so many number of people are effected as their ______ was on the this or that that was stolen. [...] [...] I was reading this post on identity theft and it looked like it was like any other.  Someone stole this or that and so many number of people are effected as their ______ was on the this or that that was stolen. [...]

]]> http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/07/thieves-target-government-records-for-identity-theft/#comment-13601 Dissent Wed, 07 Feb 2007 18:10:07 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/07/thieves-target-government-records-for-identity-theft/#comment-13601 Speaking of going after those with good credit: how about this low-tech but ambitious thief who stole cartons of files on customers who bought <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20070331184611/http://cbs4.com/consumer/local_story_031172038.html" rel="nofollow"> luxury cars</a> at a car dealership? Speaking of going after those with good credit: how about this low-tech but ambitious thief who stole cartons of files on customers who bought luxury cars at a car dealership?

]]> http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/07/thieves-target-government-records-for-identity-theft/#comment-13599 David Wed, 07 Feb 2007 16:58:20 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/07/thieves-target-government-records-for-identity-theft/#comment-13599 I am reminded of what a co-worker told us several years ago while being subjected to identity theft training... "The best defense against identity theft is really sh**y credit." I am reminded of what a co-worker told us several years ago while being subjected to identity theft training… “The best defense against identity theft is really sh**y credit.”

]]> http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/07/thieves-target-government-records-for-identity-theft/#comment-13600 BelchSpeak Wed, 07 Feb 2007 16:19:22 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/07/thieves-target-government-records-for-identity-theft/#comment-13600 David, your comment made me laugh out loud! Yeah, I guess you wont hear about this type of a theft at a Rent-A-Center or a payday loan store, will you? David, your comment made me laugh out loud! Yeah, I guess you wont hear about this type of a theft at a Rent-A-Center or a payday loan store, will you?

]]> http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/07/thieves-target-government-records-for-identity-theft/#comment-13598 BLOGical Thoughts » Wednesday, 7 February, 2007 Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:04:12 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/07/thieves-target-government-records-for-identity-theft/#comment-13598 [...] Thieves target government records for identity theft [...] [...] Thieves target government records for identity theft [...]

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