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Los Angeles - "Straight Outta Compton"
From: lyger <lyger () attrition org>
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 22:39:17 -0400 (EDT)
(as asked before, is "dumpster diving" the new "laptop theft" for the media? even better (or worse), will we see journos jumping into trash for a story now? seems to be about the third or fourth time in the last week... - lyger) http://www.nbc4.tv/news/9909867/detail.html What easier way to steal your identity than if your personal financial information is sitting in the trash for hundreds of people to grab? Documents about you -- the government threw out. We uncovered another breach of security that might include your personal and financial information -- information tossed in the trash at a courthouse. SAMUEL STEELE: That's my Social Security number, the correct everything, my birth date, driver's license and address. [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tracking more than 146 million compromised records in 366 incidents over 6 years.
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