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Re: CTS: Thief Steals Tax Records
From: James Childers <james () iqbio net>
Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2007 11:05:46 -0800
But let me guess what the response was to your ad ... They didn't care because it hasn't happened to them yet. Apathy coupled with stupidity is a dangerous marriage. Do small firms have to comply with GLBA or are they exempt? If so, how can they justify non-compliance? Jim Childers iQBio www.iqbio.com http://databreaches.blogspot.com -----Original Message----- From: dataloss-bounces () attrition org [mailto:dataloss-bounces () attrition org] On Behalf Of George Toft Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 10:38 AM To: blitz Cc: dataloss () attrition org Subject: Re: [Dataloss] CTS: Thief Steals Tax Records We tried to alert them all. We published articles and ads in the Arizona Society of CPA magazine. George Toft, CISSP, MSIS My IT Department www.myITaz.com 623-203-1760 Confidential data protection experts for the financial industry. blitz wrote:
So one would/might postulate at this point the thieves are selecting smaller targets, with less names and info. Especially ones with less security, and obviously more to loose should they be compromised. */There should be an alert to them all. /*At 23:39 2/3/2007, you wrote:I would expect to see more of these. I met an accountant in Phoenix that had just her hard drives stolen - guess what the thief was
after?
This is a sore point for me - we hired a telemarketer to call every
CPA
in Phoenix. There was virtually no interest on the part of the CPA's
to
protect their customer's information from this type of event. BTW - 800 people for one firm means it's a small firm. George Toft, CISSP, MSIS My IT Department www.myITaz.com <http://www.myitaz.com/> 623-203-1760 Confidential data protection experts for the financial industry. Dissent wrote:http://www.wndu.com/news/headlines/5530966.html Eight hundred people are in jeopardy of having their credit ruined, because thieves in the night stole their personal information from
a
Cassopolis tax preparer.
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Current thread:
- CTS: Thief Steals Tax Records Dissent (Feb 03)
- Re: CTS: Thief Steals Tax Records George Toft (Feb 03)
- Re: CTS: Thief Steals Tax Records blitz (Feb 04)
- VA Breach - Stupidity Redux James Childers (Feb 04)
- Re: CTS: Thief Steals Tax Records George Toft (Feb 04)
- Re: CTS: Thief Steals Tax Records James Childers (Feb 04)
- Re: CTS: Thief Steals Tax Records George Toft (Feb 04)
- Re: CTS: Thief Steals Tax Records James Childers (Feb 04)
- Re: CTS: Thief Steals Tax Records lyger (Feb 04)
- Re: CTS: Thief Steals Tax Records James Childers (Feb 04)
- Re: CTS: Thief Steals Tax Records blitz (Feb 04)
- Re: CTS: Thief Steals Tax Records George Toft (Feb 03)
- Re: CTS: Thief Steals Tax Records Adam Shostack (Feb 04)
- Re: CTS: Thief Steals Tax Records B.K. DeLong (Feb 04)
- Re: CTS: Thief Steals Tax Records George Toft (Feb 04)
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- Re: CTS: Thief Steals Tax Records Max Hozven (Feb 03)