L.A. County Warns 94,000 Of Possible ID Theft

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

The old-fashioned methodology -- human idiocy.

Via CBS News.

[snip]

County officials have sent 94,000 letters warning people of possible identity theft after documents containing their 
confidential information were publicly exposed in January.

The documents were left next to a recycling bin in a parking garage outside a Department of Public Social Services 
office in Exposition Park. The documents contained names, addresses, phone numbers, Social Security numbers and medical 
information of people who received services from the office in the last two to three years, said department spokeswoman 
Shirley Christensen.

There have been no reports of identity theft from any of the 2.2 million people who use the department's service, 
Christensen said.

[snip]

More here:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/03/31/national/main1459534.shtml

- ferg


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 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/


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