Why Pay to be an Identity Thief? CMU will show you how free

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Steven Cherry <s.cherry () ieee org>
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 02:33:41 -0500
To: "David J. Farber" <dave () farber net>
Subject: Why Pay to be an Identity Thief?

Dave,

We just posted an article I think of interest to IP:

<http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/WEBONLY/wonews/mar05/0305nthef.html>
Why Pay to be an Identity Thief? Experimental Software Makes It Free

By Steven Cherry

Thieves purchased sensitive personal data from ChoicePoint, but a
Carnegie Mellon University researcher can get the same information
free on the Web


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   Steven Cherry, +1 212-419-7566
   Senior Associate Editor
   IEEE Spectrum, 3 Park Ave,  New York, NY 10016
   <s.cherry () ieee org>  <http://www.spectrum.ieee.org>

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