Clackamas deputy finally gets his identity back

Marc Paul Griffith, 29, and his wife Rachel sold their Portland home and tried to purchase a new one in Clackamas. They were turned down for loans, and when Rachel checked their credit reports, she found more than 10 collections on her husband’s, including outstanding traffic tickets and unpaid bills.

Visa, MasterCard In Security Hot Seat

Following massive breaches, Congress grills credit card companies. Criminal hackers aren’t just hard to catch. They’re also hard to blame.

Symantec investigating customer credit card data theft

Symantec is looking into allegations that a call center employee in India sold credit card numbers of its customers to BBC News reporters in an undercover investigation.

Lawyers required to protect personal information under new federal rule

Lawyers who bill their clients after services have been rendered are expected to implement a written program guarding against the theft of their employees’ and clients’ personal information under a new federal law.

Dating The Real Identity

Instead of calling this article “dating the real identity”, I almost called it “dating the right identity”. Then I thought the term “right identity” doesn’t describe the nature of any identity well because the identity could be either real or false but still be the right identity.

Prank Internet Messages

I’ve been getting a lot of internet messages from people I don’t know or recognize. For example, last night I received a Skype message from a guy (his first name was Eric) who communicated as if he knew me. I asked him a few times who he was and how he knew me, and every time he responded with a completely irrelevant message.

Identity Reset

Sometimes, an identity reset is an absolute and available last option for victims of identity theft. When educating consumers and thinking about my identity obesity concept which I believe greatly contributes to and increases identity theft, I have to worry about two things.

Identity Management Institute

The Identity Management Institute (IMI) was recently launched to provide leadership for the identity management field. Identity management is an evolving field and appears to be a professional area which can contribute a great deal for solving some of today’s increasing challenges.

Card Verification Code (CVC)

The whole security concept behind the Card Verification Code or CVC displayed on credit cards is weak, counter-productive, and provides additional security risks to the credit card usage and protection process.

Attack of The Mini-Botnets

All eyes are on the big spamming botnets, but it’s the small, silent ones targeting organizations and people that are the most dangerous