| DataPlay Takes Leadership Role in TCG's New Optical Storage Subgroup
LONGMONT, Colo., Nov. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- DPHI, Inc. / DataPlay, a leader in advanced optical storage solutions, announced today its leadership of the Optical Storage Subgroup (OSS) within Trusted Computing Group's Storage Work Group (SWG). In this role, DataPlay will help set the design for the world's first optical burner to support Trusted Computing Group's storage specification. "We are pleased to contribute to the Trusted Computing Group and its Storage Work Group. There is a large market opportunity for a 'trusted optical drive,' which will serve as a remedy for data loss and identity theft. In a 2006 study conducted by Ponemon Institute LLC, 81% of companies it surveyed had lost one or more laptop computers containing sensitive information. A related study by the same group found 74% of organizations that experienced a data breach lost customers.
BEAU TIE FOR SEXY 'GRIFT' GAL
Alleged identity-theft tart Jocelyn Kirsch's cheating extended into the bedroom, her former ex-boyfriend and best friend say. The 22-year-old busty brunette, who Philadelphia police say fleeced her neighbors to finance a jet-set lifestyle, even two-timed her alleged accomplice in the phony credit-card scheme, according to friends and the boyfriend she cheated on him with. In 2006, Kirsch met her soon-to-be alleged cohort: then-23-year-old Edward Anderton, a cocky 2005 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania who talked big and loved to show off his swimmer's physique. She started dating him at the same time she was already seeing a fellow Drexel University junior, a music major from Saratoga County. "Eddie was hotter. She liked how confident he was. [Her existing boyfriend] was shy and quiet.
Critics question latest government report on identity theft
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Trade Commission says a new analysis concludes 8.3 million Americans over 18 were victims of identity theft in 2005. That's down from 9.9 million in 2003. But consumer advocates are not convinced the numbers are accurate. One problem in getting accurate information about identity theft is that most consumers don't know it when their personal information is compromised. And the FTC acknowledges that its identity-theft survey involved such a small sample that the results are not "statistically significant." Still, there's agreement that ID theft is a monumental problem. One research firm says it cost American businesses $55 billion in 2006. And the FTC estimates the cost to consumers last year came to $1.2 billion. Copyright 2007 The Associated Press.
Clarification: FTC Identity Theft Story
In a Nov. 30 story, The Associated Press reported that the Federal Trade Commission estimated consumer fraud and identity theft cost Americans $1.2 billion in 2006. The figure came from the annual report of consumer complaints to the FTC, released Feb. 7, rather than the Nov. 29 FTC report analyzing FTC telephone surveys of consumers. .
Indians wake up to identity thefts, still reluctant to react
As the cyber world unveils websites that let you live a 'second life', fake identities and identity thefts are fast emerging a menace giving spurt to hate mails and even serious crimes. Identity theft remains unrecognised by many Indians, but many may already be becoming targets even without realising it, experts say. One of the fastest growing crimes in the developed nations like United States, it is spreading in developing economies too. According to a website that monitors cyber crimes, in 2006, identity theft complaints made up thirty seven per cent (37 per cent) of all fraud complaints. With extensive use of social networking sites in India, the young population chatting for hours, however is unaware of the risks involved. Sharing personal information on social networking sites like Orkut, Tagged, hi5, etc.
Leukemia Survivor Takes on Bank of America, Citibank, Chase, and CRAs ...
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Five years ago, Eric Drew was on his death bed with leukemia when his identity was stolen by a worker at the hospital where he was being treated. Drew survived cancer, but has taken on another battle; he has filed suit against some of America's largest banks and credit reporting agencies in a case of identity theft. The defendants in the lawsuit include Citibank, Bank of America, Chase, Transunion, Equifax, and Experian. His federal suit was filed in San Francisco, December, 2006 and is now moving forward after the defendants' unsuccessful motions to dismiss. In Drew's case, the defendants issued credit in his name to a fraudulent address in the state of Washington, where he was hospitalized and undergoing treatment, but wasn't a resident.
Be crime-savvy when you shop
Editor's note: This week's shooting at the Westroads Mall in Omaha, Neb., underscores the public safety issues that large gathering places like shopping centers face. Today, the Sunday Record explores crime trends at our regional shopping malls. What we found is that larcencies, such as shoplifting and car break-ins and thefts, far outnumber crimes against individuals. While our region did have a mall shooting in Kingston in February 2005, incidents involving guns or assaults at Hudson Valley shopping centers were rare, according to police reports from January 2006 through July 2007.
In many localities, they are the center of weekend social life, where people converge to shop, play or just be seen. But they are also the sites of fights, identity theft and millions of dollars worth of shoplifting each year.
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