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Monday Morning News Kick Off: Child Identity Theft Increases and New Data Breach Legislation

Welcome to the Monday Morning News Kick Off post on the ITAC blog. As always, we have compiled all the key identity theft, data breach and cyber security stories you need to kick start your week on the right foot. For this Monday, we have a number of different stories ranging from new data breach legislation to a piece about child identity theft.

Child-Identity Theft Increases
Imagine applying for that first job, that first exciting credit card, that freshman-year college loan. Now, don’t. F

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Filing for Charges against Identity Thieves

Identity theft is a pressing issue especially now that the internet has paved the way for thieves to easily steal your personal information. By just asking you to fill in forms for membership sign-ups or for availing of other special services, enticed consumers fail to think twice and they key in numbers and other data generously. It will be too late for regret once these consumers realize that they are actually finding a way for thieves to succeed. A lot of online websites are now created to offer counter interventions against identity theft. Programs geared towards identity theft protection are now set to be availed at very low prices and even for free.

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Could Your Neighbor be a Grim Sleeper?

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Adobe a Target for Criminal Hackers

Brad Arkin, Adobe’s director for product security and privacy, recently commented, “We’re in the security spotlight right now. There’s no denying that the security community is really focused on ubiquitous third-party products like ours. We’re cross-platform, on all these different kinds of devices, so yes, we’re in the spotlight.”

Adobe, in response is doing everything a responsible software developer should do.

Adobe is the same boat today that Microsoft found itself in years ago. Ground zero. Hack central. Criminal hackers love it. Adobe’s software or files are used on almost every PC and across operating all systems. Every browser r

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Dealing With Identity Cloning

For those on the run, or for people who just want to be anonymous in a crowd, identity cloning may seem like a good idea. In a case like this, someone steals your identity for concealment, or to shield them from some reality they just don’t want to face.

Maybe they’re on the run from police or creditors. Maybe they’re in the country illegally. Maybe they’re paranoid, or just really, really private. It doesn’t matter. ID cloning is full-blown criminal identity theft, and it can hurt you badly

On the Lam

While some identity clones hide under the identity of a deceased person or a young child, they’ll often grab any ID they can to get by under the radar. Full Article…

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Knowing What How to Report Identity Theft Cases

Identity theft is a serious crime. It may seem to be involving only monetary aspects of a person but the real essence of the crime instills damages that are very hard to deal with and cure. Reputation requires identity theft protection. A ruined named is very difficult to manage as chances of progress and trustworthiness do not come in just a snap of a finger. Anybody is subject to the threats of stealing identity. You can be the next victim and once you have realized that somebody else if taking advantage of your name, the next thing to do is follow the steps on reporting the crime.

Your credit reports are important aspects in detecting possibilities of theft.

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