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- GM takes its bailout case to...Yahoo Finance
- While General Motors executives are on Capitol Hill begging for money the automaker is also taking its case to Yahoo Finance's news section. And you can't escape GM's pitch. Based on a few dozen reloads it appears GM has bought a nice rotation in...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., General Motors Corp., Social Security, Financial Accounting, Operational Accounting, Government, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- i-Cards: the next SSN?
- When it comes to the new information cards - the digital wallet initiative backed by the likes of Google, Intel, Microsoft and Oracle - think of this as Phase 1, the information gathering phase This week, another partner in the effort - credit reporting agency Equifax - launched an online...
- Tags: Card, Equifax, i-Cards, Social Security, Operational Accounting, Government, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- RAND study calls for Health ID numbers
- The study rejects using Social Security numbers due to the risk of identity theft. It suggests fears can be further reduced if the initial system is strictly opt-in. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Ingersoll-Rand, Health Care, Social Security, Identity Theft, Operational Accounting, Government, Security, Finance, Dana Blankenhorn, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources
- Blog posts 2008-10-21
- Countrywide warning: Ex-employee (may have) sold customer, mortgage data
- Countrywide Mortgage has started notifying customers that a rogue employee since dismissed may have sold sensitive personal information to an unidentified third party. The company mailed "urgent security notification" letters to customers this week, warning that the customer information involved included names, addresses, social security numbers, mortgage...
- Tags: FBI, Customer, Countrywide Mortgage, Mortgage Lead, Mortgages, Social Security, Federal Government, Operational Accounting, Finance, Capital Structures, Government, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-09-09
- Who's Dumber: Bad Guys … Or Good Guys?
- In the old cowboy movies, the black hats were villains that created mayhem, until the white hats came along and ended their reigns of fear. Now, we have the spectacle of good guys seemingly educating the bad guys on how to exploit flaws or processes of the Internet, that...
- Tags: Hat, Flaw, Internet, Social Security, BGP, Operational Accounting, Government, Networking, Finance, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- X-Box (and Cell Phone) Nation: Election Rests In Digital Hands
- X-Box and Cell Phone Nation: Election Rests In Digital HandsGood for MSI read about this last Thursday on cnet http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10021981-52.html And I'll share the same opionion. I think it would be awesome if they could do electronic voting on xbox live.Considering the text message fiascoThe use of high-tech tools remains...
- Tags: Game players, Operational accounting, cell phone, phone, X-Box, X-Box Voting, Internal Revenue Service, Social Security
- Discussion threads 2008-08-25
- Is Alzheimer's also heart disease?
- Is Alzheimer's also heart disease?Actually, smoking might protect against Alzheimer'sWhen the social security administration was asked whether the reduced number of smokers would have a financial impact, researchers found that smoking had no effect on life expectancy and answered No. That result was unacceptable to a current of thought,...
- Tags: Operational accounting, Alzheimer's disease, Social Security
- Discussion threads 2008-07-29
- Google trying to take privacy seriously
- This week was a very interesting week as far as Google and privacy goes. First, a burglary the same on that affected CNET earlier last month was confirmed to have affected all Google employees hired before December 31, 2005. There's nothing Google could have done about it, but it's...
- Tags: Google Inc., Privacy, Social Security, Security, Government, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-07-05
- Finjan uncovers half a gigabyte of stolen data on crimeware servers
- Finjan's Malicious Code Research Center has uncovered a half of gigabyte of stolen data from US Healthcare organizations and from a major airline on crimeware servers in Argentina and Malaysia. A representative of Finjan stated: "Hackers incorporated sophisticated attacks using crimeware toolkits, Trojans, and Command and...
- Tags: Web, Patient, Data, Finjan Software Inc., Health Care, Server, Cybercriminal, Crimeserver, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Social Security, Channel Management, Security, Viruses And Worms, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Government, Marketing, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-06-18
- Image Gallery: eWallet 6 for Windows Mobile
- Ilium Software's eWallet software is designed to let you securely carry all of your vital data (social security numbers, bank account logins/passwords, and more) with you on your mobile phone or PDA. eWallet 6 offer 2560bit AES FIPS encryption so your data is secure. by Matthew Miller
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Social Security, PDAs, Advertising & Promotion, Operational Accounting, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Handhelds, Government, Hardware, Marketing, Finance, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Matthew Miller, screenshots, ewallet, ilium, pocket pc, windows mobile, palm
- Image galleries 2008-06-02
- LendingTree insiders leak customer data
- LendingTree, an online loan referral service owned by IAC, has informed select customers that their confidential data has been leaked to "a handful of lenders" by company insiders. An email to customers that may have been impacted by the breach refers folks to an FAQ that's basically...
- Tags: LendingTree, Sales Channel, Social Security, E-mail, Financial Services, Identity Theft, Sales, Government, Online Communications, Security, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-23
- Reverse SSN Verificator (exe)
- Verify social security numbers here. Confidential and anonymous searches. Verify unlimited SSNs online for immediate results. The program includes also public background check by Social Security Number - detect every detail about avery person in US. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Social Security Number, Social Security, Operational Accounting, Government, Finance
- Software downloads 2008-04-08
- Personal information of Harvard grad students compromised
- Harvard's graduate school of arts and sciences said that roughly 10,000 individuals may have had their personal information compromised by a security breach. The intrusion was discovered in February, according to a Harvard statement released Wednesday. Of the 10,000 affected, 6,600 got a year's worth of free...
- Tags: Personal Information, Social Security Number, Harvard, Social Security, Operational Accounting, Security, Government, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-13
- Wikileaks is free
- Coming to his constitutional senses, Judge Jeffrey White reversed his previous injunctions against the Wikileaks whistleblowing site. Wikileaks had been offline at wikileaks.org, although it had been available at other servers around the world, including wikileaks.be. From Reuters: "There are serious questions of prior...
- Tags: Court, Obligation, Wikileaks, Banking, Social Security, Financial Services, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-02-29
- Reverse Social Security Detector (exe)
- Know social security number of someone. You can discover all his personal data - just enter SSN, hit search and get his full address, phone number, criminal history, and financial background. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Phone, Financial, Social Security, Operational Accounting, Financial Accounting, Government, Finance
- Software downloads 2008-02-15
- Privacy Protection Suite 2.1 (exe)
- Privacy Protection Suite is a powerful tool that protects your privacy. It solves a major problem a violation of privacy and a security flaw in the system. Mishandling private information, such as customer passwords or social security numbers, can compromise your privacy. Instant messenger chat logs can reveal your secrets....
- Tags: Privacy, Privacy Protection Suite, Social Security, Security, Government
- Software downloads 2008-02-07
- Federal budget recommends US-CERT get $242 million
- The White House unveiled its fiscal 2009 budget proposal and the $3.1 trillion monstrosity throws the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team $242 million to boost its malware and intrusion detection capabilities. According to the proposed budget released on Monday, "a more robust US-CERT will increase the cyber security posture...
- Tags: U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, US-CERT, Data Centers, Intrusion Detection, Social Security, Network Security, Storage, Security, Hardware, Data Management, Government, Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-02-05
- The legislation behind a national ID
- The legislation behind a national IDWrongThis is very wrong and very dangerous.Those who understand history and Human nature know that potential tyranny from our own government may well be more dangerous than terrorists.It will be required for access to many federal offices and banks will likely follow suit and require...
- Tags: Operational accounting, Homeland security, Ollie North, Big Brother, Social Security
- Discussion threads 2008-02-04
- Why Real ID is a flawed idea
- Why Real ID is a flawed ideaIDs and privacyI'm not up on the tecnical aspects, but why couldn't a "smart" card either allow access to only part of a data base or one of separate data bases, e.g. allow access to driver's license info, but not social security info, etc?They...
- Tags: Identity theft, Government, Operational accounting, federal government, flawed idea, REAL ID, Social Security
- Discussion threads 2008-01-31
- Reckoning day for ChoicePoint?
- You may remember when Choicepoint, the data aggregator and vendor of personally identifiable information fell prey to a very simple ploy. Some Nigerian data thieves became customers and proceeded to download thousands of records. ChoicePoint is finally settling a class action law suit that arose from that incident...
- Tags: Bureau, Price Tag, ChoicePoint Inc., Culprit, Lesson, Social Security, Identity Theft, Financial Services, Government, Security, Richard Stiennon
- Blog posts 2008-01-27
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