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Identity Theft News
13.4 million Americans’ personal information was compromised in just nine months of 2009. Identity theft is the illegal use of someone else’s personal information to obtain money or credit.

Here you will find the latest identity theft news coverage and up-to-the minute news on security breaches. By tracking and listing news on the security breaches we hope to keep you informed and enable you to quickly determine if you have been exposed to a potential ID theft situation.


While companies are required by federal law to declare information regarding security breaches, there can be a lag in the time it takes to reach affected consumers, and about 70% of the fraud from a stolen identity incident occurs in the first week.

If you feel you may have been affected by a security breach, contact the company that suffered the loss of your information and inquire about actions they are taking to combat identity theft and any possible compensation and other assistance that they may be prepared to offer you. We recommend you to take a proactive stance as companies may not always fully inform you of what they are willing to do and the range of assistance that they could provide you to rectify the situation.

Identity Theft Alerts and News

08/29/10 Condo Residents Victim of Identity Theft
08/23/10 Apple Can't Stop Ongoing iTunes Scam. Hotline:1-402-935-2050
08/23/10 Judge approves Countrywide ID theft settlement
08/22/10 2,000 Medical Records Stolen From Kentucky Hospital. Hotline:1-800-333-8874
08/06/10 21,000 patient names, birth dates, insurance information and social security numbers lost on stolen laptop. Hotline: 877-309-0186
08/06/10 The 7 Most Dangerous Scams This Summer
07/29/10 South Shore Hospital loses files on 800,000. Hotline: 877-309-0176
07/27/10 Employee accidentally posts 3000 clients Social Security numbers on a third party website. Hotline: 800-332-6347
07/23/10 1,300 illegal immigrants information exposed including address, social security number and other personal data. Hotline: 800-955-2210
07/22/10 93,000 Social Security Numbers, Addresses and Drivers License Information exposed in compromised database. Hotline: 800-383-2821
07/21/10 Stolen laptop exposes 5000 employees unemployment insurance claims including Social Security numbers. Hotline: 203-455-2700
07/20/10 139,000 Names, Social Security numbers and other personal information mistakenly sent to investment industry publication. 800-269-5428
07/16/10 BBB Alert: Beware of Amazon.Com Fraud. Hotline:1-609-588-0546
07/15/10 53,000 personal information including Social Security numbers and credit cards numbers on breached server. Hotline: 808-956-6000
07/13/10 Mailing labels printed with Social Security and Medicaid numbers expose 2,047. Hotline: 866-876-HIPA
07/08/10 Names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers of about 79,000 on stolen hard drive. Hotline: [Fax] 817 967-4162
07/07/10 Health Net to pay $250G in data loss. Hotline: 800-747-0877
07/02/10 Medical diagnoses for 130,000 people lost from stolen CD. Hotline: 718-579-5537
07/01/10 4,585 Social Security numbers stolen from hacked server . Hotline: 207-581-1392
06/30/10 13,000 patients affected due to missing data tape. Hotline: 877-790-7773
06/29/10 Dozens of credit card numbers stolen from Driskill guests. Hotline: 800-252-9367
06/28/10 Anthem Blue Cross - Patients pending insurance applications containing 230,000 Social Security numbers were exposed on the web. Hotline: 800-777-6000
06/24/10 Unsecured database contained 19,500 names, address, Social Security numbers. Hotline: 305-348-2768
06/23/10 Hackers Aren't Only Threat to Privacy. Hotline: (404)546-7000
06/16/10 Apple's Worst Security Breach: 114,000 iPad Owners Exposed. Hotline: 800-331-0500
06/11/10 Virus-infected computers expose 7,000 alumni names and Social Security numbers. Hotline: 800-843-2586
06/09/10 708 patients names and Social Security numbers available on the internet for 18 months. Hotline: 502-852-0785
06/07/10 Personal information including Social Security numbers of 15,806 potentially breached at Penn State. Hotline: 814-863-3049
06/03/10 Surplus computers sold containing 2000 employees names and Social Security numbers. Hotline: 800-556-3041
06/01/10 61,000 medical records stolen from laptop in employee's parked car. Hotline: 513-636-4420
05/28/10 1,250 bills mailed to the patients, exposing names, addresses, medical numbers and details. Contact: 585-275-2181
05/26/10 DVD media lost in mail exposes Social Security numbers for 5,220 workers. Hotline: (888) 435-6031
05/21/10 Laptop theft exposes data on 207,000 army reservists. Hotline: 800-944-0401
05/20/10 644 Social Security numbers exposed on contractor stolen laptop. Hotline: 800-827-1000
05/14/10 9500 names, health plan numbers and Social Security numbers, compromised. Hotline: 877-453-8424
05/13/10 Hundreds of documents containing names, addresses, bank account details thrown in dumpster. Hotline: 865-281-0180
05/10/10 24,600 individuals notified after a flash drive was came up missing. Hotline: (502) 560-8404
05/07/10 Stolen computers expose 20,000 patients names, dates of birth and Social Security numbers. Hotline: 1-800-627-8106
05/05/10 180,111 individuals may be affected when health records belonging to patients were stolen in a break-in at a suburban medical billing company.. Hotline: 877-590-6354
05/03/10 Stolen hard drive exposes 5,418 patients names, addresses, dates of birth, and medical numbers. Hotline: 877- 338-8525
04/28/10 Nearly two thousand students records from Chattanooga State are missing. Hotline: (423) 697-4404
04/26/10 Blippy says it has fixed glitch that exposed users' credit card numbers. Contact: privacy@blippy.com
04/23/10 409,262 employees personal details including medical, Social Security numbers and dates of birth are being exposed. Hotline 718-794-7700
04/21/10 Mass. Eye and Ear Alerts Patients to Laptop Theft and Data Breach. Hotline: 877-313-1395
04/16/10 Nearly 1,000 patients radiology studies data stolen. Hotline: 203-732-7515
04/14/10 Thousands of patients medical records stolen and found in a dumpster. Hotline: 800-422-9567
04/12/10 USCB alumni personal info might have been stolen with laptop. Hotline: 843- 208-8030
04/09/10 11,000 Social Security Numbers Stolen From Furnace Rebate Applicants. Hotline: 866-940-4676
04/07/10 John Muir Health to notify 5,450 patients of data breach Hotline: 925-947-5373
04/06/10 Data of 3.3 million names, addresses, dates of birth and Social Security numbers exposed on stolen portable media device . Hotline: 877-449-3568
04/05/10 Names and Social Security numbers accidentially sent to 3 suspended employees. Hotline: 805-982-1124
03/24/10 Fifth Third Bank's customers will be receiving new debit cards as a result of a data breach Hotline: 800-782-0279
03/18/10 Vanderbilt students' personal data was on computer stolen from professor's office. Hotline: 615-322-4747
03/16/10 VA Reports Alleged Records Breach Hotline: 404-321-6111 x5385
03/11/10 Citibank apologizes after exposing 600,000 Social Security numbers. Hotline: 1-877-IDTHEF
03/08/10 Why Pay For Health Insurance When You Can Steal It? Inquiry: 202-513-3232
03/04/10 Police still searching for suspects in computer, identity theft cases Hotline: 800-530-7151
03/03/10 Data Breaches Revealed At Local Hospitals - MA Hotline: 877-437-2830
03/02/10 Shands Healthcare notified over 12,000 individuals of an information breach. Inquiry 800-535-0373
02/25/10 Pennsylvannia police seek identity theft suspects: Tip line at 717-591-3790.
02/23/10 Grades and Social Security numbers were accessed by an individual without authorization - Inquiry 229-245-4357
02/22/10 Social Security numbers found lying in street - Inquiry lblack@tribune.com
02/18/10 Mount Laurel police investigating identity theft case - Contact 609-871-8154
02/17/10 30 reports of ID theft at East Chicago tax service - Hotline: 800-908-4490
02/15/10 Shell hit by massive data breach Green hackers or angry ex-staff? - General Inquiries - 888-467-4355
02/10/10 Javelin Study Finds Identity Fraud Reached New High in 2009, but Consumers are Fighting Back
02/09/10 Nearly 50,000 Californian Social Security Numbers Exposed - Contact: 916-445-4171
02/06/10 CHIP data is exposed - Hotline: 877-676-0371
02/05/10 Health Net Sued Over Data Breach - Corporate Office number: 800.291.6911
01/25/10 Financial services firm notifies 1.2 million of breach - (484) 583-1400
01/16/10 Connecticut AG uses HITECH to sue over patient data breach - Hotline: 866-633-2446
01/15/10 Possibly 500,000 Tennessee BlueCross Members' Personal Information Lost - Hotline: 1-888-422-2786
01/14/10 Google Apologizes For Local Data Breach - Customer Service: 650-253-0000
01/08/10 Heartland to Pay up to $60 Million to Visa Over Breach - Company Number: 888.963.3600
12/31/09 RockYou sued over data breach- RockYou Phone Line: 650-368-8081
12/29/09 Countrywide ID Theft Settlement Gets Preliminary Approval - ID Theft Hotline 866-451-5895
12/23/09 FBI Probes Hack at Citibank - Citibank Phone: 800-756-7047
12/21/09 Spyware snags Akron Children’s Hospital patient and employee info - Akron Children's Hospital: 800-262-0333
12/01/09 Identity Thieves Prey on Careless Holiday Shoppers - FTC ID Theft Phone Line: 877-438-4338
11/27/09 Shoppers should be wary of scams and thieves
11/23/09 Hackers Breach Heartland Payment Credit Card System - HPY: 888.963.3600
11/19/09 HealthNet Reports Data Breach Affecting 1.5 Million Members Nationwide
11/19/09 Identity Crisis: The Threat of Bulk Thefts
11/13/09 Data Beach Could Affect 60,000 GIs, Civilians
11/06/09 Criminals Stay Ahead of Data Breach Laws
11/03/09 Nationwide Data Breach Hits N.H. Physicians
10/19/09 Millions Fooled by "Scareware" Scams on the Web
10/15/09 Identity Theft Scam Reaches Mammoth Proportions
10/14/09 Hospital Says Patient Personal Data Possibly Compromised
10/07/09 Blue Cross: Thousands of doctors' computer data stolen
10/07/09 FBI smashes US-Egypt cyber 'phishing' ring
10/06/09 Microsoft investigates Hotmail 'security breach of 10,000 accounts'
10/05/09 Breach At Pharmaceutical Benefits Company May Have Affected 700,000
10/05/09 National Protect Your Identity Week Is October 17th-24th
10/02/09 U.S. Government Suffers "Largest Release of Personally Identifiable..."
10/02/09 UNC's Health Record Breach Raises Questions About the Safety of EHR
09/15/09 Data Breach Highlights Role Of 'Money Mules'
09/14/09 UF reports computer file privacy breach
09/11/09 Chase Bank Notifies Customers of Breach - Report Fraud to Chase: 800-935-9935
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