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PSA: Hackers Steal SSN, DoB, other personal info

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"The disclosures, by Dun & Bradstreet Corp, Altegrity Inc's Kroll Background America Inc and Reed Elsevier's LexisNexis Inc, came after website KrebsOnSecurity first reported the breaches.

The site said the attacks were masterminded by a cybercrime ring that sold stolen data such as credit reports through the website ssndob.ms, or SSNDOB. (http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/09/data-broker-giants-hacked-by-id-theft-service/)

The ring offered social security numbers, birthdays and other personal data of U.S. residents for between 50 cents and $2.50 per record, KrebsOnSecurity reported. Credit reports and background checks cost between $5 and $15, the cybersecurity site reported after a seven-month investigation into SSNDOB.

KrebsOnSecurity said the group placed malicious software on servers at LexisNexis as early as April 2013, suggesting that the attackers had access to its internal networks for at least five months.

SSNDOB administrators operated a small botnet, or group of infected computers remotely controlled by hackers, that was in direct communication with computers inside several large U.S. data brokers, the KrebsOnSecurity report said.

Five hacked servers were identified by examining the web interface used to control the botnet. Two of them were inside LexisNexis, two at D&B, and one at Kroll Background America."



http://news.yahoo.com/data-brokers-d-b-lexisnexis-altegrity-report-cyber-020617370--sector.html

http://slickdeals.net/f/6018544-rakuten-buy-com-customers-getting-fraudulent-credit-card-charges Rakuten (victims, or lax security standards on their own systems?)
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You can place an initial credit fraud alert on your credit reports for free at any of the three credit reporting companies (90 days initially, can be extended to 7 years):

http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0275-place-fraud-alert

(If someone tries to apply for a credit card with stolen info, the initial credit fraud alert will notify the credit card companies to take extra steps to make sure it is actually you who is applying)
 
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Have they ever compiled the stats recently to give us the probability of an American having his or her identity stolen? Wonder how high it is...
 
The problem is once your identity is stolen, it can come back to haunt you later.

You cannot get a new SSN unless you suffered an out-of-pocket $10000 loss or more. This doesn't count monies that CC companies waive.

I can't remember the CC company off the top of my head and I have since cancelled all business with them, but the only card that I ever had exploited was theirs and it was an emergency card only. Each time it happened I recieved a new card/number from them.

It'd be 4-6 months later that suddenly large charges would hit maximizing the card.

One was an order for wool rugs, another time was a 'pastor' placing adds in national magazines for purebred puppies, the last time was a ton of gift cards...I was done with them.
 
I am still amazed that the amount of fraud is still less than the amount of profit the CCs make. It seems too easy.
 
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