
“An identity theft service that sells Social Security numbers, birth records, credit and background reports on millions of Americans has infiltrated computers at some of America’s largest consumer and business data aggregators, according to a seven-month investigation by KrebsOnSecurity. All three victim companies said they are working with federal authorities and third-party forensics firms in the early stages of determining how far the breaches extend, and whether indeed any sensitive information was accessed and exfiltrated from their networks. The intrusions raise major questions about how these compromises may have aided identity thieves.”
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/09/data-broker-giants-hacked-by-id-theft-service/
Related posts:
Facebook-police partnership could make planning protests impossible
Q&A With Peter Schiff: Silver Looking Golden
Megaupload founder wants official cryptocurrency
Directed History of the Swiss Tax Settlement
How Green Was My Bankruptcy? U. S. Army Edition.
Peter Schiff Doubles Down on Inflation Prediction
Robocoin Bitcoin ATM to Debut in North America’s Largest Mall
The Housing Recovery that Never Was Is Over
Castro's Take on Gun-Control Coincides With Our Rulers'
10 Signs The Global Elite Are Losing Control
Apple to take on PayPal, Square, Isis with its own mobile payments?
The Shanghai Coin Market
How Intelligence Was Twisted to Support an Attack on Syria
Poland Confiscates Half Of Private Pensions To "Cut" Sovereign Debt Load
Ron Paul Segment on RT's Prime Interest