Over on Forbes, Kashmir Hill has written about a story covered earlier today on this blog involving The Dirty and Erin Andrews. She adds some background on the web site and its owner: TheDirty has been sued many times before; past lawsuits include one filed by a Bengals cheerleader and one by a Texas woman —…
Category: Breaches
Erin Andrews naked peep hole photos posted online by The Dirty
Amanda Scheffler reports: Erin Andrews naked peep hole photos were posted online this week by a website titled “The Dirty.” Andrews, an ESPN employee and former “Dancing With The Stars” contestant is seen nude in the photos, which are a bit censored, leaving little to the imagination. The Dirty, ran by Nik Richie posted over…
Fact or Fiction: Child Identity Theft
From the ITRC: Fiction 1: Child identity theft is a new crime. Fact: This egregious crime has been happening for decades. Even before the IRS required that children be assigned a Social Security Number (SSN) for tax tracking purposes, people have stolen the identity of children to create a “new life” for themselves. It is…
WARNING: Facebook Now Makes It Dangerous To Lose Your Cell Phone & Easy to Have Your Identity Stolen
Peter Bordes writes: Note to self : DISONNECT FACEBOOK MOBILE IMMEDIATELY AFTER LOSING YOUR CELL PHONE! Just caught this big item that seemed to be lost in a Facebook announcement post. Luckily, it was picked up on the ValleyWagradar screen, and for good reason. Facebook’s new security feature just made losing your cell phone extremely dangerous. Facebook launched…