I received this press release from the NYS Consumer Protection Board about educating your children about ID theft and good safety precautions as they head off to college: As students prepare for the fall semester of college, the New York State Consumer Protection Board (CPB) is reminding young consumers to protect their identities while working…
Over 130 million stolen: 3 indicted for hacking Heartland, 7-Eleven, Hannaford
An indictment [pdf] was returned today against three individuals who are charged with being responsible for five corporate data breaches, including the single largest reported data breach in U.S. history, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Ralph J. Marra, Jr., along with Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Lanny A. Breuer and United States Secret Service…
New UK Pirate Party “overwhelmed” by file sharing response
New political party the Pirate Party UK said today it has been overwhelmed by the response to its formation, as the public gets behind its pro-file sharing agenda. The organisation was registered as an official political party on 11 August by the Electoral Commission and has three core policies: the reform of copyright and patent…
Govt blip creates credit problems for New Englanders
Holly Ramer of the Associated Press has a fascinating story on how our government is contributing to credit problems for some Americans because of our relationship to the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Republic of Palau. It seems that each of them issue their own Social Security Numbers,…