Most Northwest residents are concerned about the threat of identity theft, but a majority rely on their own vigilance to protect themselves from fraudulent activity against their personal information, a new poll shows. Data from a poll sponsored by Seattle, …
EMC Insurance Companies launched a new data compromise and identity recovery product at the start of February. The organization touts this as one of only a few products that offers this kind of coverage. The product was designed for small …
Nationwide Insurance has extended its ID theft insurance coverage by providing help with protecting personal information on home computers. The carrier’s newest product includes free access to software that helps thwart criminals from stealing information, even if they have virtual …
Approximately 9 million Americans annually are victims of identity theft, spending millions of hours resolving problems associated with having their identity stolen. Allstate Insurance Co. has launched identity theft expenses coverage in Calif. that can help reduce the time and …
Until recently, medical files belonging to nearly 300,000 Californians sat unsecured on the Internet for the entire world to see. There were insurance forms, Social Security numbers and doctors’ notes. Among the files were summaries that spelled out, in painstaking …
Governments, multinational corporations and global institutions are losing the battle against computer hackers and must combine their resources if they are to lock out cyber intruders, experts say. The International Monetary Fund has joined Sony and Google on a growing …
Citigroup Inc. said computer hackers breached the bank’s network and accessed the data of about 200,000 bank card holders in North America, the latest of a string of cyber attacks on high-profile companies. Citi said the names of customers, account …
