Yesterday I received a new Medicare card. It replaces one that had my Social Security number with a letter added on . Identity theft hit my brain in the late 1990’s. Sometime about 2010, someone actually used my Social Security … Continue reading
Category Archives: Identify Theft
A press release from Congressman Randy Hultgren: House Passes Hultgren Legislation to Combat Child Identity Fraud Washington, DC — Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed (420-1) the Protecting Children from Identity Theft Act, H.R. 5192, a bipartisan bill introduced … Continue reading
A communication from the Crystal Lake Police Department: Tomorrow a representative from the FBI to speak at Coffee With The Chief on Identity Theft and Cyber Security This program is free and open to all. You are cordially invited to … Continue reading
From the Harvard Police Department blotter: 16-000289 ID Theft On 01-15-16 at 1654 hrs a Harvard Resident (m/44 yoa) reported someone used his personal information, without consent, to secure a loan. … Continue reading
A press release from State Rep. Steve Andersson: Andersson to Host ID Theft Seminar State Representative Steve Andersson (R-Geneva) will be hosting an Identity Theft Seminar next week at the Huntley Public Library. The event is geared toward senior citizens, … Continue reading
Ever since early last August, when student Melissa Denker sent me a copy of the letter she received from McHenry County College regarding the compromising of her personal identifiers by college consultant Ellucian, I searched for the number of students … Continue reading
It’s taken a half a year, but McHenry County College has finally release the number of students, former students and employees whose identity data was breached. MCC officials did not do it voluntarily. McHenry County Blog had to file an … Continue reading
A vendor for McHenry County College mistakenly sent personal identification information to other junior colleges. Advocate Medical Group admitted that over 4 million files on laptop computers containing personal information were stolen. Target admitted that 40 million of its customers … Continue reading
A press release from McHenry County College: McHenry County College Notifies Individuals of Disclosure of Personal Information [August 13, 2013.Crystal Lake, IL] McHenry County College (MCC) has notified certain employees and students that their personal information was unintentionally shared with … Continue reading
When last night’s article about the sending of personal student information to three as yet unidentified junior colleges by McHenry County College software vendor Ellucian, I thought that was the limit of the security breach. It turns out it wasn’t. … Continue reading
A McHenry County College vendor sent student names, Social Security numbers and other personal information to three unidentified community colleges, according to letters sent to students dated July 31st. The vendor was Ellucian, which prides itself on “transparency” and describes … Continue reading
A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office: BOSS OF FRAUDULENT IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENT RING BASED IN CHICAGO’S CHINATOWN SENTENCED TO 81 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON CHICAGO — The leader of an identification document fraud ring that was based in Chicago’s … Continue reading