Re: Personal experiences? Was Re: VISA / 1ST BANK

["Nick Lewis" <lewisnic () acm org>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "lyger" <lyger () attrition org>
To: <dataloss () attrition org>
Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 8:22 PM
Subject: [Dataloss] Personal experiences? Was Re: VISA / 1ST BANK


> On Fri, 20 Oct 2006, George Toft wrote:
>
> ": " I realize the difference - my information has been stolen 4 times, 
> but
> ": " my ID has not (yet).
>
>
> Now *this* might pose an interesting question for list members willing to
> respond:
>
> By a show of hands (or reply email), how many here have ever received a
> breach notification or otherwise been informed that their personal
> information was compromised?  In a related question, how many here have
> been actual victims of identity theft?

Yes. 1 as a result of the Egghead credit card breach 5-7 years ago and 
another 3-5 years ago where my ISP had a security incident on the servers 
where the credit cards stored for billing.

Nick 

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