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long term effects of data loss
From: George Toft <george () myitaz com>
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 11:14:01 -0700
I am wondering about the long-term effects of record loss. It seems to me that all a thief needs to do is wait a year or two to use the information - after all, you can't change your SSN, Birth Date, and are probably not changing your name, so the info is good for years to come. My thinking is that people tend to forget about the fraud alerts, which only last 90 days. Maybe they renew them a couple times. After a year or so, the thief should be able to act on the data and perhaps 1/2 will be effective. Thoughts? Enlightenment? -- George Toft, CISSP, MSIS My IT Department www.myITaz.com 480-544-1067 Confidential data protection experts for the financial industry. _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/errata/dataloss/
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