Re: CTS: Thief Steals Tax Records

[George Toft <george () myitaz com>]

We tried to alert them all.  We published articles and ads in the 
Arizona Society of CPA magazine.

George Toft, CISSP, MSIS
My IT Department
www.myITaz.com
623-203-1760

Confidential data protection experts for the financial industry.


blitz wrote:
> So one would/might postulate at this point the thieves are selecting 
> smaller targets, with less names and info. Especially ones with less 
> security, and obviously more to loose should they be compromised.
>
> */There should be an alert to them all.
>
>
> /*At 23:39 2/3/2007, you wrote:
>
> > I would expect to see more of these.  I met an accountant in Phoenix
> > that had just her hard drives stolen - guess what the thief was after?
> >
> > This is a sore point for me - we hired a telemarketer to call every CPA
> > in Phoenix.  There was virtually no interest on the part of the CPA's to
> > protect their customer's information from this type of event.
> >
> > BTW - 800 people for one firm means it's a small firm.
> >
> > George Toft, CISSP, MSIS
> > My IT Department
> > www.myITaz.com <http://www.myitaz.com/>
> > 623-203-1760
> >
> > Confidential data protection experts for the financial industry.
> >
> >
> > Dissent wrote:
> > > http://www.wndu.com/news/headlines/5530966.html
> > >
> > > Eight hundred people are in jeopardy of having their credit ruined,
> > > because thieves in the night stole their personal information from a
> > > Cassopolis tax preparer.
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