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It can happen... "In April 1996, federal prosecutors charged a group of Social Security Administration employees with stealing personal information on more than 11,000 people and selling the data to credit card fraud rings, who used the information to activate stolen credit cards and ring up huge bills." (from Database Nation by Simson Garfinkel, O'Reilly, 2001) | |
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July 12, 2001 Identity Fraud - The Great E-Commerce Roadblock By Paul A. Greenberg/E-Commerce Times Full text |
Wednesday January 23 2002 6:26 PM ET Identity Theft Top Fraud Complaint By DAVID HO, Associated Press Writer Full text |
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Thu Feb 14, 2002 7:43 PM ET Investigator Warns of I.D. Theft Associated Press Full text |
Tuesday February 19 2002 08:03 AM EST Identity theft complaints rise sharply in San Jose By Rodney Foo, Mercury News Full text |
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Friday February 22 2002 07:39 PM EST Police: Ad In Newspaper Is Scam To Steal Identities Cleveland NewsNet5 Full text |
Sat Mar 2, 2002 2:57 PM ET Worker Accused of Selling Colleagues' ID's Online By JACOB H. FRIES The New York Times Full text |
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March 28, 2002 6:34 p.m. EST Thief Steals Woman's Identity, Runs Up Credit Cleveland NewsNet5 Full text |
Monday April 15 2002 07:06 PM EDT 6 People Indicted In Identity-Theft Scam Cleveland NewsNet5 Full text |
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Thu May 16, 2002 12:30 PM ET Ford Credit discovers ID theft Detroit News Full text |
Wednesday May 22 2002 04:39 PM EDT County Employee Accused of Identity Theft Miami WPLG Click10.com Full text |
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Friday May 31 2002 11:46 AM EDT Maryland Woman's Identity Stolen by Her Real Estate Agent Washington, DC - WJLA 7 Full text |
Wednesday May 22 2002 05:22 PM EDT Bank Customers' Information Sold To Identity Theft Ring Milwaukee WISN 12 News Full text |
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Friday, August 16, 2002; Page A01 Sleuths Invade Military PCs With Ease By Robert O'Harrow Jr., Washington Post Staff Writer Full text |
Thu Dec 26, 2002 10:31 PM ET Personal Information Taken From Military By JOSHUA FREED, Associated Press Writer Full text |
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Wed Jan 22, 2003 12:48 PM ET Identity Theft Complaints Double in 2002 By DAVID HO, Associated Press Writer Full text |
Fri Mar 14, 6:55 PM ET Texas College Student Charged in Hacking Associated Press Full text |
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The information in CRU-X CRU-X will contain ALL sensitive information held by the FAA concerning bargaining unit members. The security of CRU-X is "mission critical" to NATCA. |
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