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Five days a week, we deliver exclusive news alerts reporting on the latest legislation, criminal activities, identity scams, database breaches and more. In addition to quoting reliable expert and media sources, Identity Theft 911 analyzes the deeper issues and examines how the latest developments affect you.

Google challenges FISA

Category: Data Security and Privacy

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Google is challenging a secret United States national-security court regarding information about government data requests under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), according to Time.

Patient Records Showing Up on Black Market

Category: Medical Identity Theft

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Patients in California involved in a data breach are finding their medical information including their doctor's name, past illnesses, medical history and prescriptions on the black market, according to a study conducted by Bay Area NBC affiliate KNTV.

Yolo Federal Credit Union Suffers Data Breach

Category: Data Breach

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Yolo Federal Credit Union is facing a potential data breach. Customers will be receiving new credit and debit cards due to the possible breach.

14 Convenience Stores Seized by Federal Authorities

Category: Identity Theft

Monday, June 17, 2013

Federal authorities detected an identity theft scandal and seized 14 7-Eleven stores in New York and Virginia, according to CNN Money.

Government Sent Thousands of Requests to Apple

Category: Data Security and Privacy

Monday, June 17, 2013

New data revealed U.S. federal, state and local authorities sent Apple between 4,000 and 5,000 requests for user data between Dec.1, 2012 and May 31, 2013, according to The Washington Post.

Healthcare Data Breaches: Stanford, X-Ray Schemes

Category: Medical Identity Theft

Friday, June 14, 2013

Stanford University's Lucile Packard Children's Hospital warned 12,900 patients of a data breach that potentially compromised their personal information, according to Health IT Security.

Equifax Says Good Defense Will Help Combat Data Breaches

Category: Data Breach

Friday, June 14, 2013

Equifax Canada discussed the best practices to protect against a data breach at a recent gathering with Canadian regulatory, legal and privacy experts.

U.S. Reportedly Hacked Chinese Computers

Category: Data Breach

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Edward Snowden, now known as the former government contractor employee who offered up some the the National Security Agency's biggest secrets and created one of the country's largest data breaches, now says the NSA has been hacking computers in Hong Kong and China since 2009, according to the Dow Jones Newswires.

Eight Charged in Hacking Financial Firms

Category: Identity Theft

Thursday, June 13, 2013

At least two suspects remain at large after four others were arrested following charges of alleged hacking.

Risk of Data Breach Increases During Travel

Category: Data Breach

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Booking your hotel room online, purchasing souvenirs at a shop and using your credit card to pay for meals can make you susceptible to a data breach or identity theft while you're traveling, according to the 2013 Trustwave Global Security Report Preview.

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