By Zach Hansen, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution — Experts say incarcerated people make for desirable identity theft targets A Forsyth County company that provides healthcare for people inside correctional facilities nationwide was the target of a recent...
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Atlanta-based credit reporting company Equifax has agreed to a Consent Order joined on by eight state regulators that requires the company to report on security improvements made as a response to the massive 2017 data breach. In the Order, the Georgia...
More infoAtlanta-based SunTrust says data on 1.5 million customers tapped
By Michael E. Kanell – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Atlanta-based SunTrust on Friday said it feared that a now-former employee had wrongly accessed basic information about 1.5 million customers. The company became aware in late February that the...
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By Aaron Diamant – WSB-TV (Watch Now) Long before Equifax announced a mass data breach of its clients, Channel 2 Action News learned red flags were going up by consumers for years, resulting in thousands of lawsuit against the big three credit...
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By Tony Harris and Sean Powers – GPB Now (Listen) The fallout from the data breach at Atlanta-based Equifax is far and wide. At the end of July, the credit rating company learned it had been hacked, leaving personal information of more than 140...
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By Tamar Hallerman – Atlanta Journal Constitution Georgia Congressman Barry Loudermilk is shooting back at consumer protection groups and other critics who have slammed his bill to curb the use of class action lawsuits in the aftermath of Equifax’s...
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By Tamar Hallerman, Brad Schrade, J. Scott Trubey – Atlanta Journal-Constitution The massive data breach at the Atlanta-based credit reporting firm Equifax has thrust into the spotlight the country’s patchwork system of cybersecurity rules and laws...
More infoNACA, Georgia Watch Call on Rep. Loudermilk of Georgia to Withdraw His Bill That Favors Equifax, Credit Bureaus Over Harmed Consumers
ATLANTA- In light of the astonishing announcement of credit reporting agency Equifax’s security breach which impacts the personal information of more than 140 million consumers, National Association of Consumer Advocates and Georgia Watch call on...
More infoGiant Equifax data breach: 143 million people could be affected
Equifax says a giant cybersecurity breach compromised the personal information of as many as 143 million Americans — almost half the country. (Watch it here.) Copyright © 2017 CBS46 Source: CBS46
More infoConsumer groups slam Equifax over security breach arbitration clause
By J. Scott Trubey – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Consumer watchdogs criticized Atlanta-based Equifax on Friday for its offer of a package of credit and identity theft protection services in the wake of a giant data breach, because of fine print...
More infoAtlanta organizations join forces to “fight identity theft”
A coalition of organizations, including Georgia Watch, begins an initiative fighting back against one of the fasting growing crimes in the nation. Atlanta Victim Assistance, Inc. leads the campaign dubbed Project SAFE, to raise public awareness about...
More infoFacts about identity theft
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) estimates that there are 263,000 individual incidents of identity theft in Georgia each year, which ranks seventh in the nation in victims per capita. The financial cost to the victim is more than $1,000 per incident of...
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