http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/01/10/261365107/target-says-70-million-individuals-data-may-have-been-stolen?sc=17&f=1001
This article reports on the identity theft that Target Co. is dealing with after hackers hacked into their system during the holiday season and stole millions of people email addresses, mailing addresses, names, phone numbers, and debit and credit card numbers. Target is warning the people to keep tabs on their card purchases and are giving them free liability to any cost of fraudulent charges. The company is also offering a years worth of free credit monitoring and identity theft protection programs as compensation.
I think that this is a really scary thing seeing as I myself shopped at Target during the holidays and could potentially be a victim of the identity theft. This article reminded me of another article I read about identity theft problems throughout the app Snapchat which said that hundreds of people's accounts were hacked due to lack of regulation of the phone numbers that people put on their accounts as a way to find more friends. Those phone numbers were stolen by the hackers. These companies are not taking identity theft and protection into as important consideration as they need to. The person who wrote the article about Snapchat said that the company seemed to put their identity protection as an afterthought thus resulting it not being as strong as it should be. Identity is such an important thing, and I would hope with these few new stories coming out as well as the many others that come out that we don't hear about, companies and people take more precaution to protect their identities.
This article reports on the identity theft that Target Co. is dealing with after hackers hacked into their system during the holiday season and stole millions of people email addresses, mailing addresses, names, phone numbers, and debit and credit card numbers. Target is warning the people to keep tabs on their card purchases and are giving them free liability to any cost of fraudulent charges. The company is also offering a years worth of free credit monitoring and identity theft protection programs as compensation.
I think that this is a really scary thing seeing as I myself shopped at Target during the holidays and could potentially be a victim of the identity theft. This article reminded me of another article I read about identity theft problems throughout the app Snapchat which said that hundreds of people's accounts were hacked due to lack of regulation of the phone numbers that people put on their accounts as a way to find more friends. Those phone numbers were stolen by the hackers. These companies are not taking identity theft and protection into as important consideration as they need to. The person who wrote the article about Snapchat said that the company seemed to put their identity protection as an afterthought thus resulting it not being as strong as it should be. Identity is such an important thing, and I would hope with these few new stories coming out as well as the many others that come out that we don't hear about, companies and people take more precaution to protect their identities.
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