Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans
SOUTH BEND — When Mary Johnson asked how many present had experienced identity theft, people seemed uncertain how to respond. But once the U.S. postal inspector explained that theft includes any incident in which personal information is leaked like in the Target or Anthem data breaches, nearly everyone’s hand went up. She wasn’t surprised. For more than an hour, she and Toi Houston, an assistant U.S. attorney, talked about the latest scams and ways people can protect themselves in a presentation this week at the South Bend Police Department. They used specific examples and cases to show how easy it is for personal information to spread to the wrong sources. The presentation was enlightening and beneficial, said Pam Mathews, of South Bend, who was present. “More so, because they gave us strategic ways to place barriers against identity theft.” Mathews planned to go home, review her online presence and remove some information from her Facebook page. She talked about other suggestions she liked including shredding all mail that contains personal data; carefully reading bank statements and inspecting her credit report regularly; and safeguarding Social Security numbers by writing only the last four digits on medical or other forms that don’t […]
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