Posts Tagged ‘St Louis’
Documents Found in South St. Louis Dumpster
A south St. Louis resident was in alley picking up trash when he discovered a dumpster overflowing with documents containing personal information. By Dan Greenwald, Online News Producer ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV.com) – The resident then called Dona Forbes, whose name and Social Security number was on some of the documents. Forbes was not alone,…
Read MoreMIT Researchers Uncover Mountains of Private Data on Discarded Computers
As Hard drives grow in storage and decrease in price daily companies and individuals ask what do I do with my old hard drives? If you wipe your (format, fdisk or delete) data, then donate or sell the drives, your data is not completely gone; the right tools in the wrong hands can easily restore…
Read MoreID Theft Victims Face Long Ordeals
They write letters, make phone calls, wait for hours on hold — and, after a year of trying to set the record straight, a third of identity theft victims in the Salt Lake area are still in identity limbo, according to a new survey. In addition, 14 percent of victims have to cover some or…
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