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Post by strummer8526 on Feb 5, 2008 14:28:28 GMT -5
I'm picturing whoever swiped the hard drive going down to the parking lot of the Home Depot and passing out fake Social Security cards. "Jose, your new name is Hunter S. Worthington the Third, but your friends call you Chumley." Ha! "And, good news Jose, uh I mean Hunter, you are now a full member of the squash club, so you and mumsy can head on over any time." Moving down the list, Miguel, your name is now Steve Callahan. You're from some suburb in New Jersey. Your genitals no longer function after a 33 hour marathon of Guitar Hero resulted in serious nerve damage. But on the plus side, as a senior in college, you drink 4-6 nights a week. That probably had something to do with the Guitar Hero. Enjoy the identity, Miguel!
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PDRHoya99
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Post by PDRHoya99 on Feb 26, 2008 20:33:36 GMT -5
on a side note, i was lucky enough to be affected by both the UCLA and georgetown thefts. Woo hoo, I'm glad I'm not the only one that got a double dip of GU and the UC System incompetence. Can you go for the trifecta? In addition to GU (undergrad) and UCLA (MBA), I also got a similar notification from Texas where I had merely started (but never completed) an online business school application. This was my third time placing fraud watches on my credit reports, and I've never had any issues, so as most here have noted, much of this will amount to nothing. That said, it is sad that these institutions don't have better control of their data. However, given how many of you probably work on a day to day basis in a business that has tons of important (if not sensitive) information stored on excel spreadsheets on somebody's laptop, I won't be the one throwing the first stone. When the entire working age population of the US becomes competent enough to understand how to use a database effectively, then perhaps our data will be somewhat secure. Until then, I am fully expecting to get more of these messages in the future.
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Nevada Hoya
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Post by Nevada Hoya on Mar 8, 2008 0:23:43 GMT -5
Speaking about 38000 being potentially exposed, we have a situation in Las Vegas, where 40,000 people have been potentially exposed to hepatitis C or HIV, as this clinic has reused syringes, and five or six people have already contracted hep C from exposure.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2008 12:45:07 GMT -5
Speaking about 38000 being potentially exposed, we have a situation in Las Vegas, where 40,000 people have been potentially exposed to hepatitis C or HIV, as this clinic has reused syringes, and five or six people have already contracted hep C from exposure. I'd prefer to take my chances with identity theft, thank you very much...
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Nevada Hoya
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Post by Nevada Hoya on Mar 12, 2008 22:36:24 GMT -5
Speaking about 38000 being potentially exposed, we have a situation in Las Vegas, where 40,000 people have been potentially exposed to hepatitis C or HIV, as this clinic has reused syringes, and five or six people have already contracted hep C from exposure. I'd prefer to take my chances with identity theft, thank you very much... Indeed!
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HoyaInsomniac
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Post by HoyaInsomniac on Apr 27, 2008 13:27:29 GMT -5
The University gave us a code to sign up for credit monitoring through Consumer Info for free... Now I'm seeing charges on my credit card bill for the service. Any idea how long the free part was supposed to last? I assume it would most likely be worth it to continue checking the credit reports just in case, but I'd rather not pay over a hundred bucks a year.
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moe09
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Post by moe09 on Apr 27, 2008 18:56:27 GMT -5
Look at it this way, at least you're not having to pay for Hepatitis C testing...
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