CRIME Massive Identity Theft Ring Busted

From: brvarin@private
Date: Mon Nov 25 2002 - 13:23:50 PST

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    Here's an interesting story....someone paid off the help desk tech to get
    passwords for access to credit reports.
    I wonder if a good background check was done?...probably not...too
    expensive and time consuming.
    
    
    http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20021125_994.html
    N E W   Y O R K, Nov. 25 ? Federal authorities charged three men with
    orchestrating a massive identity-theft scheme in which
    credit information was stolen from more than 30,000 victims.
    
    
    Brian Varine
    Regence Blue Cross/Blue Shield
    IT Security Compliance
    503-553-1425
    
    
    
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