Search: Home Bugtraq Vulnerabilities Mailing Lists Jobs Tools Beta Programs
Report: Squatters a major problem for credit-report site
Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2005-07-15

Privacy-sensitive U.S. citizens aiming to get their government-mandated annual free credit reports have to be careful not to endanger their sensitive data instead, stated a report released on Thursday.

Submit Comment Mode:
Name:
Subject:
Message:
 
  Enter the characters that appear above
 
Report: Squatters a major problem for credit-report site 2005-07-18
Anonymous
'"A lot of people who contacted us spent $35 on a credit report and that was their only harm," she said.'

Thrity-five dollars multiplied by 200 million prospective confused consumers adds up to the tidy sum of seven *BILLION* dollars. Is it any wonder that credit-reporting companies themselves ar...

[ more ]  




 

Privacy Statement
Copyright 2009, SecurityFocus