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Re: [Dataloss] CTS: Thief Steals Tax Records

From: George Toft (georgemyitaz.com)
Date: Sun Feb 04 2007 - 12:37:36 CST


We tried to alert them all. We published articles and ads in the
Arizona Society of CPA magazine.

George Toft, CISSP, MSIS
My IT Department
www.myITaz.com
623-203-1760

Confidential data protection experts for the financial industry.

blitz wrote:
> So one would/might postulate at this point the thieves are selecting
> smaller targets, with less names and info. Especially ones with less
> security, and obviously more to loose should they be compromised.
>
> */There should be an alert to them all.
>
>
> /*At 23:39 2/3/2007, you wrote:
>
>> I would expect to see more of these. I met an accountant in Phoenix
>> that had just her hard drives stolen - guess what the thief was after?
>>
>> This is a sore point for me - we hired a telemarketer to call every CPA
>> in Phoenix. There was virtually no interest on the part of the CPA's to
>> protect their customer's information from this type of event.
>>
>> BTW - 800 people for one firm means it's a small firm.
>>
>> George Toft, CISSP, MSIS
>> My IT Department
>> www.myITaz.com <http://www.myitaz.com/>
>> 623-203-1760
>>
>> Confidential data protection experts for the financial industry.
>>
>>
>> Dissent wrote:
>> > http://www.wndu.com/news/headlines/5530966.html
>> >
>> > Eight hundred people are in jeopardy of having their credit ruined,
>> > because thieves in the night stole their personal information from a
>> > Cassopolis tax preparer.
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