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Lax Security: ID Theft Made Easy
The people charged last week with stealing the identities of at least 30,000 Americans weren't criminal masterminds.
They simply took advantage of sloppy security practices that allowed them easy and unrestricted access to sensitive data.
Security experts worry that the slipshod safety measures haven't been corrected, and warn that unless companies get serious about security, identity thefts will continue to rise.
Investigators in Manhattan said they have identified about 12,000 additional people whose credit reports may have fallen into criminal hands during the almost three years that the New York-based identity fraud ring was active. The scam was first detected eight months ago.
But victims and potential victims wonder why it took authorities so long to nab the criminals, whom federal prosecutors described as "brazen" and "sloppy."
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