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<font size=3>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.<br><br>
<b><i>There should be an alert to them all.<br><br>
<br>
</i></b>At 23:39 2/3/2007, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">I would expect to see more of
these. I met an accountant in Phoenix <br>
that had just her hard drives stolen - guess what the thief was
after?<br><br>
This is a sore point for me - we hired a telemarketer to call every CPA
<br>
in Phoenix. There was virtually no interest on the part of the
CPA's to <br>
protect their customer's information from this type of event.<br><br>
BTW - 800 people for one firm means it's a small firm.<br><br>
George Toft, CISSP, MSIS<br>
My IT Department<br>
<a href="http://www.myitaz.com/" eudora="autourl">www.myITaz.com</a><br>
623-203-1760<br><br>
Confidential data protection experts for the financial industry.<br><br>
<br>
Dissent wrote:<br>
>
<a href="http://www.wndu.com/news/headlines/5530966.html" eudora="autourl">
http://www.wndu.com/news/headlines/5530966.html</a><br>
> <br>
> Eight hundred people are in jeopardy of having their credit ruined,
<br>
> because thieves in the night stole their personal information from a
<br>
> Cassopolis tax preparer.</font></blockquote></body>
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