[Dataloss] CTS: Thief Steals Tax Records

[Max Hozven]

>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.

That's pretty sad.
I'd give it really good odds that an Account's own personal data would
be on a hard disk they owned (and had customer data on) also.
Probably for a fraction of what they make on just one tax-return, they
could
buy disk encryption software.

-Max

-----Original Message-----
From: dataloss-bounces at attrition.org
[mailto:dataloss-bounces at attrition.org] On Behalf Of George Toft
Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 8:40 PM
To: dataloss at attrition.org
Subject: Re: [Dataloss] CTS: Thief Steals Tax Records

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
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.
> 
> [...]
> 
> 
> Kirstein owns CTS tax service on Highway M-62. Since 1985 she has 
> been preparing returns for clients in Cassopolis, Edwardsburg, 
> Elkhart, Ohio, Virginia, Illinois and Washington.
> 
> She believes someone knew her computer possessed valuable 
> information. "I had money in here. I had checks and nothing was 
> taken, just the computer," says Kirstein. "If it would only concern 
> me, if it would only affect my life it would be fine, but this is 800 
> people's lives. That's kind of sad. All their information is on 
> there, bank accounts routing numbers, birthdays, social security 
> numbers, addresses, everything is on there."
> 
> [...]
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