[Dataloss] CTS: Thief Steals Tax Records

[George Toft]

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.