[Dataloss] follow-up: Firm Hired After Security Breach FacesState Probe (fwd)

[Michael Hill, CITRMS]

>  The state received complaints after those people received letters from
> | Experian, one of the three credit bureaus, asking for confidential
> | information in order to continue the monitoring, Rell said.
> |


This will not be the first time we see this.  A company has a data breach, 
offers free credit monitoring for a year, then when that year is up, the 
credit monitoring company will be asking the consumer for confidential 
information (ex. credit card info) in order to continue the monitoring.  A 
good percentage of the consumers involved in this breach will not continue 
the monitoring.  The smart thieves will know this, and now will start using 
the PII they stole or bought.  Is this a realistic scenario?


Michael Hill
Certified Identity Theft Risk Management Specialist
www.idtheft101.net
404-216-3751

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