“Investigators dealing with the huge data theft case involving the company Digital River have been led to hackers in India and one person in New York. The information that was taken was being offered for sale to a firm in Colorado. Individual’s information that gets stolen and then ends up in the wrong hands can affect a person’s credit report in a very negative way.
A court order was issued when The Eden Prairie Minn. Company asked for a court order to block Eric Porat from doing anything with data collected on nearly 200,000 individuals. Digital River seems to think that the hackers were from New Delhi and probably had inside help in obtaining the information.
Porat would only say that he got the information from India but he would not say how he got it or from whom he got the information. A lawyer overseeing Digital River’s investigation said that he thinks that Porat could have possibly hacked the hackers to get the information.
Judge Donovan Frank held a public status conference to do with the case on Thursday. The hearing got posted on the court docket but did not name any of the parties involved. Judge Frank ordered that all documents be unsealed without objection. Frank said that he allowed the civil case to be filed under seal without notifying the defense so that Digital River could issue subpoenas and protect evidence that might get destroyed or go missing.
Some people when checking their credit report notice that they have bad items showing up. These items do not necessarily mean that you are a victim of identity theft or that any of your information has been leaked out without your permission. Sometimes it is just a mistake on the credit report company’s behalf and can all be rectified. However it is still a good idea to get a credit report done on yourself to check for any suspicious items.”- Richard Irwin
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Things are not getting any better. I don’t know what your experiences have been with ID protection services. You could share them with others here. The sharing of effective ways of protection will save everyone money and play a major role in the decrease of risk. Please exercise financial responsibility as well and review your credit report regularly.
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