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Attention - Lawyers and Private Investigators!

2008-06-25 01:18:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
Lawyers are always in need of process servers to serve civil papers. More often than not, they use the services of a Private Investigator or process service company If the P.I. or process server is credible and ethical, there should not be a problem. If on the other hand, the server "claims" to have served the paper, charges the Law Firm for...
 
Tags: company, company hired, process service company, serves civil papers, papers, service, server, process server, lawyers
 
 
 
 
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My Open Wireless Network

2008-01-15 03:33:22 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...lawyers about this, and in their lawyerly way they outlined several other risks with leaving your network open While none thought you could be successfully prosecuted just because someone else used your network to commit a crime, any investigation could be time-consuming and expensive. You might have your computer equipment seized, and if you...
 
Tags: wireless network, network, fon wireless network, public, public network, computer, computer security, wireless security, wireless security protocol
 
 
 
 
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My Open Wireless Network

2008-01-15 03:33:22 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...lawyers about this, and in their lawyerly way they outlined several other risks with leaving your network open While none thought you could be successfully prosecuted just because someone else used your network to commit a crime, any investigation could be time-consuming and expensive. You might have your computer equipment seized, and if you...
 
Tags: wireless network, network, fon wireless network, public, public network, computer, computer security, wireless security, wireless security protocol
 
 
 
 
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Drama surrounds People's United Bank breach

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2008-04-08 12:47:21 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...lawyers there investigated the restraining order. It had not made a determination on how it can proceed Evan] This is sad. I think it is in the public's and the victims' best interests to have the Attorney General investigate fully In a series of interviews, Hastings says he's not an identity thief. He says he wants the bank to react to what...
 
Tags: bank, financial information, information, confidential information, people, bank deposit, hastings, james hastings dove, bank set
 
 
 
 
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The Pros and Cons of LifeLock

2008-06-12 04:00:00 by Bruce Schneier in Wired Security
 
...lawyers in several states that are launching class action lawsuits. And the stories in the media ... it's like a piranha feeding frenzy There are also a lot of errors and misconceptions. With its aggressive advertising campaign and a CEO who publishes his Social Security number and dares people to steal his identity -- Todd Davis, 457-55-5462...
 
Tags: credit reports, credit, credit card, fraud alerts permanent, fraud, credit industry, experian credit bureau, lifelock, issue credit
 
 
 
 
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LifeLock and Identity Theft

2008-06-17 06:51:25 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...lawyers in several states that are launching class action lawsuits. And the stories in the media ... it's like a piranha feeding frenzy There are also a lot of errors and misconceptions. With its aggressive advertising campaign and a CEO who publishes his Social Security number and dares people to steal his identity -- Todd Davis, 457-55-5462...
 
Tags: identity theft, credit reports, credit, identity, credit card, fraud alerts permanent, fraud, credit industry, experian credit bureau
 
 
 
 
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Even the Rich and Famous pay the price for being Dishonest and Unethical

2008-06-29 16:05:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...lawyers in the country by taking on tobacco, insurance and asbestos companies What did he do? Well, for starters (and what they were able to prove), he attempted to bribe Lafayette County Circuit Court Judge Henry Lackey by offering him $50,000.00. U.S. District Judge Neal Biggers Jr., called Scruggs' conduct "reprehensible" and told him...
 
Tags: wrong judge, judge, bribe judge, richerd scruggs, scruggs, sentence, famous, heavier sentence, life sentence
 
 
 
 
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P2P-related breach affects high-profile clients from Wagner Resource Group

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2008-07-14 17:08:21 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...lawyers and Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer Evan] The high-profile nature of this breach is what has grabbed headlines all last week Of the 2,000 records from Wagner Resource Group that were found online, 700 included Social Security numbers, names and birth dates, while other records included only one or two of those details The...
 
Tags: wagner, p2p, investment firm, evan p2p file, mclean investment firm, p2p file, breach, wagner network, wagner resource
 
 
 
 
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Think "liability" if you want to stay out of trouble.

2008-08-04 01:12:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...lawyers (it is surprising how many lawyers disregard liability)pay little attention to potential lawsuits. The latest category to leave themselves open, have been auctioneers The current foreclosure crisis has meant that many properties are being auctioned off. We have been providing security officers at some of the properties in order to...
 
Tags: liability, lawyers disregard liability, law firm, auctioneers stood, auctioneers, law, lawyers, property, people
 
 
 
 
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Mythbusters Episode on RFID Security Nixed

2008-09-10 14:34:45 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
Seems that the idea was killed by lawyers under pressure from the credit card industry. Or maybe not; the person who started this rumor has retracted his comments. Or maybe those same lawyers made him retract his comments Don't they know that security by gag order never works, except temporarily