By now just about the entire universe knows that LexisNexis was hacked yesterday and some potentially sensitive material stolen, but this morning, too, social security numbers and other personal data was reported stolen from Seisnt, another internet data warehouse.
Data theft is by no means a concern restricted to this country, and the BBC, Edinbourgh Scotsman, and International Herald Tribune have all addressed the issue.
The House of Representatives' Energy & Commerce Committee, yesterday, approved the "Antispyware" bill (H.R. 29), and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs, later this afternoon, was scheduled to hold a hearing-- "Identity Theft: Recent Developments Involving the Security of Sensitive Consumer Information."
Last Friday, the Washington Post had an article entitled "New Industry Helping Banks Fight Back: Sleuths hit online identity thefts with 'takedowns,' 'poisons.'"
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