RSSLexis Nexis, Identity Theft Worse Than Originally Thought
It appears that the numbers are much worse than first reported by in March of the Identity Theft of those who hacked into Nexis Lexis. Some 310,000 individuals are feared to have had their information stolen.
LexisNexis, which said in March that 32,000 people had been potentially affected by the breaches, will notify an additional 278,000 individuals whose data may have been stolen.
” … determined that its databases had been fraudulently breached 59 times using stolen passwords, leading to the possible theft of personal information such as addresses and Social Security numbers.”
We had originally posted on the identity theft story following the Choice Point breach. So far it appears than no one has reported a case of identity theft; however, the amount of people originally suspected to have been affected is alarmingly much greater than initially reported.
H/T: Drudge
Behind the Scenes; Your Government at Work
With all the Left’s complaining about the Patriot Act, that the US is no safer than prior to 9-11, and the War in Iraq being a distraction from the War on Terror; comes this great news for all Americans. According to Fox News and stated by the Justice Department:
The new charges against the three include conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction, conspiracy to provide material support to terrorism, providing and concealing material support to terrorism and conspiracy to damage and destroy buildings involved in interstate and foreign commerce.
According to the indictment, Barot served as lead instructor at a jihad training camp in Afghanistan. He is also accused of applying to a college in New York in 2000 in order to conceal the true purpose of his trips to the United States. He never actually enrolled or attended any classes.
The terrorists appear that they were examining and casing many prominent value targets:
New York-area buildings as well as the International Monetary Fund and World Bank buildings in Washington, D.C.
Officials later told FOX News that other potential targets included the American Stock Exchange, Nasdaq, Morgan Stanley, Lehman Bros., Goldman Sachs, the Federal Reserve Bank, Bear Stearns, AIG, MetLife and JP Morgan Chase.
The Indictment can bee seen here.
More can be found from CNN; however, their couple of lines are almost puzzling.
At the time, law enforcement officials said they believed al Qaeda members were planning another attack on the United States before last November’s presidential election.
No such attack materialized.
Isn’t this a good thing that no attack materialized?
Our Government’s main job is to protect its citizens. Even more so in a post 9-11 World. For all those nay sayers that claim some how the US is in worse shape than prior to 9-11; how can we take them seriously? Partisan politics ends not at the borders, but at the protection of the citizens of America so that no 9-11 event can happen again. Must we be reminded by such horrific events that there are bad people out there waiting to do evil against us?
This is your Government hard at work protecting you. Why would anyone in this country be against the protection of its own people? Number 402.5 to think about next time you go and vote.
And Now For Something Completely Different
Well I must say I never thought I would hear this from the NAACP. Imean I knew they would think it, but say it? The organization so famous for using the “race card” is accusing others of using it. My God this is not only the pot and the kettle but the entire stove as well. Black leaders of the NAACP, accused President Bush of “playing the race card” in his pitch to sell his proposed Social Security plan.
“Rather than playing the race card to set Americans against Americans, we urge the administration to address the long-term problems the system faces now,” said Bond, the NAACP’s chairman.
It is too bad that Bond cannot take that same philosophy on every other topic that exists today. Because this little comparison was so useful on dealing with long tern issues of terrorism.
“Recognizing the shorter life expectancy of people of color is commendable, but placing them further at risk is no solution.”
Critics of Bush’s plan say black mortality figures are skewed by higher death rates among infants and a higher exposure to violent crime.
What? When will black people wake up and figure out that those they are listening to and vote for at a 90% rate are doing nothing for them. That there are certain black leaders who make a cottage industry out of keeping the races apart. You have a Republican President who is actually taking into account the black bias of SS because of life expectancy yet black leaders are making excuses instead. The numbers are skewed because of “death rates of infants” and “exposure to crime”. How is this a skewed number when it comes to receiving SS? It is a fact and it prevents these individuals from ever receiving SS.
A leader of a black organization that is supposed to be there to help blacks actually turns his back on a plan that would aid blacks. Funny, if it was Bill Clinton offering this plan I am sure that Bond would be in favor of it. It should never make a difference who comes up with a plan that aids minorities. It is this lockstep Democratic Party voting that only continues to hurt blacks. Most people would use their “voting block” to negotiate for perks. Instead it would appear that too many blacks just wish to listen entirely to their leaders even when the opportunities afforded to them would benefit them.
Submitted to the Beltway Traffic Jam
MSM Wishes They Had Reporters Like This
The MSM is clamoring over this eager and inventive reporter who managed to scoop all other reporters. The reporter managed to get an interview with Pop Diva, Brittany Spears. An interview that many have tried to get since the rumors of pregnancy & divorce have been swirling around the gossip rags.
So you think that the MSM is looking to sign up this reporter who scooped the rest? Just one issue, she’s 10 years old.
There is no truth to the rumor that CBS is looking to sign her up. I heard she does a mean fact checking.
What Would PETA Say
Are you kidding me? Could you imagine if this was ever expressed as a means of getting rid of a pest in this country? WHAT WOULD PETA SAY?
David Tollner, the member for the Northern Territory seat of Solomon, wishes to end the menace of the Cane Toads by smashing them to death with golf clubs and cricket bats.
“(When I was a child) we hit them with cricket bats, golf clubs and the like. Things were a bit different, most kids had a slug gun or an air rifle and we would get stuck into them with that sort of thing as well,” Tollner told Australian radio.
Got a problem, come up with a simple solution. No problems mate. I knew there was a reason why I loved Australians.
