DSW Data Theft Much Larger Than Estimated – Yahoo! News Thieves who accessed a DSW Shoe Warehouse database obtained 1.4 million credit card numbers and the names on those accounts — 10 times more than investigators estimated last month.
It seems like almost every day now there is a story about a database being comprimised and personal financial information being stolen. Identities, Social Security Numbers, Credit Cards, you name it have all been hacked. I would love to say that the industry should self regulate and that the businesses involved should be responsible enough to protect against this themselves, but it is quite obvious that this is not the case.
I used to work for a company that provided people locate and background searches for individuals and businesses. Let me tell you that it is scarry the kind of information about you that is floating arround the Ether and for sale. The government needs to regulate this information and protect the citizens of this country.
When will enough be enough?