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$28 million payday for data thieves !!


According to the Washington Post for on the black market these days, a full identity (name, SSN, address, bank information, etc) can go for $14 each.

University of Miami officials last week acknowledged that six backup tapes from its medical school that contained more than 2 million medical records was stolen in March from a van that was transporting the data to an off-site facility.

So a payday of $28 million beckons.


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3 Responses to “$28 million payday for data thieves !!”


  1. UKpreneur.co.uk Says:

    Dear YGIB

    Check out a blog we are doing on the 5th about Loseitback.com (which i founded and failed) and also featuring your company.

    Best
    Scott
    UKpreneur
    ‘Entrepreneurs Best Friend’


  2. Glandore Systems Blog » Blog Archive » Confidential Medical Files “dumped in fields in Co Cork” Says:

    [...] In the case of the backup tapes that were stolen from the University of Miami last week, it amounts $28 million! With figures like this, even your average laptop thief on the street is going to wake up to the [...]


  3. Paul Prendergast Says:

    Hi Scott
    Looking forward to reading your post - drop me a line of you want any further detail of yougetitback.com ! paul@yougetitback.com


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