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Protecting yourself from fraud protection

Sep 26, 2014
U.S. Bank billed customers for identity theft services they never received.

Health care data is becoming big target for hackers

Feb 6, 2014
Turns out a lot of our medical records aren't very secure, and might be even more valuable to hackers.

What will a thief do with my credit card number?

Dec 19, 2013
Target has revealed that the credit card numbers for more than 40 million customers have been stolen from its retail network.

Man arrested for ID theft of most of Greek population

Nov 21, 2012
Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse for the Greeks.

Heading towards fiscal health

Aug 31, 2012
David Lazarus of the Los Angeles Times answers caller questions on personal finance, along with CBS MoneyWatch.com editor-at-large Jill Schlesinger.

Getting Personal: Underwater - should you swim away?

Jan 13, 2012
L.A. Times consumer columnist David Lazarus joins Tess to answer questions about debt mediation services and how to cope with the bank when your home is underwater.
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Big security breach in Texas

Apr 12, 2011
Texas, you better sit down for this. Texas State Comptroller Susan Combs announced on Monday that the names, addresses, Social Security numbers and...

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Child ID theft - more common than you think

Apr 1, 2011
A research fellow at Carnegie Mellon's CyLab is out with a new report today about child identity theft. The first large report about this ever. And...