Security News > 2007 > April > Title Agency Warns Customers About Security Breach
http://ktar.com/?nid=6&sid=440413 By Kevin Tripp KTAR April 5th, 2007 There's a new warning about identity theft. Security Title Agency in Phoenix is warning customers about a security breach. About five weeks ago their Web site was altered by computer hackers. Customer information is stored on the same server as the Web site. The company believes that information is safe. They say they hackers "defaced" their website and likened them to "graffiti artists." "Even if a hacker hacks into a website as a joke, they're not specifically targeting your personal information. That still doesn't mean they didn't get and the company can't honestly say they didn't get your personal information," says Bob Hartle from ID Theft Services. Hackers have the ability to gather information off a business' Web site. So if somebody hacks into Security's Web site, they have the ability to take off the website whatever they want. Security Title Agency admits it's not "100 percent sure" customer information wasn't obtained. But the company is providing free credit monitoring for its customers. "What the business community is not doing is making the Internet safe. And apparently they can't do it because you're hearing about all these security breaches," says Hartle. __________________________ Subscribe to InfoSec News http://www.infosecnews.org