TEMPE, Ariz., Nov. 10, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NBC Connecticut reported 43,000 Yale University students, faculty and staff were affected recently with their names and Social Security numbers available to the public online for 10 months before it was discovered. This unintentional disclosure puts the total records breached in Connecticut at over 1.8 million with a ranking of 8th in the country for most records breached in the past two years according to the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse.
LifeLock (www.lifelock.com), the FBI Law Enforcement Executive Development Association (FBI-LEEDA) and the West Hartford Police Department will team up to present a free, one-day summit for local, regional and state law enforcement officials in Connecticut to better understand how to protect communities from the growing threats.
"There are clearly companies that report data breaches who are not first time offenders. Yale has appeared on the data breach list 3 times since 2007, and at what point do we say enough already?" asked LifeLock Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications Mike Prusinski. "Over that past six years we have seen universities report breach after breach, and still, they continue to fail when it comes to being truly proactive. In the Yale example, although the records were taken offline there's no way of really knowing who obtained personal information when it was available or where it is now."
The award-winning educational summit will help to increase law enforcement's knowledge base on this crime. The summit will cover identity theft trends and protection strategies as well as the newest techniques being used. Participants are strongly encouraged to share their awareness and resources with their family and communities to help protect against identity theft.
Details for the Identity Theft Summit in West Hartford, CT:
- The Connecticut Identity Theft Summit will be held from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 17th at the Town of West Hartford Town Hall Auditorium, 50 South Main Street, West Hartford, CT 06107.
As part of an ongoing nationwide series, the partnership with LifeLock and FBI-LEEDA has resulted in educating over 5,500 law enforcement professionals representing nearly 2,000 agencies since 2008. LifeLock also provides free educational programs for consumers. For additional information, visit LifeLock.
About LifeLock
LifeLock, Inc. is an industry leader in identity theft protection. Since 2005, LifeLock has been relentlessly protecting identities by providing consumers with the tools and confidence they need to help protect themselves from identity theft and manage their credit. The company has a strong focus on educating consumers and working with law enforcement and elected officials to better understand the increasing threats of identity theft. A multiple award-winning organization for two consecutive years, LifeLock has been recognized by Inc. magazine on their annual list of top 500 fastest growing privately held businesses in the United States and by the American Business Awards as having the 2011 Customer Service Team of the Year. In August 2011, Javelin Strategy & Research named LifeLock Command Center and Credit Score Manager as "Best in Prevention" in their annual Identity Protection Vendor Report.
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