New Free Web Service Confirms Theft Of Your Identity

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New Free Web Service Confirms Theft Of Your Identity

Web-based search service lets individuals check whether their personal information has been compromised

By Kelly Jackson Higgins

DarkReading - Sep 17, 2009

A new, free Web-based search service that combs real identity-theft trafficking forums used by criminals lets consumers proactively check if they are a victim of identity theft.

The StolenID Search site is a partnership between ID theft prevention firm TrustedID and U.K.-based Lucid Intelligence, a firm founded by two former Scotland Yard investigators that maintains a massive database of more than 120 million compromised personal accounts. In July Lucid announced plans to launch identity theft search services using the database, which was built from a collection of stolen identity information from law enforcement databases and from volunteers who monitor criminal ID theft marketplaces.

To research whether they're at risk of ID theft using TrustedID and Lucid's StolenID Search service, users type in their names and email addresses for an initial search. They are prompted for more information if there's a match -- as well as verification that they are who they say they are -- to drill down into more detail about which of their personal information is making the rounds on the black market.

More details at DarkReading - http://www.darkreading.com/security/attack...ttacks/breaches