| 'Security Risk' Blocks U.S. Troops Overseas from Free Credit Report Site
No Free Online Access for Millions of Americans YONKERS, N.Y., Oct. 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Millions of U.S. citizens outside the country -- including several hundred thousand members of the armed forces -- are not permitted to see their personal credit information on the Web site set up by law to provide free access, over security concerns that an offshore user might create. Four years ago, the U.S. Congress mandated creating the http://www.annualcreditreport.com site that gives consumers free access to one report per year from each of the three major credit agencies, Equifax, Experian and TransUnion. The law that created that site, the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 -- known as FACTA, or the FACT Act -- was designed to protect U.S.
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Generally, you will need to freeze at all three bureaus - TransUnion, Equifax and Experian - to make it effective. It's possible, however, that a bureau doesn't have a report on you - and it's silly to pay to freeze something that doesn't exist. So before you apply, get a copy of your free annual credit report from each bureau to see who has a report on you. You will also want to check the freeze terms at each bureau before deciding. How to apply: TransUnion has its system up and running. Send your name, Social Security number and a credit card number and expiration date (for the $10 charge) to TransUnion, P.O. Box 6790, Fullerton, Calif., 92834-6790. If you are a victim of ID theft, freezes and thaws are free. For more information, call 1-888-909-8872.
(AFX UK Focus) 2007-10-23 09:30 GMT: TFN NEWS BRIEFING: Banking and insurance highlights to 09:15 BST
2007-10-23 09:08:24 Eurazeo's ANF raises 335.1 mln eur from capital increase at 47 eur/share PARIS (Thomson Financial) - ANF, the property subsidiary of French investment group Eurazeo, said it raised 335.1 mln eur through a capital increase at 47 eur per share following the exercise of a 43.7 mln eur extension option on top of the initial amount of 291.4 mln eur. 2007-10-23 08:58:31 French insurer AG2R Prevoyance rated 'A-'; outlook stable - S&P MUMBAI (Thomson Financial) - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said it has assigned its 'A-' long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings to France-based insurer AG2R Prevoyance and its core subsidiary PRIMA, with a stable outlook. 2007-10-23 08:55:54 Allianz's Dresdner Bank considers contributing to 'super' conduit fund FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) - Allianz SE's Dresdner Bank is considering contributing to the recently announced 'super' conduit fund devised by Citigroup Inc, JP Morgan Chase & Co and Bank of America Corp, a spokesman told daily Handlesblatt at the sideline of the IMF meeting in Washington.
Online crooks target Macs with porn ruse
SAN FRANCISCO -- In a backhanded compliment to Apple Inc., online criminals are apparently so impressed with its scorching sales they are sending Macintosh computers an attack typically aimed at machines running Microsoft Corp.'s dominant Windows operating system.Symantec Corp. researchers said the Web sites serving up the new attack also deploy a Windows version."For a while Mac users have enjoyed the benefits of being a small enough population that hackers didn't go after them directly - that's obviously now changing," said Ben Greenbaum, senior research manager at Symantec Security Response.Lynn Fox, an Apple spokeswoman, said the Cupertino-based company knows about the threat and urges Mac users to be careful about where they download things from."Apple has a great track record for keeping Mac OS X users secure, and as always, we encourage people to install software only from trusted sources," she said in a statement.Online porn-hunters are the intended victim of the latest ploy, in which visitors to certain explicit Web sites are led to believe they're downloading a free video player when in fact they're installing malicious code onto their Macs.Once the user authorizes the transaction, the fraudsters can redirect his future browsing to fraudulent Web sites and possibly to steal his information or passwords or simply send ads for other pornographic Web sites and rake in advertising dollars.For example, a person using an infected computer may think he is going to online auctioneer eBay Inc.
Japan Outlook:Mitsubishi UFJ Financial 1H, Oct Trade Balance
TOKYO (Dow Jones)--Here are the major economic events scheduled in Japan on Wednesday. All times refer to GMT. The following companies report earnings for the fiscal first half ended in September: -Tokyo Bureau, Dow Jones Newswires; 813-5255-2929 (END) Dow Jones Newswires November 20, 2007 17:30 ET (22:30 GMT) Copyright 2007 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. .
As scouts watch, ISU's Eldridge puts up career day
NORMAL — A couple professional scouts watched Sunday's game at Redbird Arena, presumably to check out North Carolina-Wilmington seniors T.J. Carter and Vladimir Kuljanin. | Photo GalleryUndoubtedly, another name topped the reports written for their teams by Ronnie Lester (Los Angeles Lakers) and Brad Lohaus (San Antonio Spurs).Illinois State sophomore guard Osiris Eldridge showed everyone who was the best player on Doug Collins Court. Eldridge poured in a career-high 30 points and helped shut down Carter in the second half as ISU improved to 3-0 for the first time in 11 years with an 89-73 victory in the Chicago Invitational Challenge.“A lot of certain players have a lot of hype. Hopefully down the line, I'll have that same hype," said Eldridge, who has scored 57 points the past two games.
Laptop computer containing patient information missing
CONCORD Cabarrus County officials say the county's Emergency Medical Services has lost a laptop computer containing the personal information of 28,000 people and the medical information of 58 people. The county is offering a $500 reward for the safe return of the computer, a Panasonic Tough Book 18 tablet PC version. The computer is silver encased with a black hard alloy. The computer was lost on Oct. 28, a Sunday, around 10 p.m., when a Cabarrus County EMS ambulance transported a patient to Carolinas Medical CenterNorthEast. The laptop was left on the back bumper of the ambulance while it was parked at the hospital's emergency bay. "It was just human error," said Aimee Hawkins, a spokeswoman for Cabarrus County. County officials say they don't know whether the computer was lost at the hospital or while in transit back to the EMS station, nor do they know whether someone recovered the computer or it was destroyed in traffic.
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