'Real ID' Act Could Help ID Thieves
An article at Eweek discusses how the 'Real ID' Act Could Help ID Thieves. Quotes:
"[The new law is] being done in spite of the growing popularity of state RMVs (Registries of Motor Vehicles) as targets for identity thieves, experts say."
"Collection of this particular information is not new, the linkage of states' databases is. The bill specifies that states link what are at present discrete databases, creating, in effect, one nationwide database with personal information pertaining to all citizens.
Even with states' currently discrete, disconnected databases, thieves increasingly have turned their attention to RMVs."
"In March, thieves rammed a car through the back wall of a DMV near Las Vegas and stole computer equipment containing personal information on more than 8,900 people. Police in the past month have arrested DMV examiners in Florida and Maryland for selling fake driver's licenses."
"[The new law is] being done in spite of the growing popularity of state RMVs (Registries of Motor Vehicles) as targets for identity thieves, experts say."
"Collection of this particular information is not new, the linkage of states' databases is. The bill specifies that states link what are at present discrete databases, creating, in effect, one nationwide database with personal information pertaining to all citizens.
Even with states' currently discrete, disconnected databases, thieves increasingly have turned their attention to RMVs."
"In March, thieves rammed a car through the back wall of a DMV near Las Vegas and stole computer equipment containing personal information on more than 8,900 people. Police in the past month have arrested DMV examiners in Florida and Maryland for selling fake driver's licenses."
posted by the Precision Blogger at Thursday, May 12, 2005
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