I think it all started with a web site somewhere that my wife visited and entered her name and phone number for some purpose or another.
The telephone rang a month or so ago and when I glanced at the Caller ID display, it read “Out of Area.” Uh oh, those are almost always trouble and [...]

Have you noticed lately, that every time you call some big company to ask a question or get help with something you get the old “Due to the heavy call volume we are experiencing, there may be a delay in being connected to a customer service representative” routine? Or at least something close to that?
No [...]

A computer a the veterinary school at U.C. Davis was hacked into and personal information for about 1500 students apparently was accessed.
The report goes on to state that the personal information stored on the computer system included names, birth dates and social security numbers. And this is the part that starts to get me more [...]