Remembrance of 9-11 and identity theft

September 11, 11:22 AMIdentity Theft ExaminerJoe Campana

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World Trade Center Attack Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001
                       (AP Photo/Hiro Oshima
              via Sept. 11 Memorial and Museum)

Close to a decade ago, a group of foreigners banded together and acquired 368 identities of people like you and me. Over the course of time, these aliens used the identities to enter our country illegally, to create multiple identifications and to finance their lives and their mission in the land of the free. From now on, when you think of identity theft:

• Think of the nearly 3000 victims of 9-11 and their families.
• Think of the thousands of police, fire fighters and volunteers who responded to the unprovoked attack  eight years ago.

     The World Trade Center construction site is shown
                Friday, Sept. 11, 2009 in New York.
                     (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

• Think of the social responsibility that businesses, government, schools and non-profits have to protect the sensitive information that their customers, constituents, patrons, students and employees entrust with them.
• Think to keep your identity secure—your social security number, account numbers, driver identification number, medical records and other sensitive information.
• Think to demand that businesses, government, schools and non-profits keep your information secure.

Never forget, 9-11 started with 19 terrorists, also identity thieves, using 368 stolen identities of people like you and me.