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Haywood Talcove: How agencies are exposing your personal data

Identity theft robs federal agencies in two ways. First, as many have found in recent years, the data they hold on citizens, and especially those who apply for ...

Tom Temin@tteminWFED

February 18, 2016 11:49 am

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Haywood Talcove, CEO, LexisNexis

Identity theft robs federal agencies in two ways. First, as many have found in recent years, the data they hold on citizens, and especially those who apply for benefits, is an attractive target for hackers looking to steal and resell identities. Second, agencies lose when they pay benefits to people who filed or applied using stolen or made-up identities. LexisNexis CEO Haywood Talcove joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss what agencies are doing wrong.