Cornell University Breach Puts 45,000 at Risk

NationalCreditReport.com Recommends Credit Monitoring in the Event of a Breach and Reporting Online and Offline Fraud Activity

Data breach at Cornell puts 45,000 at risk of identity theft. Be sure to safeguard all credit.


Delray Beach, FL - June 25, 2009 - NationalCreditReport.com™ (the"Company"), a leading provider of free credit reports and credit monitoringservices, recommends that all consumers, especially those whoseidentities have been compromised in a data breach, utilize a creditmonitoring service to help protect themselves from identity theft.Also, the Company highly recommends reporting any offline and online fraud activity.

Earlier this week, Cornell University announced that more than 45,000people associated with the university had their names and SocialSecurity numbers exposed after a laptop was stolen. Cornell has said itwill provide credit monitoring and other identity theft protectionservices to those involved.

Thecomputer theft at Cornell demonstrates the vulnerability of consumers'information and the need for protective services such as creditmonitoring, especially in the event of a breach

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"The computer theft at Cornell demonstrates the vulnerability ofconsumers' information and the need for protective services such ascredit monitoring, especially in the event of a breach," said AllisonTomek, NationalCreditReport.com's Vice President of Investor Relationsand Corporate Communications. "Our Safeguard Credit service sends emailalerts when potentially fraudulent items, or any significant changes,are made to a credit report, like the opening of a fraudulent creditcard. Our identity security services, which encompass creditmonitoring, help give consumers peace of mind."

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Since 2004,NationalCreditReport.com has specialized in providing identity theftprotection services, which encompass credit monitoring and creditreporting, to help protect consumers from identity theft. The Companyencourages consumers to utilize its credit monitoring service, especially in the event of a data breach and encourages the reporting of any fraud activity online and offline.