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	<description>Read of my efforts to be an exemplary class rep. in the Elvey v. TD Ameritrade pump-n-dump spam and Identity Theft litigation. (I discovered the information security breach by which the Social Security Numbers of all 6.3 million AMTD customers were compromised and proved that known criminals had gained access to the database they were in. )</description>
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		<title>New SEC guidance on Cybersecurity</title>
		<link>http://caringaboutsecurity.wordpress.com/2011/10/30/new-sec-guidance-on-cybersecurity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 19:50:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Elvey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The SEC has a pathetic new regulation, its first on cybersecurity.  It&#8217;s another cog in a system designed to provide the appearance of Justice without actually meting it out to the very powerful or wealthy.  The SEC refused to act on warnings about the TD Ameritrade breach, the Madoff scam, and is poised to &#8230; continue to do more [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=caringaboutsecurity.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3979138&amp;post=366&amp;subd=caringaboutsecurity&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Settlement won final approval.</title>
		<link>http://caringaboutsecurity.wordpress.com/2011/10/07/settlement-won-final-approval/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 05:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Elvey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How do I feel? I feel like the justice system has let me down, like the Wall Street protesters who, e.g. want to see the executives of my former employer who lied to congress at least get arrested. TD Ameritrade (TDA) has refused to pass a security audit, and the attorneys supposedly representing the class [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=caringaboutsecurity.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3979138&amp;post=356&amp;subd=caringaboutsecurity&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Internet still plagued by insecure updates.  Hall of shame: elvey.com/insecure</title>
		<link>http://caringaboutsecurity.wordpress.com/2011/07/11/internet-still-plagued-by-insecure-updates-hall-of-shame-elvey-cominsecure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:55:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Elvey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sick and tired of having essentially no choice but to intentionally expose my computer to attack and root compromise by any resourceful and motivated adversary.  It&#8217;s time to do more about it.  COMING SOON:  elvey.com/insecure Filed under: Settlement Component<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=caringaboutsecurity.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3979138&amp;post=349&amp;subd=caringaboutsecurity&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Should I sue&#8230;?   TD Ameritrade vaults are still wide open.</title>
		<link>http://caringaboutsecurity.wordpress.com/2011/04/18/should-i-sue-td-ameritrade-vaults-are-still-wide-open/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 04:09:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Elvey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Should I sue the makers of this film for copyright infringement? I&#8217;m joking, of course, in case that wasn&#8217;t obvious.  However, this film does a damn good job portraying what the InfoSec department at TD Ameritrade was (and, unfortunately, still is) like.  Counsel recently informed me, probably not realizing the foolishness it exposed, that TD [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=caringaboutsecurity.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3979138&amp;post=222&amp;subd=caringaboutsecurity&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SEC Filings &#8211; 10-Q, etc.</title>
		<link>http://caringaboutsecurity.wordpress.com/2011/04/18/sec-filings-10-q-etc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 03:44:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Elvey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Note the underlined bits.  Note the choice of words used.  Spam, instead of Security Breach.  &#8221;Other personal information&#8221;, instead of &#8220;including Social Security Numbers, Account Balances, Home Addresses and Phone Numbers&#8221; or better yet, the &#8211; still undisclosed &#8211; complete actual list of the data fields in the compromised database. I&#8217;ve been following TD Ameritrads&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=caringaboutsecurity.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3979138&amp;post=215&amp;subd=caringaboutsecurity&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Settlement Claims Administrator Rosenthal &amp; Co. (part of Computershare) LIES about terms!?! Object to the Settlement? Deadlines! Final Approval Hearing! Claim Forms!</title>
		<link>http://caringaboutsecurity.wordpress.com/2011/02/01/settlement-claims-administrator-rosenthal-co-part-of-computershare-lies-about-terms_object-to-the-settlement_deadlines_final-approval-hearing_claim-form/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 19:54:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Elvey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TD Ameritrade breach]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I called the Claims Administrator yesterday, at 1-888-749-8173. The firm is well known in its field: Rosenthal &#38; Co, which part of Computershare.  What a fiasco! Warning: DO NOT USE the information I report receiving below; I believe the information I received is INCORRECT, and that it&#8217;s newsworthy that I received INCORRECT information. After a short wait, I spoke [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=caringaboutsecurity.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3979138&amp;post=324&amp;subd=caringaboutsecurity&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Third Proposed Settlement up for Preliminary Approval. I oppose. (Modified 1/1/11, 1/25/11)</title>
		<link>http://caringaboutsecurity.wordpress.com/2010/12/10/third-proposed-settlement-up-for-preliminary-approval/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 17:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Elvey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Settlement Component]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TD Ameritrade breach]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[NEW: You can review and comment on the key documents, which I&#8217;ve posted in editable wiki form at http://caringaboutsecurity.wikispaces.com! Cool, huh?(I&#8217;ve not posted the less important documents to the wiki. Just exhibits A, F, and G for now.) Please take a look and provide feedback.  On December 9, 2010, I filed and argued in court against the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=caringaboutsecurity.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3979138&amp;post=283&amp;subd=caringaboutsecurity&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Audit</title>
		<link>http://caringaboutsecurity.wordpress.com/2010/03/29/audit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:12:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Elvey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Settlement Component]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TD Ameritrade breach]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Judge Walker has said that the audit component primarily benefits TD Ameritrade, not the class.  Here&#8217;s why I think a good audit component substantially benefits the class.  Today, the public has no good way of knowing whether any company they are considering doing business with (such as a bank or brokerage firm) has good security.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=caringaboutsecurity.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3979138&amp;post=204&amp;subd=caringaboutsecurity&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>We won!  Chief Judge Vaughn Walker throws out bogus identity theft settlement, KamberEdelson firm. CMC December 10th</title>
		<link>http://caringaboutsecurity.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/we-win-settlement-and-kamberedelson-booted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:23:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Elvey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The proposed settlement has been thrown out! What did I think of the decision? What do I want to see happen? The media is asleep on the job? Answers: What did I think of the decision? We won a round!  I am heartened and thrilled that Chief Judge Vaughn Walker&#8217;s order rejecting the settlement cited [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=caringaboutsecurity.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3979138&amp;post=185&amp;subd=caringaboutsecurity&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Final Approval Hearing! 10 AM {sic} September 10th in Courtroom 6, 17th Floor, 450 Golden Gate in San Francisco.</title>
		<link>http://caringaboutsecurity.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/hearing-tomorrow-morning-10-am-september-10th-in-courtroom-6-17th-floor-450-golden-gate-in-san-francisco/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Elvey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE SNOWJOB TD Ameritrade&#8217;s PR goons pulled is unraveling.  UCAN&#8217;s Privacy Rights clearinghouse run by Beth Givens has corrected its database entry for the breach.  Attrition.org/datalossdb.org  have corrected their entry.  Both now indicate that social security numbers were compromised. Today is the hearing on approval of the settlement -  at 10 AM (September 10th) in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=caringaboutsecurity.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3979138&amp;post=175&amp;subd=caringaboutsecurity&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Acknowledgements</title>
		<link>http://caringaboutsecurity.wordpress.com/2009/03/17/acknowledgements/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Elvey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank Yous are due to many folks who helped me in this mission. Thanks first of all to Greg Beck and the other fine folks at Public Citizen, and who support their work. Some I hesitate to acknowledge in public &#8211; the lawyers and others who advised me, especially during the period I lacked adequate [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=caringaboutsecurity.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3979138&amp;post=68&amp;subd=caringaboutsecurity&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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