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Diamond Comic Distributors has issue the watch word of advice to sure vendors about a data point breach – include those from a decade and a one-half ago , such asBen Tinsley . Diamond has inform them that their names and social security number were part of a wetting . Why would Diamond even have vender societal security numbers ? Well , that was from a clip when Diamond paid self - write creator directly , and sometimes that meant societal security numbers were necessary for paying American citizens . And it seems that Diamond kept them on the digital books since 2006 .
This comes as a result of a ransomware flack tardily last year , in which it seems that personal info may have been accessed . Diamond states that they have no understanding to consider the info leaked has been pervert , and how widespread this issue is , we do n’t recognise . Diamond has stated they are now regurgitate older personal information contain , and offering a free one - year membership of TrueIdentity , a service that will facilitate place anyone who is missing your personal info .
Ben Tinsley got one of his comics stagger as Wham Bang comics by Diamond in 2009 when he received internal publicity forAmber Hagerman merit Justice : A Night Owl Storyby Tinsley and his son Jake , promoting the renew police investigation into the slaying of Amber Hagerman in the early nineties , which ensure the Tinsleys interviewed onThe Today Show . That was the only one of Tinsley ’s comics Diamond agreed to give out . But it would enough , it seems , to leave alone him vulnerable to data point theft thirteen years later on .
Now part ofJason Dube’sScattered Comics , Ben Tinsley published The Tinsley Boys apportion Universe comics with Kickstarter , includingThe Blonde Assassin , Alternative Identities , Night OwlandGenius : The Akashic Avatarwritten byRachel Pollack .
Have you received any alike letters from Diamond ? How far does this data leak go ?
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