We contacted Google and within 30-minutes the web log, called a blog, was down. We've also contacted local and federal authorities, and a few people in Colorado Springs who's information was on the site.

The person behind the blog that was posted on blogger.com issued a warning at the top, stating “Where the cyber life begin and nothing is secure.” That point's proven with a list of hundreds of credit card numbers, names and addresses.

We showed the site to computer crimes Detective Mark Pfoff, with the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office. “You know I thought I'd seen it all, but now here's something I hadn't seen before,” he said. Detective Pfoff thinks the information “was ripped from several databases” and posted online.

We contacted several people who’s information is on the site. “That is my credit card number,” Randy Babb told News First Investigates. He works for Colorado College and the Visa number on the blog was from a card the College issued him. After we told him about the blog, he contacted the College business office and had the card cancelled before anyone else could use it.

Colorado Springs native Rae Driscoll’s name was also on the list, so was a Visa number from her husband’s business. Fortunately their credit card company cancelled the card after spotting some suspicious activity. “They said that they had had three $5 charges within 15 minutes,” Driscoll said, “this was at 9:30 at night and they wanted to know if they were our charges and he (Driscoll’s husband) said no. And they said they were going to cancel the card then.”

Detective Pfoff says what News First Investigates found should be a wake up call for businesses, which should make sure their computer servers are secure. 

As for the rest of us, he says frequently check your accounts online, don't wait for the statement or bill in the mail. “All the banks have online services, so you can get access to your account from your house and you could monitor your account almost on an hourly or daily basis to determine very quickly if someone's using your personal information,” he said.

Detective Pfoff was a victim of identity theft and knows how hard it is to get everything cleared up.  He says being proactive is the key to protecting yourself.  He now uses a credit card that has a $500 limit when he's buying items online from businesses he's not sure about.  He says the larger online businesses that have been in business for a long time are the most secure.

For more information and tips for fighting identity theft go to the Identity Theft Resource Center.

 STATEMENT FROM GOOGLE

"Thank you for bringing this to our attention. Keeping users safe from fraud is something Google takes very seriously. The unauthorized publishing of people's private and confidential information, such as credit card numbers, Social Security Numbers, and driver's and other license numbers violates Blogger's Terms of Service <https://www.blogger.com/terms.g>. We do not tolerate these violations, and we block access to blogs that engage in this type of activity, as we did with <http://ranggawardhana.blogspot.com/>. We encourage users to help us keep the Blogger community safe by reporting questionable content to Google. At the top of every Blogger site, there is a "Flag Blog" button that lets users report sites and helps Google investigate content and take action when needed. Users can also report sites through the Blogger Help Center: <http://help.blogger.com/?page=troubleshooter.cs&problem=&contact_type=main_tos&Submit=Submit>."