Archive for July, 2009

17 July 2009

Twitter Was Hacked, Again!

The San Francisco-based company, Twitter, has become victim of a security breach for the third time. In this latest case, a hacker got the password for an employee’s personal e-mail account, possibly by guessing or by correctly answering a security question. He then worked from there to steal confidential company documents. Most social security sites [...]

17 July 2009

Police Sergeant Arrested!

University of Central Missouri police sergeant and wife arrested in identity theft scheme A University of Central Missouri police sergeant and his wife have been arrested in an identity theft involving the stolen Social Security numbers for 7,000 students and alumni. James and Amanda Drake have been charged with fraud, forgery, illegal credit card use [...]

16 July 2009

Student Stole 80 Identities!

A medical student from Chicago is facing federal charges in connection with an elaborate financial scheme he allegedly carried out while living in Portland and studying at Saint Joseph’s College two years ago. He was charged June 29 in federal court with one count of bank fraud and two counts of aggravated identity theft. But [...]

16 July 2009

ID Theft concern after burglary

Burglary of state storage facility creates ID theft concern DayPortPlayer.newPlayer({articleID:”23001″,bannerAdObjectID:”35″,videoAdObjectID:”34″,videoAdConDefID:”11″,playerInstanceID:”24FAD9E0-DC70-2532-414F-7E6F051C4C2F”,domain:”knxv.dayport.com”,rootCategory:”null”,categoryID:”3″,accPos:”CCTVI.NEWS”,accSite:”KNXV”}); Thieves targeted a Phoenix storage facility near 7th Street and Indian School Road last October, taking two hard drives. “We think simply somebody broke in and was after the computers, not knowing anything about what might have been on the computers,” said Steve Meissner, communications [...]

15 July 2009

SecureID to combat ID Theft

“Identity theft and fraud is the fastest growing crime in the United States, and government-issued documents like our driver’s licenses and ID cards are targets for people who commit these crimes. In fact, the BMV today has over 500 active cases of identity theft or fraud.” – Andy Miller, commissioner of the Indiana Bureau of [...]

14 July 2009

State Protects ID Theft Victims

State protection for victims of identity theft SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (ABC 4 News) – Millions of people become the victim of identity theft in the US every year, but the State of Utah has set up a website to make it easier for ID theft victims to protect themselves. “Identity theft is a crime [...]

13 July 2009

Identity Theft Top Complaint

FTC: Identity Theft Top Consumer Complaint in 2008 – FOX NEWS According to a report issued by the Federal Trade Commission, identity theft accounted for 26 percent of all consumer complaints received in 2008. The report says among the most common forms of identity theft, credit-card fraud was tops at 20 percent. Following close behind [...]

12 July 2009

Hackers Sell Your Identity

Hackers Can Sell Your Identity for Pennies – Associated Press Stolen credit card numbers now go for as little as 6 cents each, if they’re bought 10,000 at a time. Access to hijacked e-mail accounts: 10 cents to $100. Bank account credentials: $10 to $1,000. “The pipeline for stolen data is being replenished by phony [...]

11 July 2009

ID Thieves Attack Neopets

Popular Children’s Web Site Under Attack by Identity Thieves – FOX NEWS “Passwords to banking sites, account information, Social Security and credit card numbers all become fair game.” “The threat of malware isn’t just isolated to one hacker stealing one person’s information, say security experts. Devious software can sniff out passwords stored in browsers or [...]