Posts Tagged ‘News’
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
ID Theft concern after burglary
Burglary of state storage facility creates ID theft concern // 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 [...]
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 [...]