Friday, September 19th, 2008
11 arrested on one of the largest identity theft Cases Ever. The 11 were responsible for hacking nine U.S. retail locations with a lose of 40 million credit cards and debit card numbers. The charges brought up on the 11 include conspiracy, computer intrusion, fraud and identity theft.
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Friday, August 22nd, 2008
Nowhere seems to be safe from identity thieves anymore, not even charities. Hackers recently breached the website of a charity in the United Kingdom called Aid to the Church in Need. They made off with the personal information of over 2,000 donors. Instead of using this information to open up ...
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Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
Traditionally, identity thieves tend to use personal information to open up new lines of credit or rack up charges on current credit accounts. One international group of hackers tried a different approach. They hacked into the online database of White Wolf Publishing, a company that sells table top games. After ...
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