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Identity Theft NewsMay 22, 2013 Beware of tornado donation scamsNational disasters, celebrity deaths, holidays and other emotional events mean “work time” for many sociopaths and identity thieves. As warned repeatedly in this column, times like today that arouse emotions are when consumers must beware of being duped through techniques commonly known as social engineering. Don’t become a victim and get taken for cash or even worse become a victim of identity theft and get taken for more! ...read full article May 22, 2013 Former Elgin deputy police chief charged with identity theft, misconductA former high-ranking Elgin police officer and current Stockton police chief was indicted Tuesday on charges he used a law enforcement database to hack into an e-mail account and get personal information, according to Kane County prosecutors. ...read full article May 22, 2013 Experts highlight top data breach vulnerabilitiesHidden vulnerabilities lie in everyday activities that can expose personal information and lead to data breach, including buying gas with a credit card or wearing a pacemaker. ...read full article May 22, 2013 The Eight Most Common Causes Of Data BreachesData breaches have dominated headlines recently. Whether it's nation-state spies intent on stealing information, cyber pranksters and hacktivists looking for attention, or cybercriminals out to make a buck, there are plenty of adversaries intent on breaking into networks and databases and carrying away whatever pieces of information they can grab. ...read full article May 22, 2013 Dent Neurologic Institute Acknowledges Data BreachNew York's Dent Neurologic Institute (DNI) recently announced that an employee mistakenly attached patient information to an e-mail sent to approximately 200 patients on May 13, 2013 (h/t Becker's Hospital Review). ...read full article May 22, 2013 Erie County DSS investigating health data breachThere is more patient data exposure news from Buffalo, NY, as following the recent health data breach at DENT Neurologic Institute, the Erie County Comptroller’s office (headed by Stefan I. Mychajliw) reported that paper health records with protected health information (PHI) were left out in public view by the Department of Social Services (DSS). ...read full article May 22, 2013 Data breach puts Lifeline phone applicants' privacy at riskLast fall, when Linda Mendez was offered discount phone service through a federal program for the poor, the San Antonio mom thought it was too good to be true. She signed up anyway. ...read full article May 21, 2013 New Stolen Valor Act Breezes Through HouseA new version of a bill that targets fake war heroes easily passed the House of Representatives late Monday with a 390-3 vote. The bill, H.R. 258 also known as the Stolen Valor Act of 2013, is the latest attempt by Congress to push through legislation that would punish people who falsely claim to have won military awards, such as the Congressional Medal of Honor, and profit from those lies. ...read full article May 21, 2013 Pair accused of identity theft arrested in AngelsA U.S. Secret Service team arrived in Calaveras County after a Reno couple was arrested May 14 on charges of identity theft, forgery and possession of drug paraphernalia. ...read full article May 21, 2013 Alabama Woman Gets Four Years for Identity TheftLarreka Jackson operated a business called It's Tax Time that she used as a front to file fraduluent tax returns.The U.S. Department of Justice recently announced that Larreka Jackson was sentenced to four years in prison and ordered to pay $721,519.12 in restitution for for her role in a conspiracy to use stolen identities to obtain tax refunds. ...read full article May 21, 2013 US Secret Service probe bank theft in Savanna areaSAVANNA — The U.S. Secret Service Chicago field office has taken over an investigation into a string of debit and credit card frauds that have targeted banks and credit unions in Savanna and surrounding areas, according to Savanna Police Chief Michael Moon. ...read full article May 20, 2013 Individual Sentenced to 57 Months in Prison for Id Fraud and Impersonating an Osha Official in Wake of Gulf Oil SpillConnie M. Knight, 47, previously of Belle Chasse, La., was sentenced to serve 57 months in prison in New Orleans federal court late yesterday for providing fraudulent hazardous waste safety training in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon explosion and spill, announced Ignacia S. Moreno, Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division, and Dana Boente, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana. In addition, Ms. Knight was ordered to pay victim restitution in the amount of $25,300. ...read full article May 20, 2013 Yahoo Japan May Have Leaked 22 Million IDs in AttackYahoo Japan, which has little to do with the Yahoo that's buying Tumblr, has revealed that it believes some 22 million IDs may have been leaked in an attack that the company discovered and stopped as it happened. ...read full article May 20, 2013 Phone carriers expose low-income applicants to risk of ID theftLast fall, when Linda Mendez was offered discount phone service through a federal program for the poor, the San Antonio mom thought it was too good to be true. She signed up anyway. ...read full article May 20, 2013 Former Lakewood police officer Skeeter Manos pleads guilty to ID theft, forgerySkeeter Manos fell a little farther into the pit of infamy Friday by pleading guilty to identity theft and forgery in Pierce County Superior Court. ...read full article May 20, 2013 Judge investigated personal ID theft case, pointing police to suspect who got 13 yearsAs an Oregon judge, Christopher Marshall had presided over many an identity theft case. So when the Multnomah County circuit court jurist himself was victimized in a health club gym locker break-in, he quickly developed a game plan. ...read full article May 20, 2013 Man to serve 36 months for fraud, ID theftA former Spring Hill business owner convicted of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft has been sentenced to 36 months in prison. ...read full article May 20, 2013 Princeton couple battles identity theftPRINCETON (WITI TV) - Home loans denied. Their credit trashed. And a Wisconsin couple had no idea why it was all happening. But the federal government did. ...read full article May 20, 2013 Identity-theft scams involve more than credit cardsNot all that long ago, many of us thought we only had to watch our credit cards to avoid ID theft. If the crooks didn't get the numbers on our plastic, we thought, they couldn't live it up and go on a wild shopping spree like the one in the movie "Identity Thief." ...read full article May 17, 2013 Identity-theft victim jailed on culprit’s warrantKurt Millard spent most of last weekend in the Jasper County Jail, locked up on another man’s arrest warrant. ...read full article May 17, 2013 Police arrest two ID theft suspects in FresnoFRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Fresno Police have shut down a sophisticated auto and identity theft operation. Officers arrested two suspects near Cedar and Ashlan around 5 p.m. Thursday. Officials say the crew used shaved keys, blow torches, and nail guns that allowed them to quickly break in to businesses, homes, and mailboxes to steal people's identities. ...read full article May 17, 2013 ID theft ring hit 800 mailboxes, police sayMEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — Medford police say there are up to 20 suspects in an identity-theft ring that hit about 800 mailboxes in Jackson County ...read full article May 17, 2013 Investigators Discover Sam's Club Identity Theft Suspects, Seek HelpWith two suspects already in custody, Long Beach Police Department officials are continuing to search for three more involved in an identity theft ring. ...read full article May 17, 2013 Woman charged in identity theft caseA local woman accused of fraudulently obtaining thousands of dollars from a local business owner she never met is now facing up to five years behind bars. ...read full article May 15, 2013 Medford police: Identity theft ring struck 800 mailboxesMedford police say there are up to 20 suspects in an identity-theft ring that hit about 800 mailboxes in Jackson County. ...read full article May 15, 2013 Broward women admit using Boca Raton hospital patients' IDs in tax fraudTwo Broward women, including one who worked as a patient scheduler at Boca Raton Regional Hospital, have pleaded guilty in connection with income tax fraud involving patients' stolen identities, federal prosecutors said. ...read full article May 15, 2013 ID theft victims: Clovis North baseball teamFRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- An identity theft investigation led Fresno police to the Clovis North baseball team, where they say dozens of players and their parents are potential victims. ...read full article May 15, 2013 New Providence Police investigate two incidents of identity theftNEW PROVIDENCE — Police are investigating two incidents of identity theft perpetrated on two different residents of the borough. ...read full article May 15, 2013 New York charges woman with faking relationship to Sandy Hook victimNEW YORK, May 15 (UPI) -- A New York woman accused of faking a relationship to one of the victims of Connecticut's Sandy Hook school shooting now faces state as well as federal charges. ...read full article May 14, 2013 These ID Theft Suspects Sought by Long Beach PoliceLong Beach detectives have arrested a pair of alleged identity thieves involved in a years-long fraud crew and are seeking three other suspects, whose photos were released Tuesday afternoon. ...read full article May 14, 2013 3 Bernards Residents Were Victims of Identity TheftArrests of 11 people from Passaic County, with one from South Carolina, involved Bernards Township detectives.Three Bernards Township residents were among the more than 70 people who made reports to 30 police departments within the last year or so that they were the victims of identity theft, prompting a statewide investigation that led to the arrest of 11 people earlier this month, authorities said. ...read full article May 14, 2013 Gadsden police warn about jury duty identity theft scamGADSDEN, Alabama -- Gadsden police are warning residents to beware of an identity theft scam using jury duty that has been reported in 11 states. ...read full article May 14, 2013 New Fraud Fighting Program Helps Battle Identity TheftFlorida’s welfare recipients are the latest target of identity thieves stealing from those who need it most. The state says it needs to stop. ...read full article May 14, 2013 Victim of identity theft shares how the crime has turned her family's world upside downTULSA - Melody Herman is caught in a frustrating fight. She explains, "Our taxes are taken, can't find them, they're missing. No one knows where they're at. It's not good." ...read full article May 14, 2013 State Legislature Passes Identity Theft LawKansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt had high praise for the state legislature after they approved a tough new law to combat identity theft late last week. ...read full article May 13, 2013 Poolside raid in Spain nabs British fugitive(CNN) -- A British fugitive wanted for fleeing his 2009 trial on armed robbery charges was back in custody Sunday after a dramatic raid on a villa in southern Spain, British authorities announced Sunday. ...read full article May 13, 2013 Instagram 'food porn' photo leads IRS to identity thievesFor two South Florida identity thieves, justice came served with a mouthwatering steak and a side order of macaroni and cheese — captured in a "food porn" photo posted online that helped investigators track the couple down. ...read full article May 13, 2013 Man is accused of using cop's bank account to buy iPadA Chicago man was arrested Saturday and charged with identity theft after he was accused of using a police officer's bank account to buy an iPad. ...read full article May 13, 2013 Biometric Technology Combats Medical Identity TheftWhen a Columbus (Ohio) man was indicted by a grand jury in April on identity theft charges, the case had nothing to do with stolen credit cards or bank accounts. Instead, police say the suspect, who pleaded not guilty, used a South Carolina man’s identity to obtain more than $300,000 in treatment at Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center. ...read full article May 13, 2013 DelDOT employee faces identity theft chargesA DelDOT employee was arrested Wednesday for allegedly withdrawing $500 from a disabled co-worker’s account, Capitol Police police said Friday. ...read full article May 13, 2013 Sacramento brothers admit to ID theft, bank fraud schemesTwo Sacramento brothers have pleaded guilty in a case involving identity theft and bank fraud. Glen Patrick Shoults, 27, and Jackie Lester Shoults III, 31, admitted to stealing the identity of U.S. Postal Service and department store customers to commit bank fraud, according to a federal Department of Justice news release. ...read full article May 13, 2013 SJPD foil elaborate identity theft ring; three suspects held on $5 million bailSAN JOSE, Calif. — San Jose police Wednesday announced the arrest of three suspects in what aiding U.S. Secret Service officers dubbed as the most extensive and inclusive identity theft operations in the San Jose area in years. ...read full article May 10, 2013 Judge Allows Evidence Gathered From FBI’s Spoofed Cell TowerAn Arizona judge has denied a motion to suppress evidence collected through a spoofed cell tower that the FBI used to track the location of an accused identity thief. ...read full article May 10, 2013 Scammers Impersonate Bank Exec on LinkedIn to Target Corporate Bank AccountsImagine you receive an e-mail from an unknown prince / political refugee – the classic Nigerian scam of the past 10 years. You wouldn’t fall for that, would you? Imagine now a legit business proposal from a bank manager with all the credentials, work experience and peers. It’s not even disguised as a Nigerian operation – it’s a business proposition. And it’s on LinkedIn. ...read full article May 10, 2013 Investigators Search For Identity Theft Ring’s LeaderGOLDEN, Colo. (CBS4) – Police in Jefferson County have arrested 10 people in an identity theft ring, but they are still looking for one of the alleged ringleaders and three other suspects. ...read full article May 10, 2013 Portland police release videos of suspects in burglary, ID theft -- reward offeredPortland police have teamed with Crime Stoppers of Oregon to solve a residential burglary on the city's northeast side that ended with identity theft. ...read full article May 10, 2013 Police make ID theft arrestA Dothan man faces identity theft charge allegedly involving the fraudulent filing of federal and state taxes. ...read full article May 10, 2013 Farmingdale Arrest Leads to Identity Theft ProbeAn investigation that began in Farmingdale involving two police agencies has led to the arrest of a Brooklyn man on multiple counts of identity theft, Suffolk County Police said. ...read full article May 10, 2013 Northjersey.com : News Police arrest 11 in connection with identity theft; Englewood department helped contribute to caseENGLEWOOD – The Bergen County Prosecutor's Office announced the arrest of 11 individuals on May 3 who operated an identity theft ring that left more than 70 victims in mroe than 30 different towns with a loss of more than $150,000. ...read full article May 9, 2013 Feds Accuse Six in $14 Million Debt ScamMANHATTAN (CN) - Mission Settlement Agency and six of its officers defrauded people of $14 million in a debt-relief scam, federal prosecutors say. The U.S. Attorney's Office filed three indictments related to the scam Monday. As in so many similar scams, the defendants are accused of offering debt settlement or reductions services for an upfront fee, then waltzing with the money. ...read full article May 9, 2013 Compromising Data for ProfitToday's fraudsters are targeting not just payment data, but personal information as well. That's because both are profitable targets, says breach investigator Erin Nealy Cox of forensics firm Stroz Friedberg. ...read full article May 9, 2013 Secret Service agents help halt suspected ID theft ring in San JoseSAN JOSE -- Police have arrested three people suspected of operating a sophisticated identity theft ring described by Secret Service agents as "the most extensive and inclusive" operation seen in the South Bay. ...read full article May 9, 2013 Teens, others targeted by major ID theft ring in Denver metro areaJEFFERSON COUNTY - First Judicial District Attorney Peter Weir announced 10 arrests in a major identity theft ring in the metro area Wednesday. ...read full article May 9, 2013 Author Pleaded Guilty to Burglary, Identity Theft ChargesA famous author has pleaded guilty in Washoe County on two counts of burglary and identity theft. 54-year old Jess Marlow, also known as Scott Thorson, is the author of "Behind the Candelabra... My life with Liberace," which was turned into a movie that will air on HBO this month. He was reportedly in a relationship with the late entertainer when he was younger. ...read full article May 9, 2013 Dothan man accused of identity theft, filing false tax returnsDOTHAN, Alabama -- Dothan Police have arrested a man accused of stealing an identity to file fraudulent federal and state income taxes. ...read full article May 9, 2013 Tupelo woman arrested on identity theft chargeTUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) - Tupelo police say they have arrested one of their top five most wanted fugitives. ...read full article May 9, 2013 Man arrested for Identity Theft after traffic stopCOLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- Colorado Springs police arrested the suspect of an open identity theft investigation during a traffic stop Tuesday afternoon. ...read full article May 9, 2013 Former Alabama state government worker pleads guilty to identity theft schemeMONTGOMERY, Alabama -- A former Alabama state government worker pleaded guilty on May 7 to charges connected to her role in an identity theft tax refund scheme. ...read full article May 9, 2013 South Ga. Woman Accused Of Stealing Thousands Through Identity TheftBainbridge, GA- Investigators uncovered dozens of documents, filled with personal information inside a home along the 300 block of Goodson Road in Camilla, Georgia. The problem was none of that information belonged to the person living there. ...read full article May 9, 2013 Cable Internet Installer Jailed for Identity TheftCorey Thompson, a former cable and Internet installer for a cable company, was recently sentenced to 30 months in prison for his involvement in a tax refund fraud scheme ...read full article May 9, 2013 Syosset Man Charged With ID TheftA Syosset man has been arrested for identity theft after he tried to get a UPS deliverer to hand over a package containing a replacement credit card in the victim’s name, Nassau County police said. ...read full article May 7, 2013 Women trying to board flight arrested for identity theftA Las Vegas trip was cut short for four Chicago women Friday when they were arrested and charged with identity theft as they attempted to board their flight at O'Hare International Airport, according to Cook County prosecutors and court documents. ...read full article May 7, 2013 NYC identity theft ring strikes North TexasMESQUITE, Texas - Officials in New York City broke up an identity theft ring last week and found hundreds of victims were from North Texas, many from Mesquite. Four men have been charged in a 405 count indictment. ...read full article May 7, 2013 Clinton woman to serve time for identity theftA Clinton woman has been sentenced to prison and ordered to pay restitution after pleading guilty to identity theft and other crimes. ...read full article May 7, 2013 Mom Found After 11 Years Locked Up for ID TheftLITITZ, Pa. - May 6, 2013 (WPVI) -- A Lancaster County mother found alive in Florida 11 years after she vanished is now locked up on identity theft charges. ...read full article May 7, 2013 US Accountants Make Anti-Tax Fraud SuggestionsOn May 1, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) provided testimony at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Oversight Board Forum on its suggestions about how to curb United States tax identity theft and fraud. ...read full article May 6, 2013 Four Chicago Women Arrested For Identity TheftWhile boarding a flight around 8 pm Friday at the O’Hare airport for what would have likely been a fun-filled Las Vegas vacation, four Chicago women were detained. ...read full article May 6, 2013 11 Charged in Identity Theft Ring TakedownEleven men and women were arrested on charges of stealing identities to open credit cards in an alleged scheme that is believed to have defrauded more than 70 victims. ...read full article May 6, 2013 Brenda Heist used multiple identities while living in FloridaSomething about her housemate, Lovie Smith, just didn't seem right to Joanna Covish. Smith was slippery and evasive. Her stories about her beloved late husband morphed into stories about her boyfriend. She claimed to be from nowhere in particular. She said she had problems with drugs and alcohol, but those were in her past. ...read full article May 3, 2013 Police arrest 11 alleged members of Paterson-based identity theft ringHACKENSACK — Nearly a dozen members of a large identity theft ring that used stolen information to open up lines of credit at various department stores, authorities announced Thursday. ...read full article May 3, 2013 NY officials: ID theft ring stole from victims who used credit cards at Mesquite gas stationNew York officials said alleged members of an identity theft ring used an electronic encoder and other tools inside a Manhattan hotel room to steal money from nearly 400 people who used credit and debit cards at a Mesquite gas station. ...read full article May 3, 2013 Seahawks, Blazers Owner Victim Of Identity TheftApparently, just because you have a lot of money doesn’t mean you aren’t susceptible to having the same issues that “common folk” have to deal with. At least when it comes to having your identity stolen. The victim? Why, it’s the NFL’s richest owner, Seattle Seahawks and Portland Trailblazers owner Paul Allen, of course. ...read full article May 3, 2013 LaPorte man charged in chicken slaying arrested at courthouse on ID theft warrantA LaPorte man accused of slaying 13 of his neighbor’s chickens was free on bond four days before he was arrested on identity-theft charges. ...read full article May 3, 2013 Feds Probe Supermarket Customer ID Theft IncidentsCHICAGO (CBS) — The investigation into identity theft at a supermarket in north suburban Wilmette continues to expand. ...read full article May 3, 2013 2 more arrested in Tyler ID theft ringTyler, TX (KETK) — Thanks to Crime Stopper tips from the public and suspects surrendering to authorities, as of Thursday at 12:20 p.m., the wanted list for an identity theft ring is now down to five. ...read full article May 1, 2013 Birmingham Woman Pleads Guilty in Multi-State Identity Theft ConspiracyBIRMINGHAM—A Birmingham woman pleaded guilty today to participating in a multi-state identity theft and counterfeit check scheme that included recruiting homeless people to cash the fraudulent checks, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, U.S. Postal Inspector in Charge Keith Morris, FBI Special Agent in Charge Richard D. Schwein, Jr., and U.S. Secret Service Acting Special Agent in Charge Jeff Anderson. ...read full article May 1, 2013 Milwaukie man gets 4 years in prison for ID theft, credit union break-inA Milwaukie man was sentenced Tuesday to four years in federal prison for identity theft, stealing high-end electronic equipment and breaking into a credit union. ...read full article May 1, 2013 Montclair man gets prison sentence in fraud, identity theft caseA Montclair man who was charged and convicted in a tax fraud and identity theft scheme has been sentenced to five years and eight months in federal prison. ...read full article May 1, 2013 One Acadiana Family Experienced Identity Theft First-HandImagine going to buy a house and finding out you already own a house, plus a car and multiple loans but you are in possession of none it. We're talking about identity theft and that's exactly what happened to one Acadiana family. ...read full article May 1, 2013 Wrong way pursuit expands identity theft investigationSPOKANE, Wash.-- Authorities said an arrest Monday along Highway 195 following a wrong way, high speed chase through is helping them crack open an even bigger investigation. ...read full article May 1, 2013 Police seeking woman accused of identity theft in Salem, Albany, Lincoln CitySalem police are looking for a woman suspected in a series of recent identity theft cases. Jennifer Lynn Rose, 39, may be staying in the Albany or Lebanon area, police said. She is accused of identity theft, forgery and theft in Salem, Albany and Lincoln City over the last three months. ...read full article May 1, 2013 Tyler police uncover huge identity theft ring, multiple suspects at-largeTYLER, TX (KLTV) - A four month fraud investigation conducted by investigators of the Tyler Police Department, FBI and other county and local police agencies has led to numerous suspects being charged with Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity. ...read full article April 30, 2013 Buffalo Man Indicted on Conspiracy and Aggravated Identity Theft ChargesBUFFALO (WKBW release) -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced Monday that a federal grand jury in Buffalo has returned a 66-count indictment charging 44-year-old Clifton Jackson of Buffalo with conspiracy to unlawfully use Social Security numbers, conspiracy and the filing of false tax returns in 2011, and aggravated identity theft. ...read full article April 30, 2013 Woman admits ID theft, tax scamST. LOUIS • A former St. Louis-area resident pleaded guilty to federal charges and admitted using the stolen identities of the recently-deceased in a federal tax scam. ...read full article April 30, 2013 Bethel Employee Charged with Identity Theft, Padding PayA Bethel woman accused of identity theft and issuing herself extra payroll checks from her employer will be in court next week. ...read full article April 30, 2013 Coulee Dam teacher charged in forgery, identity theftGRAND COULEE — A popular Coulee Dam teacher is facing charges of forgery and identity theft. Guillermo Guzman, 43, was arrested recently by Coulee Dam police officers and a Border Patrol agent. ...read full article April 30, 2013 Michigan man accused of identity theft was living with corpseA Michigan man was arrested after authorities found the rotting corpse of a woman on his living room sofa. Court officers made the discovery while serving an eviction notice on Dennis McCauley in Redford Township, near Detroit, this week. Authorities believe the 72-year-old woman's corpse had been there at least six months. ...read full article April 30, 2013 Federal grand jury in Montgomery indicts man in identity theft schemeMONTGOMERY, Alabama -- A federal grand jury in Montgomery has returned an indictment charging Harvey James for using stolen identities to file false tax returns. ...read full article April 30, 2013 Former bank teller sentenced in ID theftALBANY, Ga. — Victoria Metz, 26, drew a four-year prison sentence Thursday for 12 counts of embezzlement of government property and four counts of aggravated identity theft, according to according to Michael J. Moore, U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. ...read full article April 25, 2013 Alabama Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Stolen Identity Refund FraudKenneth Jerome Blackmon Jr., a resident of Montgomery, Ala., was sentenced today to 51 months in prison, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. ...read full article April 24, 2013 Troy man seeks $5.2 million in identity theft claimA Troy man is suing a former girlfriend for allegedly using his identity to empty his bank account and buy a car without his consent. Andrew Harold Schmitt filed a lawsuit April 11 in Madison County Circuit Court against Melissa Turner, U.S. Bank, American Honda Finance Corporation and Bommarito North County Inc., formerly known as Bommarito Honda Inc. United Recovery Systems LP and Monarch Recovery Management Inc. are also named as defendants. ...read full article April 24, 2013 LA woman sentenced for VV ID theft, burglaryVICTORVILLE • A Los Angeles woman was recently sentenced to four years in prison for identity theft and burglary at the Victorville courthouse, according to a news release from the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department. ...read full article April 24, 2013 Three Charged in Spanaway Identity Theft OperationTACOMA, WA – Today Pierce County Prosecutor Mark Lindquist charged Zachary Tweedell, 32, Alex William Howe, 26, and Danielle Marie White, 32, with multiple counts for their involvement in a large scale identify theft operation in Spanaway. They were arraigned today and pled not guilty. Bail was set at $150,000. ...read full article April 24, 2013 Torrance police break up alleged identity theft ringTorrance police detectives have broken up an alleged identity theft operation in which hundreds of thousands of dollars were stolen from victims from San Diego to Simi Valley, authorities said Tuesday. ...read full article April 24, 2013 Battling ID theft of the deadUsing an official government list of the dead has become a favorite among identity thieves -- particularly those trying to defraud the government out of tax refunds. To try to combat that, access to the Social Security Death Master File, which has been available to the public for decades, could be limited under a new plan to help fight fraud, according to the firm IDentity Theft 911. ...read full article April 24, 2013 More arrests in scheme involving identity theft from Shands hospitalsA 25-year-old Jacksonville man arrested Friday was the fourth person charged in a $20,000 tax return scheme — cut off before it grew larger — that involved stealing identification information from Shands at the University of Florida hospital in Gainesville. ...read full article April 24, 2013 Identity Theft Concerns Drive Social Security Number ProgramWASHINGTON, April 22, 2013 – The loss of personally identifiable information -- such as Social Security numbers -- is a concern throughout the Defense Department, the director of the Defense Privacy and Civil Liberties Office said last week. ...read full article April 23, 2013 Nicaragua Nabs US Most-Wanted Child Porn SuspectPolice in Nicaragua have detained a former U.S. school teacher who was on the FBI's 10 most-wanted fugitives as a suspect in a child pornography investigation, authorities confirmed Monday. ...read full article April 23, 2013 Sandy Springs mayor targeted in tax ID theftSANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — As a politician, Sandy Springs Mayor Eva Galambos is used to the criticisms that often target people in high places. But now, Galambos has become a target of something else: identity thieves. ...read full article April 23, 2013 Brooklyn Woman Charged w/Identity Theft in MilfordMilford Police received a complaint on Thurs., April 19, 2013 of a female attempting to purchase merchandise with a fake I.D. card at Sears in Milford. ...read full article April 23, 2013 Massive personal data breach by police to G4SAn investigation was launched after private details on a massive scale were sent to controversial contractor G4S. ...read full article April 23, 2013 Verizon: One in five data breaches are the result of cyberespionageEven though the majority of data breaches continue to be the result of financially motivated cybercriminal attacks, cyberespionage activities are also responsible for a significant number of data theft incidents, according to a report that will be released Tuesday by Verizon. ...read full article April 23, 2013 Trenton Man Reports Identity Theft That Leads to Detroit ResidenceA 42-year-old Trenton man reported someone stole his identity to open an account with Comcast at about 1 p.m. April 15 in the 1900 block of Marian Drive. ...read full article April 23, 2013 Companies obscuring breach risks with assurances of secured financial data"No financial information was accessed." Another hack, another vendor placating victims with this simple phrase that ignores the fact that hackers are actually stealing the data they want — password hashes and email addresses. ...read full article April 23, 2013 Study indicates healthcare data breach preparedness issuesHandling healthcare security goes beyond just the technical side, as privacy and security compliance is critical to both data breach prevention and response plans. Experian Data Breach Resolution and the Ponemon Institute released a report today, titled Is Your Company Ready for a Big Data Breach?, that is composed of responses from mainly health and pharmaceutical privacy and compliance professionals as well as those from retail and financial services. ...read full article April 22, 2013 Rochester woman accused using identity theft to buy a carVOLNEY -- A Rochester woman is accused of using another person’s identity to open a loan and buy a car. ...read full article April 22, 2013 Jersey City court appearance for latest alleged member of identity theft fraud ringAnother suspect in the multimillion-dollar credit card fraud scheme that officials say victimized nearly 1,000 people appeared in a Hudson County courtroom yesterday. ...read full article April 22, 2013 Crimes Nearby: Woman Charged With Identity TheftSuffolk County Police arrested an Islip Terrace woman and charged her with stealing the identity of her 83-year old grandmother who suffers from dementia. ...read full article April 22, 2013 Google Street View Fined $189,000 In Germany Following Wi-Fi Data BreachGoogle has been fined $189,230 by government regulators in Germany. The search giant was in court after it was determined that private Wi-Fi data was being accidentally collected by the company’s street view car cameras. ...read full article April 22, 2013 Dumped pupil records and lost ipads among Stoke City Council data breachesPupil records found dumped in a country lane and 20 missing ipads are among dozens of Stoke City Council data breaches, a StaffsLive investigation has revealed. ...read full article April 19, 2013 ColdFusion hack used to steal hosting provider’s customer dataLinode hit by possible zero-day exploit patched by Adobe on April 9A vulnerability in the ColdFusion Web server platform, reported by Adobe less than a week ago, has apparently been in the wild for almost a month and has allowed the hacking of at least one company website, exposing customer data. Yesterday, it was revealed that the virtual server hosting company Linode had been the victim of a multi-day breach that allowed hackers to gain access to customer records. ...read full article April 19, 2013 Dressed-up ID Theft Suspects SoughtARCATA - Do you know either of the people in these photos? They are wanted in connection with an identity theft and fraud case resulting in nearly $20,000 in losses. ...read full article April 19, 2013 Elderly fall victim to Medicare scam, identity theftThe elderly are frequent targets of Medicare scams, including the latest identity theft scheme that claims to come from a governmental department that does not actually exist. ...read full article April 19, 2013 Identity theft victim arrested for crime she didn't commitCOLUMBUS, GA (WTVM) - 25-year-old Monica Carter had her identity ripped from her not by a total stranger but a person she trusted. ...read full article April 19, 2013 NYPD Officer Charged With Tax Fraud, Identity TheftNEW YORK — An NYPD officer was arrested and charged with tax fraud this week, after allegedly filing false tax returns, according to a criminal court complaint. ...read full article April 19, 2013 Convicted St. Paul identity thief now a fugitiveA defendant with a long rap sheet was not in federal court Thursday to hear jurors in St. Paul declare him guilty of being part of a large identity-theft operation. He skipped out days earlier, leaving authorities to turn to the public for help finding him. ...read full article April 19, 2013 Los Lunas woman sentenced for bank fraud, ID theftALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A Los Lunas woman has been sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. ...read full article April 17, 2013 ID Theft Ringleader Sentenced to 3 YearsA Los Angeles woman accused of being the ringleader of a scam that stole thousands of dollars from women in the Santa Clarita Valley pleaded guilty to one count of identity theft Monday. ...read full article April 17, 2013 Petr Murmylyuk Pleads Guilty To Identity Theft And Tax FraudThe alleged leader of a tax fraud ring employing Kazakh student visa-holders and a phony job placement website pleaded guilty on Tax Day yesterday, the Manhattan District Attorney announced. ...read full article April 17, 2013 Weather Shield employees find out they are identity theft victims once againLadysmith (WQOW)- Some employees at an area business who had their identities stolen last year are victims once again. ...read full article April 17, 2013 Police: Munhall woman arrested, charged in identity theft of stepfatherMUNHALL, Pa. — A woman has been arrested and charged with stealing the identity of her stepfather, police confirm. ...read full article April 16, 2013 2.4M cards compromised in US supermarket chain breachPopular US supermarket chain Schnucks has announced on Monday that some 2.4 million credit and debit cards used at 79 of its 100 stores may have been compromised during a four month period. ...read full article April 16, 2013 Schnucks Sued Over Malware AttackA class action lawsuit has been filed against Schnuck Markets Inc., the St. Louis-based grocery store chain that last month announced its point-of-sale network had been attacked by a "malicious computer code" designed to capture payment card details (see Retailer Says 'Code' Compromised Cards). ...read full article April 16, 2013 SEC, CFTC Adopt Joint Final Rule On Investor Identity Theft Red FlagsThe Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission April 10 voted unanimously in separate meetings to adopt a joint rule to require certain entities to put in place programs to help protect investors from identity theft. ...read full article April 16, 2013 Husband and Wife Jailed for Identity TheftThe U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida recently announced that Douglas Young, a.k.a. "Douglas Pierre," 41, and his wife, Nicole Young, a.k.a. "Nicole Pierre," 42, have been sentenced for their involvement in a stolen identity tax refund scheme (h/t DataBreaches.net). ...read full article April 16, 2013 Hefty Prison Sentence in ID Theft CaseA substantial prison sentence issued April 10 in a case involving medical ID theft and Medicare fraud calls attention to the need to protect paper, as well as electronic, records. ...read full article April 15, 2013 Woman, 3 children arrested for identity theftHURON — Police have arrested a Huron woman and her three children for identity theft following the theft of bank funds allegedly using unauthorized account information. ...read full article April 15, 2013 New SEC Identity Theft Rule Warns Of The Suspicious JabberwockPursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, in February 2012, the Securities And Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) jointly proposed rules requiring certain regulated entities to adopt and administer identity-theft red flags programs. These proposals largely mirrored provisions in effect at federal agencies as mandated in 2003 under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”), which Congress amended in order to transfer identity theft rulemaking responsibility and enforcement authority from the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) to the SEC and CFTC for entities they the latter two commissions regulate ...read full article April 15, 2013 Identity theft plunges man into nightmareJohannesburg - A man whose identity was stolen has faced a bureaucratic banking nightmare trying to fix the fallout from the fraud. ...read full article April 15, 2013 Oakton Dentist Sentenced For Narcotics Distribution, Health Care Fraud & Identity TheftThe U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release: Hamada Makarita, 51, of Oakton, Va. was sentenced to 25 months in prison, followed by a term of supervised release for using his position as a dentist to illegally distribute prescription medication and for using the identity of another dentist to fraudulently bill an insurance company for more than $160,000 in claims. ...read full article April 15, 2013 Identity theft growing, costly to victimsYour credit-card data is out there. And criminals are buying and selling it in bulk. Credit-card data theft is exploding, increasing 50% from 2005 to 2010, according to the latest figures from the U.S. Department of Justice. ...read full article April 15, 2013 South Florida Reps File Bills To Crackdown On Identity TheftMIAMI (CBSMiami) – It’s no secret that South Florida is a hot bed for identity theft, but many people don’t realize that the state also leads the nation when it comes to federal tax return identity theft. ...read full article April 15, 2013 SEC to Require Firms to Create Identity Theft ProgramsThe SEC has voted to adopt rules requiring broker-dealers, mutual funds, investment advisers and others regulated by the agency to adopt programs to detect red flags and prevent identity theft. ...read full article April 15, 2013 Police add drug, identity theft charges to Mocksville man already jailedAuthorities have added charges for a Mocksville man who they said intentionally gave them a wrong name during a traffic stop and hid pills on his body. ...read full article April 15, 2013 Greenfield Woman Charged with Forgery, Identity TheftPolice say a 24-year-old Greenfield woman took blank checks from an Elm Grove man, wrote them out to herself and then forged his signature. ...read full article April 12, 2013 Driving School Busted for Identity Theft, FraudThe owner and clerk of a Colorado driving school were in court on Wednesday, accused of conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud, aggravated identity theft, Social Security fraud and bribery. The two were accused of falsely certifying applicants for Colorado driver's licenses and instruction permits who could not speak, read or write English or otherwise pass their written driving test. Here are the details. ...read full article April 12, 2013 Woman gets prison time for mail theft, identity theftA Tulsa woman was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison after pleading guilty to charges of aggravated identity theft and possession of stolen mail. Jennifer Kathryn Steffen, 29, admitted in a plea agreement filed Jan. 8 that she opened mailboxes at several Tulsa apartment complexes to steal their contents. ...read full article April 12, 2013 Old Brookville woman gets 12 years for $7M identity theft schemeAn Old Brookville woman was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years in federal prison for a $7 million identity-theft scheme in which she entered more than a dozen nursing homes, posing as a health professional and stealing more than 1,000 patients' identification information. ...read full article April 12, 2013 Milledgeville Man Pleads Guilty to Identity TheftA Milledgeville man pleaded guilty to identity theft and filing false tax returns this week in federal court. Maurice Hester pleaded guilty Monday to Mail Fraud, False Claims Against the Government, Theft of Stolen Government Money and Property and Aggravated Identity Theft, according to a release from U.S. Attorney Michael Moore. ...read full article April 12, 2013 Joplin resident victim of identity theft, tax fraudTwo Joplin residents say they are victims of identity theft. Now they are trying to clean up what is being called a "legal mess." ...read full article April 12, 2013 SEC and CFTC to Enforce Identity Theft 'Red Flag' RulesThe Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday adopted rules requiring broker-dealers, mutual funds, investment advisers and other “financial institutions” and “creditors” to adopt programs for detecting and responding to cases of identity theft. ...read full article April 12, 2013 War College colonel facing child-porn possession charges was an identity-theft victim: attorneyThe attorney for the U.S. Army War College war-game developer accused of possessing 10,000 images of child pornography said his client was the victim of a malicious-software program someone else had installed on his computer. ...read full article April 12, 2013 Colorado grand Jury indicts suspect on felony identity theft chargesA grand jury has indicted Mike Tee on 31 felony counts of theft, identity theft and other charges, Colorado Attorney General John Suthers announced Tuesday. ...read full article April 12, 2013 Fort Lauderdale man convicted of tax fraud, identity theftA federal jury has convicted a Fort Lauderdale man of using stolen identities to devise a tax refund scheme that operated for three years, authorities said. ...read full article April 12, 2013 15 Identity Theft Cases Linked to Treasure Island, Police SayThe United States Secret Service is investigating at least 15 cases of identity theft that appear to originate with a compromised computer system at the Treasure Island grocery store located at 911 Ridge Rd. in Wilmette, according to police. ...read full article April 12, 2013 Westbury Man Accused of Identity Theft, Tax FraudOfficials say that 40-year-old Christopher Curry of Westbury is being accused of stealing more than $60,000 in a scam that stole people’s identities and used false information in order to collect state and federal 2011 tax refunds. ...read full article April 9, 2013 Former Federal Fugitive Pleads Guilty in California to Massive Fraud and Identity Theft Scheme in Connection with Nationwide Foreclosure ScamA former Los Angeles resident, who fled to Canada and was a federal fugitive for 12 years, pleaded guilty today to aggravated identity theft and bankruptcy fraud in connection with leading a nearly 15-year foreclosure-rescue scam that fraudulently postponed foreclosure sales for more than 800 distressed homeowners, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California André Birotte Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California Melinda Haag, Assistant Director in Charge Bill L. Lewis of the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office, Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson of the FBI’s San Francisco Field Office and Christy Romero, Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP). ...read full article April 9, 2013 Prenda Law says Identity theft accuser is crazy and off his medsUntil recently, Prenda Law was a lawsuit factory, suing thousands of "John Doe" defendants for allegedly violating copyright by downloading pornographic films on BitTorrent. But late last year, when a Minnesota man named Alan Cooper accused the firm of using his name without permission as the head of one of its shell companies, the firm was forced into damage control mode. At a hearing last week, the firm's senior officials invoked the Fifth Amendment to avoid answering questions about Cooper's allegations. ...read full article April 9, 2013 Byram woman pleads guilty to identity theftJACKSON, Miss. —A Byram woman has pleaded guilty to aggravated identity theft in connection with obtaining a bank loan in someone else's name, then spending the proceeds. ...read full article April 9, 2013 Danville businessman indicted on federal fraud, identity theft chargesThe chief executive and manager of a Danville fun center has been indicted in federal court in Lexington on charges that he defrauded an investor and a commercial loan company. ...read full article April 9, 2013 Woman accused of $100K-plus theft with granny's IDBENTON, La. (AP) — Bossier Parish sheriff's deputies have arrested a Princeton woman for stealing the identity of her live-in grandmother and buying more than $100,000 in vehicles, computers and home improvements without her grandmother's permission or knowledge. ...read full article April 9, 2013 Longtime fugitive guilty in ID theft scamLOS ANGELES, April 8 (UPI) -- A man who dodged authorities for 12 years pleaded guilty in California Monday in a large-scale identity theft and foreclosure scam. ...read full article April 9, 2013 Police: Chandler man’s Social Security number used in identity theftA 41-year-old man was arrested Thursday on suspicion of using a Chandler man’s Social Security number for more than two years to gain employment at a Scottsdale restaurant, according to Chandler police. ...read full article April 8, 2013 Deputies: Tulsa Traffic Stop Uncovers Large Identity Theft OperationTULSA, Oklahoma - A traffic stop by Tulsa County sheriff's deputies on Friday, April 5, 2013 led investigators to a large cache of evidence related to a huge identity theft operation. ...read full article April 8, 2013 Police: 11 Identity Theft Cases Linked to Wilmette Treasure IslandThe Wilmette Police Department is investigating 11 cases of identity theft, all citing the local Treasure Island grocery store located at 911 Ridge Rd. as the suspected point of theft, according to police reports. ...read full article April 8, 2013 Medical ID theft growingMichael Weatherford finally knows the name of the Columbus man charged with stealing his identity and using it to receive $345,000 in medical care at Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center. ...read full article April 8, 2013 Woman guilty of identity theftA Whitehall woman who used 50 stolen identities to file false unemployment clams in eight states over three years could face a maximum of 24 years in federal prison after she entered a guilty plea yesterday in federal court. ...read full article April 8, 2013 Multiple Cases of ID Theft: College Account Cleaned Out—and Then SomeA resident of the 900 block of South Hawthorne told police someone used her Chase Bank college checking account without her knowledge between March 14 and 27. The account now has a negative balance of $8,946.75 and has been frozen by Chase. ...read full article April 5, 2013 SAN BERNARDINO: ID theft suspect accused of buying Mercedes arrested(PE) One of two San Bernardino women who police say tried to go on a spending spree with stolen identities was captured Thursday, April 4, when she returned to a Riverside County car dealership to complete a purchase. Monique Desiree Martinez, 27, of San Bernardino, was arrested by San Bernardino police. Norra Bannatt Mokhtar, 31, of San Bernardino, remained at large Thursday. They are suspected of stealing hundreds of people’s identities. Martinez is accused of using those IDs to buy expensive vehicles ...read full article April 5, 2013 Pizza boxes help lead Auburn detectives to man accused of identity theftAuburn, NY-- The discovery of several uneaten pizzas and empty boxes in a hotel room helped lead detectives to a man accused of using phony credit card information to feed himself and stay at hotels in Auburn for free, authorities said. ...read full article April 5, 2013 Woman With Plainview Ties Charged in Identity TheftSuffolk County Police have charged a home health aide with stealing the identity of a mentally disabled patient she was caring for. Noreen Hanney, of Bay Shore, was a house manager at the Adults and Children with Learning and Developmental Disabilities Inc. (ACLD), in Oakdale. The woman, who now works in Plainview, used her Oakdale job to steal a patient’s identity, Suffolk Police said. ...read full article April 4, 2013 S. Florida Is Ground Zero For Taxpayer Identity TheftMIAMI (CBS4) – With the April 15th tax deadline less than two weeks away, hundreds of thousands of taxpayers are still waiting for last years’ refunds. ...read full article April 4, 2013 Pennsville woman arrested again on identity theft charges, police sayPENNSVILLE TWP. — A township woman who was accused of allegedly defrauding FEMA of $12,000 and stealing the identities of her children to obtain goods was arrested again Wednesday afternoon on new charges of identity theft, authorities said. ...read full article April 4, 2013 ID Theft Blamed for Massive OSU Medical BillCOLUMBUS – The arrest of a man at OSU Wexner Medical Center this week may have uncovered a five year scam that targeted the medical center along with a victim in South Carolina who has been charged $345,000 in medical bills. ...read full article April 4, 2013 Identity theft victim gets money backBUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - A woman's social security benefits were stolen by someone she thinks is a close family friend. When single mom Kristina Tribbey's Social Security benefits were stolen, she couldn't pay the rent and had little money left to feed her family. But after Calling 4 Action, $1,200 has been returned to her account, and raising her two small children is slightly less daunting. ...read full article April 4, 2013 Hospital warns over ID theftShands paying for year of protection after care center employee chargedShands Jacksonville announced Wednesday it is notifying 1,025 patients that they should take appropriate steps to protect themselves from identity theft due to recent criminal activity that may have jeopardized private information. ...read full article April 4, 2013 19 Statesboro residents indicted/charged in identity theft, IRS fraud caseThe federal grand jury sitting in Savannah returned six indictments Tuesday charging 12 defendants with 115 violations of federal law involving fraudulent tax returns. ...read full article April 4, 2013 Bookkeeper Sentenced to Jail for Fraud and Identity TheftAn Alabama bookkeeper was sentenced to nearly five years in prison for stealing more than $900,000 from her former employer through fraud and identity theft. ...read full article April 4, 2013 Massapequa ID Theft Suspect Hurt Officer, Cops SayA New York City man has been accused of assaulting a Nassau County police officer who was arresting him on suspicion of credit card fraud and identity theft in Massapequa on Tuesday afternoon. ...read full article April 2, 2013 Former Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, Sheriff’s Deputy Indicted for Civil Rights, Bank Fraud, Computer Fraud, Aggravated Identity Theft and Obstruction of Justice ViolationsAn indictment against former Jefferson Parish, La., Sheriff’s Deputy Mark Hebert, 48, was announced today by Roy L. Austin Jr., Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division; Dana J. Boente, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana; Michael J. Anderson, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI New Orleans Field Office; and Sheriff Newell Normand from the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office. ...read full article April 2, 2013 State Police search for two in identity theft caseNEW HARTFORD, N.Y. (WKTV) - Authorities are hoping the public can help identify two people seen that are believed to be involved in a case of identity theft. ...read full article April 2, 2013 NASA employees face second identity theft scareORLANDO, Fla. - Less than 12 months after dozens of National Aeronautics and Space Administration fire and safety employees had their Social Security numbers stolen a second “potential compromise” has been reported in Washington. ...read full article April 2, 2013 South Euclid woman indicted on federal charges including identity theft, bank fraud, mail fraud and money launderingSOUTH EUCLID -- A South Euclid woman has been indicted on five counts of bank fraud, three counts of mail fraud, two counts of aggravated identity theft, and 16 counts of money laundering. ...read full article April 2, 2013 West Tennessee town falls victim to ID theftNASHVILLE -- The state comptroller's office reported Tuesday that the Town of Henning, Tenn., fell victim last year to the kind of financial identity theft that mostly hits individuals. ...read full article April 2, 2013 Former Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Deputy Indicted for Civil Rights, Bank Fraud, Computer Fraud, Aggravated Identity Theft, and Obstruction of Justice ViolationsWASHINGTON—An indictment against former Jefferson Parish, Louisiana Sheriff’s Deputy Mark Hebert, 48, was announced today by Roy L. Austin, Jr., Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division; Dana J. Boente, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana; Michael J. Anderson, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI New Orleans Field Office; and Sheriff Newell Normand from the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office. ...read full article April 2, 2013 Joe Giudice refuses plea deal in identity theft caseJoe Giudice appeared in court earlier today to address his pending identity theft charge. During his appearance, Giudice was reportedly offered a plea deal which would have put him behind bars for four years, but according to his lawyer, he didn’t accept. Now, the Real Housewives of New Jersey husband will be heading to trial. ...read full article April 1, 2013 Massachusetts rapist's descent into violence still a mystery, friend says(CNN) -- The convicted rapist arrested last week in Gorham, Maine, after 34 years on the lam was a quiet, laid-back, hardworking, sweet young man whose lurch into violent behavior in his last year of high school remains a puzzle, according to a childhood friend. ...read full article April 1, 2013 Johnson City police: Kmart shoplifting case escalates into ID theftA Butler woman was arrested Saturday on an identity theft charge after an investigation into alleged shoplifting at Kmart, 3019 Peoples St., Johnson City police said in a news release. ...read full article April 1, 2013 Niles Man Robbed of Almost $3,500 in ID TheftIn another incident, a husband and wife wrestle over custody of their twin infants and 8-year-old, with depression as a contributing factor, police say. An arrest is merely an accusation, not evidence of a conviction. ...read full article April 1, 2013 Man held in ID theft had info on 22 people, police sayHonolulu police arrested a 35-year-old homeless man Sunday for alleged identity theft and multiple other offenses. ...read full article April 1, 2013 If the Chief Justice Can Be an Identity Theft Victim, Is Anyone Safe?No one is safe from identity theft -- not even John Roberts, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. ...read full article April 1, 2013 DSHS contractor’s laptop stolen in Gig Harbor; identity theft possible riskA private contractor’s laptop containing confidential information on 652 clients of the state Department of Social and Health Services was stolen from Gig Harbor and later recovered at a pawn shop, the department announced Friday. ...read full article April 1, 2013 Three River Region residents sentenced in identity theft, tax fraud schemeMONTGOMERY, Alabama -- Three area residents were sentenced for their roles in an identity theft and tax fraud scheme in federal court, the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama released. ...read full article April 1, 2013 Little Rock woman gets 4 years for identity theft, fraudA Little Rock woman has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for bank fraud, identity theft, and credit-card fraud, the U.S. attorney for Western District of Arkansas said Friday. ...read full article March 29, 2013 Suspects in identity theft cases used PayPalTwo cases were reported over the weekend to the Lancaster County Sheriff's Office, and they are coming with a warning from the Lancaster County Sheriff. ...read full article March 29, 2013 South Euclid woman charged with ID theft, money launderingCLEVELAND -- Feds say Angelique Bankston was arrested Thursday after being charged with five counts of bank fraud, three counts of mail fraud, two counts of aggravated identity theft and sixteen counts of money laundering. ...read full article March 29, 2013 24-year-old man convicted of identity theftSPOKANE, Wash.-- A 24-year-old man was sentenced to 54 months in jail and has to pay over $60,000 in restitution. ...read full article March 29, 2013 Woman Gets Prison Time in 'Total Identity Theft'For almost 12 years, a Houston elementary school teacher and an illegal immigrant living in Topeka have engaged in a tug of war to claim the identity of Candida L. Gutierrez in a case that has put a face on the growing crime of "total identity theft" in the United States. ...read full article March 29, 2013 Indian-American jailed in US for identity theft, tax fraudAn Indian-American along with two others from Alabama have been sentenced for their roles in an identity theft and tax fraud scheme, the US Justice Department has said. ...read full article March 29, 2013 Investigation leads to charges of ID theft against manChristopher Michael Irish, 34, was charged with first degree identity theft on March 4 in Kitsap County District Court. On March 18, Irish was booked into the Kitsap County Jail under a $50,000 bond for failure to appear in court. ...read full article March 28, 2013 Retailer Investigates Possible Card BreachThe St. Louis-based Schnucks grocery store chain is investigating a possible breach of debit and credit card data. One card issuer tells BankInfoSecurity it appears likely that a breach occurred at Schnucks or its payments processor. Fraudulent transactions tied to cards used at Schnucks stores date as far back as January, this issuer says. ...read full article March 28, 2013 Russian underground vSkimmer Botnet targeting payment worldA new botnet emerged from underground and is menacing payment world, the cyber threat dubbed vSkimmer come from Russia according revelation of McAfee security firm. ...read full article March 28, 2013 The state of data breachesIDG News Service — The implications of data breaches can be severe for companies with potential financial losses and loss of customer trust. One of the most well known examples was the Sony PlayStation Network hack from 2011 where an estimated 100 million online accounts were compromised. According to Sony, costs from the PlayStation Network data breach totalled US$171 million. ...read full article March 28, 2013 Poor Configuration Puts Sensitive Data Stored in Amazon S3 Buckets at RiskCloud hosting and storage is increasingly popular, but many organizations are inadvertently exposing sensitive data because of a simple configuration misstep. Businesses use Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) to store server backups, documents, and logs, and serve Web content such as images and PDF documents. Files within S3 are organized into "buckets," and businesses can restrict who has access to the bucket itself, or the individual objects inside. Rapid7 identified 1,1951 such buckets on Amazon S3, many of which contained data which should not have been public, Will Vandevanter, a researcher at Rapid7, wrote in a blog post. ...read full article March 28, 2013 Alabama grand jury indicts 3 NC residents in ID theftBIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Three North Carolina residents are charged in what federal prosecutors call an identity theft ring operating in Alabama. ...read full article March 28, 2013 Experts warn consumers about clever identity theft scamsSAN DIEGO - Children's Social Security numbers, medical histories and tax returns are big targets for identity thieves, experts told Team 10. ...read full article March 28, 2013 Suspect Re-arrested For ID Theft At Court DatePilar Abalos, 43, of Poway, a woman being investigated for a rash of identity thefts in the Santa Clarita Valley, and now also in Ventura County, made her court appearance at Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday. ...read full article March 28, 2013 IRS Announces "Dirty Dozen" Tax Scams – Identity Theft Is Top ThreatThe IRS has issued its annual "Dirty Dozen" list of tax scams for 2013 to remind taxpayers to use caution during tax season to protect themselves against a wide range of schemes, ranging from identity theft to impersonation of charitable organizations. Taxpayers could be prey to scams at any point during the year, but the threat peaks during tax-filing season, the IRS said. ...read full article March 28, 2013 Woodlawn man sentenced in massive identity theft schemeDerrick Hill, 53, was also ordered to pay more than $191,000 in restitution at a sentencing hearing on Monday. ...read full article March 26, 2013 Former bank worker faces computer, ID theft chargesA former TD Bank employee faces multiple charges of computer crime and identity theft after police said she filled out fraudulent credit card applications at a local bank office to boost her annual bonus. ...read full article March 26, 2013 TCC students among victims in $3.3-million ID-theft caseThe personal information of about 3,300 current and former Tallahassee Community College students was compromised as part of a scheme by two South Florida men to file fake tax returns seeking millions in refunds. ...read full article March 26, 2013 Pueblo Police Looking For ID Theft SuspectPolice in Pueblo are asking for the public's help in apprehending an identity theft suspect. ...read full article March 26, 2013 2nd ex-hospital worker sentenced in identity theftEAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) — A second former employee at a southern Illinois hospital has been sentenced to federal prison for her role in stealing personal information from patients and using it to open credit cards in their names. ...read full article March 26, 2013 9 arrested for identity theft, credit card fraud after multi-agency raidHARRIS COUNTY -- Officials said a multi-agency raid targeting four residences in Fort Bend, Harris and Waller counties resulted in nine arrests all tied to identity theft and credit card fraud. ...read full article March 26, 2013 Iowa House OKs Bill Making Identity Theft a FelonyDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa House has approved a bill that would make identity theft a felony. ...read full article March 26, 2013 Baltimore County man sentenced to 11 years for ID theft schemeA federal judge on Monday sentenced a Baltimore County man to 11 years in prison and ordered him to pay close to $200,000 in restitution to victims of a wire fraud and identity theft scheme that victimized Johns Hopkins doctors, among some 250 others, the U.S. Justice Department said. ...read full article March 26, 2013 Man arrested in Caldwell indicted for murder, robbery, identity theftGOLDEN, Colo. — A man who was arrested in Idaho after a cleaning crew found an attorney dead in her suburban Denver office has been indicted in her death. ...read full article March 26, 2013 Howard Co. Police Warn Of New Theft Ring Combining Identity Theft & Check FraudHOWARD COUNTY, Md. (WJZ) — A theft ring that combines identity theft and check fraud hits Howard County. ...read full article March 22, 2013 American-Hating Frenchman Accused of Impersonating PilotPolice in Philadelphia have arrested a French national after he allegedly impersonated a pilot on a US Airways flight bound for Florida. ...read full article March 22, 2013 Brother of Brighton man accused of running identity theft ring now faces charges himselfThe brother of a Brighton man who is accused of masterminding an identity theft ring in downtown Boston was in court himself today, charged with two counts of attempted use of a fraudulent credit card, Attorney General Martha Coakley’s office said. ...read full article March 20, 2013 Man Accused of Committing ID Theft to Purchase PainkillersAn Easton man faces identity theft and drug charges after he turned himself in on a warrant at Fairfield police headquarters on Friday, police said. ...read full article March 20, 2013 Cerro Gordo employees to get identity theft aidMASON CITY — Cerro Gordo County supervisors agreed Tuesday to hire a California company to help guard against identity theft of county employees. ...read full article March 20, 2013 Identity theft suspects arrestedA stolen luxury car leads police to a team of identity theft and burglary suspects. ...read full article March 20, 2013 Alert Jewelry Store Employees Help Stop Identity Theft, Police SayEmployees at two Brookfield jewelry stores worked together to foil two people who police say used fraudulent credit cards to attempt to purchase thousands of dollars worth of jewelry. ...read full article March 20, 2013 4 arrested, 1 sought in El Segundo identity theft caseFour people suspected of running an identity theft ring were arrested when police discovered counterfeit credit cards, fake cash and drug paraphernalia at an El Segundo hotel, police said Monday. ...read full article March 20, 2013 Contact 6: Social security number theft leads to ID theftMILWAUKEE (WITI) — Identity theft can happen anywhere, and FOX6?s Contact 6 says it is important to safeguard your social security number. “A woman behind the desk asked me for my social security number. My generation gives that freely — especially in a safe place like a hospital,” Beverly Tiernan said. ...read full article March 18, 2013 Russian arrested in Hampton part of ID theft ring, police allegeHAMPTON — A 21-year-old Russian national was arrested Feb. 10 after he allegedly stole mail that included 17 debit and credit cars at a Hampton home, according to Hampton Police Lt. Dan Gidley. Police say the incident was part of a larger identity theft operation, and more than $100,000 worth of goods were discovered at the man's apartment. ...read full article March 18, 2013 Arrest made in identity theft, forgery in GainesvilleGAINSVILLE — A man has been arrested after authorities were tipped that he had been living under a stolen identity for nearly ten years. ...read full article March 18, 2013 Identity Theft Ringleader Gets 12-Year Prison SentencePHILADELPHIA—Lawrence Fudge, 47, of Philadelphia, was sentenced today to 144 months in prison for running a fraud and identity theft ring in Philadelphia for at least six years. Fudge pleaded guilty in December 2012 to conspiracy, six counts of bank fraud, eight counts of access device fraud, and 18 counts of aggravated identity theft. Through the course of the scheme, Fudge recruited bank employees and an insurance company employee to abuse the trust placed in them by their employers and pass on to him the bank account and personal information of dozens of victims. He insulated himself from the actual fraudulent transactions by recruiting others to find sources of victim information and by finding “check runners” to conduct the fraudulent transactions at the banks, to open the fraudulent retail store credit accounts, and to make the purchases at the retail stores with those fraudulently opened accounts. With others, he traveled within and outside Pennsylvania to run his fraud and identity theft scheme. In addition, Fudge admitted that he committed additional crimes of the same nature between September 1, 2011 and November 14, 2012, while he was on pretrial release on this case. ...read full article March 18, 2013 Mass. Man Arraigned In Alleged Identity Theft ScamBOSTON — A Boston man has pleaded not guilty in what prosecutors say was an extensive scheme to use fake credit cards and identities to buy smartphones and high-end electronics for resale. ...read full article March 18, 2013 Man finds identity theft device on access door to Union City bankUNION CITY, Calif. — A man uncovered an identity theft scam at a Union City bank as he was trying to use the access door to get to an ATM. ...read full article March 18, 2013 Hospital Identity Theft Found at Some South Florida HospitalsPictures taken in February and March of 2012 show Alci Bonannee and Chante Mozley, two convicted identity thieves, withdrawing cash from several banks in Broward County. ...read full article March 18, 2013 Cops shut downtown iPhone reseller, alleging identity theft ringLaw enforcement officials, news cameras and onlookers milled around yellow police tape cordoning off a jewelry storefront in Downtown Crossing, Thursday, after the arrest of a merchant who allegedly bought his wares using stolen credit cards. ...read full article March 14, 2013 Five suspects in ID-theft ring jailed in BrowardA ring of five identity thieves who stole and negotiated the sale of more than 6,000 victims' personal information is now behind bars, authorities said Wednesday. ...read full article March 14, 2013 Tractor-trailer driver charged with identity theft in West AmwellWEST AMWELL — A 29-year-old Texas man and fugitive from justice driving a tractor-trailer was arrested on March 6 after providing false documents to police during an inspection, said State Police spokesman Sgt. Adam Grossman. ...read full article March 14, 2013 Man Wanted For Mail And Identity Theft In Md.SILVER SPRING, Md. (WUSA9) -- Montgomery County Police say someone stole checks from a mailbox in Silver Spring and used them to commit fraud and identity theft. ...read full article March 14, 2013 Scarsdale Man Victim of Identity Theft: CopsA Scarsdale man had his identity stolen and was possibly bilked out of nearly $3,000, Scarsdale police said. ...read full article March 14, 2013 Charges dropped against last two ballot fraud defendantsTROY – Charges were dropped Thursday morning against the final two Democrats implicated in the years-long Rensselaer County ballot fraud case. ...read full article March 14, 2013 Former Red Cross manager charged with identity theftITHACA — A former Ithaca Red Cross shelter manager has been accused of stealing the identity of a volunteer and one-time shelter resident. ...read full article March 13, 2013 Feds: Pair stole patient IDs for tax fraudsA Chester County couple paid hospital workers to steal patients' personal information, then used it in a scheme to steal $1.7 million in tax refunds, prosecutors said Tuesday. ...read full article March 11, 2013 Three arrested for identity theft profilingA concerned citizen calling about a suspicious person netted three arrests on Thursday, said officer Matt Latino with the Lodi Police Department. ...read full article March 11, 2013 Kniss says she was victim of identity theftFraudulent charges returned to county after business owner suspected something amissFormer Santa Clara County Supervisor Liz Kniss said she was the victim of identity theft last fall when someone used her county-issued credit card to charge thousands of dollars to an online business. ...read full article March 11, 2013 2 Miami police officers arrested on ID- theft, tax-refund charges linked to FBI corruption probeMalinsky Bazile, a young Miami police officer, pocketed about $140,000 over the past two years — but not in salary for his patrol duties, authorities say. ...read full article March 11, 2013 Alabama Defendants Sentenced for Their Role in a Million Dollar Identity Theft Tax SchemeCorey Means was sentenced yesterday to 20 months in prison and Melba Wilson to eight months home detention for their involvement in a million dollar identity theft tax scheme, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. ...read full article March 11, 2013 Tax-related ID theft hits township victimsTaxpayers and preparers aren't the only ones busy with 2012 federal income tax returns as the Monday, April 15, filing deadline approaches. ...read full article March 11, 2013 Identity theft claimed in bogus T&T Bollywood concert(Trinidad Express) A woman is calling on the Commissioner of Police (CoP) to investigate the use of her identity to promote a bogus Bollywood concert featuring superstar Shahrukh Khan. ...read full article March 7, 2013 Department of Revenue: 30 People Claim Identity TheftColumbia, SC (WLTX) -- News 19 has learned approximately 30 individuals have contacted the Department of Revenue, stating that they have had their identities stolen. ...read full article March 7, 2013 For Plymouth identity theft victims, $850,000 payout 'a moral victory'Chances are slim Melony Micheals and John Foster will see a dime of the $850,000 they’re owed by the mortgage fraudsters who stole their identities and destroyed their lives. ...read full article March 7, 2013 St. Martinville man pleads guilty to identity theftLAFAYETTE — A St. Martinville man pleaded guilty this week to stealing his brother’s identity so he could launder thousands of dollars, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Wednesday. ...read full article March 7, 2013 Wilton Manors man uses ID theft to file unemployment claimsDenny Ray Hughes, 40, formerly of Wilton Manors, was arrested and indicted Wednesday on 12 counts of identify theft fraud connected with his company Mortgage Relief America. ...read full article March 7, 2013 Canton woman charged by troopers in alleged identity theftPOTSDAM — A Canton woman is facing felony and misdemeanor charges in connection with an alleged identity-theft case. ...read full article March 6, 2013 Man sentenced to 2 years in identity theft schemePROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A citizen of the Dominican Republic living in Providence has been sentenced to two years in federal prison in a scheme to steal and sell the identities of Puerto Rican U.S. citizens. ...read full article March 6, 2013 Facial recognition system nets 2,500 identity fraud arrestsNew York state officials said Tuesday the DMV's use of facial recognition software for driver's licenses since 2010 has resulted in more than 2,500 arrests of those trying to steal someone else's identity or trying to get a second license. ...read full article March 6, 2013 Editorial: Countering ID theft requires better awareness campaignsEvernote's massive password reset last week was the most recent demonstration of leaky security around consumer locks and keys. Dropbox, LinkedIn, Twitter and others preceded the Evernote action. These anxiety-producing consumer annoyances occur over a backdrop of increased cyber-attack news. Chinese hackers are spotlighted in many recent disruptions, substantiated by Akamai's report of originating-attack countries for Q3 2012, which shows China's percentage of worldwide cyber exploits doubling from the previous quarter. ...read full article March 6, 2013 Colorado identity theft panelist gets identity stolen from work MondayA member of the governor's board on identity theft and financial fraud got a first-hand feel for victimization Monday after someone stole her smart phone and wallet. ...read full article March 6, 2013 Rome woman charged with identity theftROME — A Rome woman faces felony charges after allegedly using false information to open a National Grid account, the Oneida County Sheriff's Office said. ...read full article March 6, 2013 NV postal worker gets 2 years prison for ID theftA former mail sorter for the U.S. Postal Service in Las Vegas has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for stealing credit cards and other financial information from the mail. ...read full article March 6, 2013 Industry leader in identity theft protection recently falls shortSAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA — Fear of identity theft has created a healthy business in identity theft protection, but recently an industry leader appears to have come up short ...read full article March 6, 2013 Ex-cop charged with ID theft, forging prescriptionsBOSTON — A federal judge Tuesday ordered a former Watertown Police sergeant living in Framingham detained after he was arrested driving "high as a kite" by federal marshals investigating drug purchases at MetroWest pharmacies by someone using stolen driver's licenses. ...read full article March 6, 2013 BofA Confirms Third-Party BreachHacktivists are taking credit for a data breach impacting Bank of America - an incident the hackers claim allowed them to access employee and executive data stored through a third party. ...read full article March 5, 2013 Elkton woman charged with identity theft, police seek other victimsAn Elkton woman is being held by Elkton Police and awaiting extradition to Delaware on charges of identity theft and unlawful use of a credit card, according to New Castle County (Del.) Police. ...read full article March 5, 2013 Dance studio owner charged with identity theftMIDDLETOWN, Del. - March 4, 2013 (WPVI) -- The owner of a Delaware dance studio has been charged with using a customer's credit card information to pay for a trip to California. ...read full article March 5, 2013 Clinic Corruption: Hospital Identity Theft(KUTV) There are very few places off-limits for identity thieves. They don’t really care how they get your information—even if you’re sitting in a hospital. One woman found that out the hard way. ...read full article March 5, 2013 Postal Service Working to Stop ID TheftSTERLING HEIGHTS, MI (My TV20 News at 10) --- U.S. Postal Service Police do more than dump trash at Freedom Hill Metro Park. ...read full article March 5, 2013 Tax preparers accused of fraud, ID theft in $15 million scamOwners of two metro Atlanta tax preparation companies were indicted last month for fraud and arranging and receiving nearly $15 million in bogus income tax returns, according to a federal indictment. ...read full article March 5, 2013 Lawyer Insists He’s Innocent Of Death Profiteering And Identity Theft, Wants New TrialHey, remember the Rhode Island lawyer who was charged with wire fraud and identity theft for using strangers’ deaths as an investment vehicle? As his sentencing date approaches, he’s filed papers to rescind his guilty plea and request a new trial. His guilty plea came with a maximum sentence of ten years in prison, but he maintains his innocence. His employee, who did the actual face-to-face recruitment of terminally ill patients and pleaded guilty to the same charges, has not requested a new trial. ...read full article March 1, 2013 FinCEN Warns Banks to Watch for Signs of Identity Theft-Related Tax FraudFinCEN noted in the advisory it issued Tuesday that Identity theft can be a precursor to tax refund fraud because individual income tax returns filed in the United States are tracked and processed by Taxpayer Identification Numbers and the individual taxpayer names associated with these numbers. ...read full article March 1, 2013 Nixa Woman Sentenced in Identity Theft ConspiracySPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A woman from Nixa, Missouri is headed to federal prison for more than five and a half years, for her part in an identity theft conspiracy that involved counterfeit checks, stolen identities and mail theft. ...read full article March 1, 2013 Algerian suspect in "Jihad Jane" case faces U.S. extraditionDUBLIN (Reuters) - An Irish court on Thursday began extradition hearings against an Algerian man facing two terrorism charges in the United States connected to the so-called Jihad Jane conspiracy. ...read full article March 1, 2013 Friday Marks End Of Paper Social Security ChecksEach month, about 5 million Americans receive a federal benefits check, but on March 1, 2013, those paper checks will be a thing of the past. The switch is estimated to save the government more than $1 billion. ...read full article March 1, 2013 Olympia paralegal accused of stealing $142,000A local paralegal is accused in court papers of forging her boss's signature on 121 checks, resulting in an alleged theft of over $142,000. Jennifer Marie Ottosen, 38, of Riverdale Drive in Olympia, is charged in Thurston County Superior Court with 118 counts of forgery and one count of first-degree identity theft, court papers state. Her arraignment is scheduled for Tuesday, March 5, in Thurston County Superior Court. ...read full article March 1, 2013 12.6 Million Reasons Why Identity Theft MattersIf you still believe identity theft is a marketing gimmick, it's time to take a look at the Federal Trade Commission report released this week. Identity theft is once again the top complaint in America, as it has been for 13 years. Identity theft complaints surged by 32 percent in 2012 to nearly 370,000, and that number is intensified by the most recent Javelin report, which puts the number of instances of identity theft at 12.6 million. Even Javelin's figure is probably way lower than the real number, when you factor in all the cases that go unreported or categorized improperly. ...read full article March 1, 2013 College IT Guys Admit Embezzlement, Forgery, Identity TheftA former San Mateo County Community College IT director and his former employee admitted cheating the school of thousands of dollars in goods and selling them online. ...read full article March 1, 2013 4 Anchorage Residents Indicted For Identity TheftFederal prosecutors say four Anchorage residents have been indicted on multiple charges, including identity theft, for using the identities of people in the prison system to file false income tax returns and get refunds. The four named in the indictment are 46-year-old Steven McComb, 42-year-old Michael Sexton, 47-year-old Paulando Williams and 44-year-old Helen Maloney. ...read full article March 1, 2013 Armenian Hoodlum Involved In Massive LA-OC Identity Theft Ring Gets PrisonA 26-year-old Armenian man living in Southern California and deemed an "illegal alien" by federal officials participated in a massive, Burbank-based, $7 million identity theft ring operating for six years in Los Angeles, Orange and Riverside counties. ...read full article March 1, 2013 Shooting survivor, sheriff testify in Ohio case over killings of men lured by fake job adsAKRON, Ohio - A man who says he was shot but escaped stepped down from the witness stand to identify his alleged attacker in court on Tuesday as prosecutors began trying to show that robbery and identity theft were motives for attacks in Ohio that left three men dead, all lured by phony job offers. ...read full article March 1, 2013 Former housekeeper of slain Eastside couple pleads guilty in ID theftANDERSON — The former housekeeper of a Greenville couple brutally killed in their home pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing and using her employer’s identity. ...read full article February 28, 2013 Man arrested for identity theft after using fake Social numberA local man was arrested on identity theft charges Tuesday after the rightful owner of a Social Security number he had allegedly obtained and used fraudulently sought to claim benefits. ...read full article February 28, 2013 Bellevue police break up alleged identity theft ringSEATTLE -- Accompanied by a SWAT team, Bellevue police raided a suspected identity theft ring in West Seattle Wednesday morning. ...read full article February 28, 2013 Identity theft brings 5-year term for Everett manEVERETT -- Louis Trenary was consistent -- the judge gave him that. For the past decade, Trenary, 46, of Everett, racked up about a dozen felonies for identity theft, forgery and the like. - See more at: http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20130228/NEWS01/702289933#sthash.jqwUqYQk.dpuf ...read full article February 28, 2013 Identity theft victim struggles to renew his licenseTHOMAS COUNTY, GA (WALB) - The State of Georgia ranked 2nd in the nation last year in the rate of identity theft complaints. If you've ever been a victim, you know how aggravating it can be. ...read full article February 28, 2013 D.C. Circuit examines scope of aggravated identity theft lawJason Reynolds is serving an eight-year prison term for aggravated identity theft, among other crimes. On Monday his attorney tried to convince a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit that prosecutors are overreaching by charging identity theft in the use of a name but not the theft of one. ...read full article February 28, 2013 Watchdog: Identity-theft victim seeks help with delayed tax refundBeverlee Stenberg of North Branch submitted her taxes electronically in April and was expecting her $1,386 refund when she learned her filing was denied. Someone had beat her to the punch. A crook used her Social Security number -- but not her name or address -- to get her refund. Ten months later, Stenberg is still waiting, after being assured time and again by Internal Revenue Service agents that her money would come soon. ...read full article February 28, 2013 Why Florida Leads Nation in ID Theft Income Tax Refund Fraud: IRS Cracking DownFlorida has been in the news a lot recently, and probably not for reasons that promoters of the Sunshine State would prefer. The spotlight is because hundreds of people have been arrested over the past year for identity theft crimes that involved filing ...read full article February 28, 2013 Identity theft suspect arrested in Jurupa ValleyOfficers conducting a probation compliance check discovered numerous items related to identity fraud and theft at a Jurupa Valley residence, officials have reported. ...read full article February 27, 2013 Spooner woman charged with forgery, identity theftA Spooner and St. Paul resident is accused of forging documents and stealing the identity of a deceased client with the purpose of taking at least $46,769 from his estate.A Spooner and St. Paul resident is accused of forging documents and stealing the identity of a deceased client with the purpose of taking at least $46,769 from his estate. ...read full article February 27, 2013 5-year-olds victims of identity theftIdentity thieves will stop at nothing to pawn others' identities for their own personal gain. But you know the newest trend in identity theft has reached an ultimate low when identity thieves start to target innocent children for their own personal gain. ...read full article February 27, 2013 This Is the Worst Tax Mistake You Can MakeIf you’re waiting to file your taxes until the last minute, you’ve got plenty of company. The IRS says that 20 to 25 percent of taxpayers file within two weeks of the April 15 deadline, while another 7 percent get an extension. ...read full article February 27, 2013 UK was world's most phished country in 2012 - why is it being targeted?UK consumers lost more money to online fraud than those of any other country in the world in 2012 - overtaking the US to move into first place - according to cyber security experts RSA. Figures from its Anti-Fraud Command Centre (AFCC) give UK losses of £405.8m in 2012, obtained from almost 250,000 phishing attacks. ...read full article February 27, 2013 Grayson women indicted for fraudTwo Grayson women are accused in separate cases of fraudulently collecting money and benefits from federal and state assistance programs over the course of many years. A federal grand jury in Covington returned two separate indictments on Feb. 14 charging Linda Lou Tackett, 62 and Ila Jean Rose, 56 with Supplemental Security Income fraud (SSI) and health care fraud. Seven other Kentuckians were charged in separate cases with similar offenses. ...read full article February 27, 2013 Saskatchewan RCMP launches Fraud Awareness MonthThe Saskatchewan RCMP is reminding the public of a popular adage - if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. This was the underlying message at the RCMP's launch of March as Fraud Awareness Month. The first of five topics - investment fraud - was introduced Tuesday. ...read full article February 27, 2013 Wells indictedA long time employee of the Mecklenburg Department of Social Services is free under a $10,000 bond after being charged with more than 30 charges ranging from identity theft to welfare fraud. Lorenda Wells was indicted on the charges by a Mecklenburg Grand Jury last week and scheduled for advisement on Monday. That procedure was postponed till Friday, March 1. ...read full article February 27, 2013 Birmingham man sentenced to prison in counterfeit check ring that used homeless men to cash checksBIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- A Birmingham man was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison today for his leadership role in a counterfeit check scheme that used homeless men to cash the checks in Alabama and Georgia. ...read full article February 27, 2013 Stamford Police Make Arrest After Months-Long InvestigationStamford Police arrested and charged a 20-year-old man with drug and weapons violations after a 10-month-long investigation, according to Lt. Timothy Shaw. ...read full article February 26, 2013 Prosecutors to detail evidence of robbery, identity theft in Ohio case of Craigslist killingsAkron, Ohio - Prosecutors are ready to start laying out evidence that robbery and identity theft were the motives behind attacks two years ago that left three men in Ohio dead and a fourth wounded. The victims were all were lured by phony Craigslist job offers. ...read full article February 26, 2013 Former Calif. assemblyman pleads guilty in $200K fake identity theft schemeLOS ANGELES — A former California state assemblyman has pleaded guilty to making fake identity theft claims to avoid paying his debts. ...read full article February 26, 2013 Occupational Therapist Impersonator Sentenced to Prison for Mail Fraud and Identity TheftU.S. District Judge Roy Dalton sentenced James Lewis, a/k/a James Lee Lewis (44, Kissimmee), today to five years and five months in federal prison for mail fraud and aggravated identity theft. Lewis pleaded guilty on December 18, 2012. ...read full article February 26, 2013 Augusta Utilities Cracks Down on Identity TheftAugusta Utilities is cracking down on identity theft with its Red Flag Identity Theft Program.Most of the time when you hear about identity theft, the consumers are the victims. But in the cases detected from this program, the utilities department is the one taking the hit. ...read full article February 26, 2013 FTC Releases Top 10 Complaint Categories for 2012Identity theft is once more the top complaint received by the Federal Trade Commission, which has released its 2012 annual report of complaints. 2012 marks the first year in which the FTC received more than 2 million complaints overall, and 369,132, or 18 percent, were related to identity theft. Of those, more than 43 percent related to tax- or wage-related fraud. ...read full article February 26, 2013 State reports more tax return fraud by identity thievesMADISON, WI (WSAU) - There are people who will steal your name so they can file a tax return and claim a big, fraudulent refund... affecting both you and the government. It’s an identity theft problem that has already affected many Wisconsin residents. ...read full article February 26, 2013 Woman accused of identity theftCOLUMBUS -- A 34-year-old Columbus woman is accused using identification stolen from a Texas woman to gain local motel jobs during a two-year period in 2011-12. ...read full article February 22, 2013 Florida Medical Assistant Charged with Identity TheftAccording to WFTV, Selina Rodriguez, a former medical assistant at Mid-Florida Urological Associates, has been charged with using data stolen from patient records to file fraudulent insurance claims for more than $100,000, claiming that some of the patients were her own children. ...read full article February 22, 2013 Miami Man Charged in $12 Million Identity Theft Tax Refund Fraud Scheme Involving Thousands of Fraudulently Obtained U.S. Treasury ChecksWifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; José A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI); Paula A. Reid, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Secret Service (USSS); Antonio J. Gomez, Acting Inspector in Charge, U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS); and Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, announced the filing of a criminal complaint charging defendant Frankie Jermaine Anderson, 40, of Miami, with conspiracy to defraud the United States, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371, theft of government money or property, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 641, and aggravated identity theft, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1028A(a)(1). ...read full article February 22, 2013 Teen found out he was ID theft victim at age 10NORFOLK -- A woman is fighting to clear her son's name after he became a victim of identity theft. The woman, who doesn't want to be identified, said her 18-year-old didn't even know he had been victimized until he went to apply for a loan. That's when he learned it had happened eight years earlier when he was just 10. ...read full article February 22, 2013 New Lenox Credit Card Thief Nabbed: Felony Identity Theft ChargesThe trail of small purchases made with a credit card stolen in early January from a New Lenox resident led to the arrest of an East Chicago, Ind. man. ...read full article February 22, 2013 Florida leads nation in identity theft-related income tax fraudBOCA RATON — Florida ranks first in stolen identity tax refund fraud, a problem so pervasive it’s now known as SIRF. Over the next five years, the Internal Revenue Service estimates it will send $26 billion worth of tax refunds to people obtaining them fraudulently, said Cindy Liebes, Federal Trade Commission director of the Southeast region. ...read full article February 21, 2013 Nearly 200 Students Warned of ID Theft Risk After Tax Form Mishap By School DistrictLAKELAND | The Social Security numbers of nearly 200 students who paid tuition for education programs could be compromised, according to a letter sent out recently by the Polk County School District. ...read full article February 21, 2013 One New Identity Theft Victim Every 3 Seconds in 2012As major U.S. companies fall victim of a steady campaign of cyber hacking recently linked to the Chinese government, a new report shows consumers are increasingly battling another problem: identity theft. ...read full article February 21, 2013 More TD Bank Customers Report Identity TheftSeveral more area residents have stepped forward to report to police that their TD Bank debit card information was stolen and that someone withdrew money from their accounts at various ATM machines in New York City. ...read full article February 20, 2013 ID theft on the rise again: 12.6 million victims in 2012, study showsIdentity theft is on the rise again, says a new industry-sponsored study, reversing a promising two-year trend. Some 12.6 million Americans were victimized by ID theft in 2012, the second-highest total since the Federal Trade Commission began counting victims in 2003 and roughly 1 million more than 2011, according to the survey by Javelin Strategy and Research. The record – 13.9 million victims – was set in 2009. ...read full article February 20, 2013 Former Police Officer Convicted of Identity TheftJamell Stallings, a former Metropolitan Police Department officer, is facing up to 150 years for stealing her brother's identity.A former Metropolitan Police Department officer from Brandywine, MD, has been convicted of counterfeiting, identity fraud and theft for stealing her brother's identity, prosecutors announced Tuesday. ...read full article February 20, 2013 Identity thieves file phony tax returns to get your moneyNationwide, investigators detected more than 1.2 million tax identity theft cases in 2012. In 2008, there were only 48,000 cases.SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Tax season is in full swing, but your refund could be going into the pockets of thieves. Criminals use stolen names and security numbers to file phony tax forms and get money meant for you. ...read full article February 20, 2013 Identity theft that goes unnoticedMILWAUKEE - Could you be the victim of identity theft and not even know it? You could, if you are not careful about checking things out on a regular basis. ...read full article February 20, 2013 Rehearing Granted on Aggravated ID TheftCHICAGO (CN) - The 7th Circuit agreed to rehear arguments on whether producing fake gun permits which display the buyer's real identifying information constitutes "aggravated identity theft" under federal law. ...read full article February 20, 2013 Identity theft investigation leads to pair of indictmentsThe scope of an international “skimming” scheme that impacted as many as 200 automated-teller machine users in the Prairie du Sac area is widening, as indictments were handed down Feb. 18 in New York against two additional men who are being called the masterminds behind the sophisticated nationwide bank-theft plot. ...read full article February 20, 2013 Police: Woman sought in identity theftCrime Stoppers and police from Nassau County and Garden City are trying to find a woman suspected in a case of identity theft. ...read full article February 19, 2013 ID theft ring busted in Northwest FresnoFRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Police say an in home care provider, and four other people, worked together to break into homes in Northwest Fresno. Detectives say all five collaborated to steal hundreds of identities. They even had personal information sent to fake addresses. ...read full article February 19, 2013 Audio Recording Gives Rare Insight Into Identity TheftMIAMI (CBS4) – 18 minutes. Lauderhill Police detective Alex Iwaskewycz says that’s all the time identity thieves needed to open a new bank account and begin siphoning thousands of dollars from an elderly victim’s savings. ...read full article February 19, 2013 Two Westlake Residents Are Victims Of Separate Identity Theft ScamsOne woman's social security number and identity was being fraudulently used for years, according to policeTwo Westlake residents were the victims of separate identity theft scams, according to Westlake Police. One has been occurring for years; the other involved racking up a substantial amount of debt in a short amount of time. ...read full article February 18, 2013 Man charged with aggravated identity theftERIE, PA — A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of using a Social Security number assigned to another and aggravated identity theft, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today. ...read full article February 18, 2013 Florida hit by "tsunami" of tax identity fraudMIAMI (Reuters) - Bruce Parton was only a few weeks from retirement after 30 years as a mail carrier in sunny Florida. He never lived to fulfill his retirement plan of moving back to a quiet life in the Catskill mountains of New York, not far from where he grew up on Long Island. ...read full article February 18, 2013 Man to plead guilty in identity theft caseMONROE, La. - A change of plea hearing is scheduled Tuesday for a man charged in Louisiana with trying use a fraudulent Social Security number to obtain a drivers license and identification documents. ...read full article February 18, 2013 East Hartford Woman Arrested For Identity TheftAn East Hartford woman has been arrested for allegedly using stolen credit cards to purchase furniture. Celeste Harris, 31, was arrested in Hartford Friday on charges stemming from an investigation by Vernon police that began in October 2012, police said. Harris had allegedly been using stolen credit cards to make purchases from Bob's Discount Furniture locations since January 2012, according to police. ...read full article February 18, 2013 Greenwich man charged with larceny, ID theftA Greenwich man was hit with a slew of charges after police arrested him Monday by warrant. Gregory J. Sroka, 40, of 116 Halstead Ave., was charged with fourth-degree larceny, credit card theft, 12 counts of illegal use of a credit card, 12 counts of receiving goods or services illegally, third-degree identity theft and criminal impersonation. ...read full article February 18, 2013 Newlyweds arrested for suspected tax fraud, ID theftTAMPA -- Two days after their house was searched, Jermell Cornelius Hickman married his girlfriend, Ebonie Hampton. Then on Valentine's Day, the newlyweds were arrested together. ...read full article February 15, 2013 Identity Management SolutionsIdentity management as a platform is an emerging branch of Information security. Top vendors such as Microsoft, IBM, and Oracle have taken serious plunges into the Identity management arena. In this article, we shall see what it takes to implement an Identity management solution. Information security comprises various individual components that need to go hand in hand. One of the most important components is Identity management. Be it an intrusion prevention system, site advisors, or anti-malware solutions, each has one common requirement, the identity of the user. Identity management comprises various smaller components, such as LDAP authentication, active directory authentication, authentication chain mechanisms, one-time password transactions, Kerberos authentication, and integrated Windows authentication. A successful Identity management solution uses all these flavors seamlessly. ...read full article February 15, 2013 Tax Preparer Pleads Guilty in Identity Theft SchemeA California tax preparer and bookkeeper has pleaded guilty to using the stolen identities of relatives and former clients to file fraudulent tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service. ...read full article February 15, 2013 A-State employees are identity theft victimsArkansas State University employee Janet Moore used the word "angst" to describe her feelings about being a victim of financial identity fraud, and University Police Department dispatcher Faye Crawford, also a victim, said the situation is "stressful." ...read full article February 15, 2013 Spammers unleash DIY phone number slurping web toolMobile spammers have released a DIY phone number harvesting tool, but instead of advertising it solely on criminals-only online hangouts, they're trying to flog it out in the open. ...read full article February 15, 2013 Former FBI Agents, US Senator, UN Official Also Victims of Bush Family HackerAs it turns out, the members of the Bush family and some of their friends are not the only victims of Guccifer. The hacker has also managed to breach the accounts of several other important people, including a US Senator, former FBI agents, and a United Nations official. ...read full article February 15, 2013 Google Play shares too much personal info, app developer saysGoogle is in the information business. But one app developer is accusing it of providing him with "TMI" -- too much information -- about his customers. And this sharing of user information from Google Play has reignited an online debate over privacy protection and notification online. ...read full article February 15, 2013 Thanks, Adobe. Protection for critical zero-day exploit not on by default Reader protected view: Like car airbags that work only if owners flip a swThe recently discovered zero-day attacks targeting critical vulnerabilities in Adobe's ubiquitous Reader application are able to bypass recently added security defenses unless end users manually make changes to default settings, company officials said. ...read full article February 15, 2013 Professor: Battling Facebook identity theft a long, trying legal battleGRAND PRAIRIE -- Crystal Brown-Tatum is a mother, breast cancer survivor and entrepreneur. Now, she can add identity-theft victim to that list. It happened on Facebook, and she’s learning there’s very little she can do about it. ...read full article February 15, 2013 Warner Robins woman arrested in Baldwin County identity theftA Baldwin County couple knew something was wrong when they noticed credit card purchases made on their account in Philadelphia, Atlanta, Macon and Warner Robins. ...read full article February 15, 2013 Two identity theft suspects sentencedDURANT, OK-Two Texans have been sentenced to prison for aggravated identity theft charges in Texoma. Chris Drew Dunn and Amannda Lucia Malaby are headed to prison for two years and ordered to pay nearly $20,000 in restitution. ...read full article February 15, 2013 Former Duluth man pleads guilty to identity theftA former Duluth man pleaded guilty to his role in a large, multi-state identity theft ring Thursday in federal court in St. Paul. ...read full article February 14, 2013 Federal Judge Sentences Man for Identity TheftGULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - A federal judge has sentenced a 26-year-old New Orleans man to three years in prison for identity theft involving $10,000 in purchases. ...read full article February 14, 2013 Arrest Made in ID Theft Case; Help Wanted to ID BlondeA development in an identity theft case has SCV sheriff’s deputies once again asking for the community’s help. Valerie Lynne Ray, 54, of Los Angeles, was arrested Feb. 5 in connection with a crime ring that is believed to have victimized women in the Crescenta Valley, Ventura County and SCV, said Deputy Josh Dubin of the SCV Sheriff’s Station. ...read full article February 14, 2013 Henderson County Deputies Announce ID Theft ArrestHENDERSONVILLE, N.C. -- Detectives from the Henderson County Sheriff's Office say they've arrested a Pisgah Forest woman on embezzlement and identity theft charges. ...read full article February 14, 2013 Most identity theft cases go unsolvedYAKIMA COUNTY, Wash. -- If your identity is stolen -- justice may be hard to come by. The KIMA Crime Tracker looked into how many cases are actually solved. We found there were 35 cases of identity theft *reported in Yakima County last year. Of those, three were unfounded. Only four wound up with someone arrested. That's about 10 percent of all reported cases. ...read full article February 14, 2013 Woman, 38, faces identity theft charges in LancasterLANCASTER, Pa. (WHTM) - Police say a woman stole her former coworker's identity in order to obtain a loan. ...read full article February 14, 2013 Central Fresno raid tied to identity theft investigationAn early-morning raid Tuesday by police and federal postal inspectors in central Fresno was connected to identity theft crimes, police say. ...read full article February 14, 2013 Manhattan Man Accused in $8 Million ID Theft, Cell-Phone FraudA Manhattan man was arrested on Wednesday and accused in an $8 million scheme that made use of stolen identities to activate and use fraudulent cell-phone accounts, the U.S. Justice Department said. ...read full article February 14, 2013 Identity Theft at South Lake Tahoe Gas PumpSouth Lake Tahoe Police are investigating an identity theft case. ...read full article February 14, 2013 Employees at Dalton, Ga., plant hit by ID theftA number of employees at Dalton, Ga. automotive parts manufacturer Shiroki-Ga LLC have been victims of identity theft, according to Bruce Frazier, spokesman for the Dalton Police Department. ...read full article February 13, 2013 2 women arrested for alleged identity theftNeighbors gathered around awakened by the flash bang grenades as police and SWAT invaded a home in Central Fresno. ...read full article February 13, 2013 Health Department clerk arrested for ID theftA senior clerk at the Palm Beach Health Department was arrested Tuesday and charged with using her job to steal identity information from more than 2,800 patients. ...read full article February 13, 2013 Jackson County identity theft case grows into state’s largestCar dealer is accused of setting up dozens of bogus loans with stolen IDs. He is currently jailed in IllinoisMissouri Attorney General Chris Koster on Tuesday called a Jackson County identity theft case the largest ever prosecuted by the state and said 44 victims have been identified. ...read full article February 13, 2013 Identity Theft Charges Termed Largest In Missouri HistoryOperator of former car dealerships in Independence, Blue Springs and Illinois is jailed and charged with what the Missouri Attorney General calls the biggest identity theft case ever taken to court in Missouri. ...read full article February 13, 2013 Robocalls, identity theft among top consumer complaints in Wisconsin in 2012Marjory Wittenberger no longer remembers how many times she picked up her phone this fall just to hear a recording of Rachel offering her lower interest rates on a credit card, but it was a lot. ...read full article February 13, 2013 Residents Warned About Identity TheftIRS Criminal Investigation has issued a warning to taxpayers about an increase in false tax returns being filed with the IRS using stolen Social Security numbers. Stealing identities and filing false tax returns is a serious crime that hurts innocent taxpayers, according to government officials. Both nationwide and in New Mexico, IRS Criminal Investigation has designated identity theft as a priority area and increased numbers of tax fraud investigations relating to identity theft have been initiated in recent years. ...read full article February 13, 2013 More details expected Tuesday in ID theft case out of IndependenceA former Independence car dealer allegedly stole personal information from more than a dozen of his customers in what authorities are calling a “million dollar identity theft case.” ...read full article February 13, 2013 Case Highlights Growing Identity Theft Problem in HawaiiThe Prosecutor’s Office released details of a secret grand jury indictment of five New York residents charged with 31 counts of identity theft and other crimes in Hawaii. ...read full article February 13, 2013 Consumer Alert: Identity theft victim targeted from within bankMost consumers know how important it is to check their bank and credit card statements regularly for errors. But sometimes, those "errors" are actually calculated crimes ... which originate from within the bank's walls. ...read full article February 11, 2013 The inside story of Aaron Swartz’s campaign to liberate court filingsAnd how his allies are trying to finish the job by tearing down a big paywalYears before the JSTOR scraping project that led to Aaron Swartz's indictment on federal hacking charges—and perhaps to his suicide—the open-data activist scraped documents from PACER, the federal judiciary's paywalled website for public access to court records. (The acronym PACER stands for Public Access to Court Electronic Records, which may sound like it's straight out of 1988 because it is.) Swartz got 2.7 million documents before the courts detected his downloads and blocked access. The case was referred to the FBI, which investigated Swartz's actions but declined to prosecute him. ...read full article February 11, 2013 San Carlos: Oakland woman arrested in ID theft brings pot to jail, police saySAN CARLOS -- An Oakland woman was arrested on suspicion of identity theft at an electronics store -- then added to her troubles by getting caught bringing marijuana into jail, authorities said. ...read full article February 11, 2013 Eleven Indicted In $34M Tax Fraud, ID Theft PlotMIAMI (CBSMiami) – $34 million and the identities of thousands of dead people were at risk in a large-scale tax fraud scheme for which 11 people were indicted Friday. ...read full article February 11, 2013 Bay Area risky for identity theft, tax fraudTax season is enough of a hassle with all the paperwork -- now imagine someone stole your identity and used it to cash in a fake tax return. ...read full article February 11, 2013 ID theft brings prison sentenceURBANA — An Urbana man who admitted he committed financial identity theft has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison. ...read full article February 11, 2013 Woman convicted of identity theft headed to prisonA 46-year-old woman has been sentenced to seven years and eight months in prison after being convicted of identity theft and related charges. ...read full article February 11, 2013 Hiawatha Couple Fights for Tougher Iowa Identity Theft LawHIAWATHA, Iowa -- At this very moment, someone could be racking up credit card debt, buying a house or even committing crimes with on someone else's name, and he or she wouldn't even know it until it's too late. ...read full article February 11, 2013 Your Hospital Records Might Not Be As Safe From An Identity Thief As You ThinkFinancial crime is probably one of the last things people have on their minds when they go to the doctor’s office. Every day, millions of Americans fill out forms in waiting rooms and surrender troves of personal information without thinking there could be an identity thief lurking among the stacks of a records-keeping room. ...read full article February 11, 2013 Man charged with identity theft, fraudA Texas man has been charged with nine counts of identity theft and fraud after trying to use an access card that police say was fraudulent at The Mall of Acadiana, according to Lafayette police. ...read full article February 11, 2013 ID theft victim details ordealAir National Guard major, family face 'financial destruction'Air National Guard Maj. Zane Purdy was making more than $100,000 a year working for a defense contracting company when his identity was stolen and sold to a tax fraud ring. ...read full article February 8, 2013 IRS nabs identity thieves in nationwide crackdownIn its ongoing effort to prevent refund fraud, the IRS launched a nationwide crackdown on identity thieves last month. ...read full article February 8, 2013 Identity Theft Exploding Across South FloridaMIAMI (CBS4) – The acting head of the IRS announced a massive national crackdown is underway to prevent billions of dollars in taxpayer refunds from being stolen nationwide. ...read full article February 8, 2013 NH man accused of identity theftPELHAM, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man accused of assuming another person's identity has been charged with multiple counts of fraud, tampering with public records, receiving stolen property, and other offenses. ...read full article February 8, 2013 IRS identity theft sweep nets 100 arrestsA year-long nationwide focus on tax refund fraud and identity theft by the Internal Revenue Service has resulted in more than 100 arrests in 32 states and Puerto Rico. ...read full article February 8, 2013 Chandler police: 37 cases involving ID theft so far this yearChandler police have arrested several people in recent weeks on suspicion of identity theft, but officials say that isn’t out of the ordinary. ...read full article February 8, 2013 Altadena Woman Arrested for Identity TheftThe 21-year-old was arrested Wednesday for allegedly assuming the identity of a Georgia woman and obtaining a $5000 cash advance on the victim’s credit card.A lengthy Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department investigation led to arrest Wednesday when detectives discovered evidence at an Altadena apartment that a local woman allegedly stole someone’s identity. ...read full article February 8, 2013 ID theft victim: 'I want my record cleared'JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Antoinette told us she was the victim of identity theft in 2006. She said her credit history is OK now. But now she has a criminal record because she says the suspect committed fraud using her information. ...read full article February 8, 2013 Police searching for identity theft suspectPolice said the woman knowingly used another person’s identity to withdraw cash and make purchases. ...read full article February 8, 2013 Johnson City man faces numersous identity theft, theft chargesA Johnson City man was charged with more than a dozen counts each of theft and identity theft, according to a news release. ...read full article February 8, 2013 Woman charged with 51 felonies involving identity theftJONES COUNTY - A woman is facing more than 50 felony charges, as well as a couple of misdemeanors, in an identity theft investigation. ...read full article February 8, 2013 Two arrested in Framingham on identity theft chargesFRAMINGHAM — Two Lowell residents are facing identity fraud charges after police say they admitted to being part of an identity theft ring. ...read full article February 8, 2013 Woman Charged with Felony Identity TheftOn Tuesday, Jan. 22, Mary Elizabeth Davis, 54, was arrested by Boone Police for two counts of felony identity theft. Davis is alleged to have used the identity and financial information of a 92 year old victim to obtain several items from various magazine companies. ...read full article February 8, 2013 Lilburn Man Sentenced to Prison for Identity TheftNorman Uriah Simmonds, 33, was one of the leading defendants in a large-scale credit card theft ring who was sentenced to federal prison Wednesday.A Lilburn man was sentenced to federal prison Wednesday for his involvement in a large-scale credit card theft ring involving 10 other defendants. ...read full article February 7, 2013 Wis. mom accused of identity theft of murdered sonMADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A Fort Atkinson woman whose son was charged with killing his autistic half brother has been sentenced to a year for using the victim's public assistance benefit. ...read full article February 7, 2013 Bayside Man Pleads Guilty in Identity Theft Scheme: U.S. AttorneyA Bayside man has pleaded guilty in an identity theft scheme during which he conspired with the leader of a Newark-based organized crime enterprise, according to the U.S. attorney for New Jersey. ...read full article February 7, 2013 Belleville woman faces identity theft-related chargesA 38-year-old Belleville woman was charged with crimes related to identity theft two days after police escorted her from her home in the 2800 block of Fairway Drive in The Orchards neighborhood. ...read full article February 7, 2013 Former North Shore University Hospital Patients Recount Identity Theft ‘Nightmare’NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Some former patients of North Shore University Hospital are speaking out, one day after filing a lawsuit over identity theft. ...read full article February 7, 2013 Miami U.S. attorney issues warning and crackdown on ID theft, tax-refund fraudU.S. Attorney Wifredo Ferrer issued a warning about ID theft and tax-refund fraud amid a crackdown on the multibillion-dollar crime spreading across South FloridaGuard your identity with your life, warns South Florida’s top law enforcement official. U.S. Attorney Wifredo Ferrer says the double whammy of ID theft and tax-refund scams are the “new Medicare fraud,” picking the pockets of hard-working people and the federal government every year for billions of dollars. ...read full article February 7, 2013 Wisconsin colleges fight identity theft and fraudIt’s not every day that a woman from Nebraska pays for two students from Egypt to attend the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. ...read full article February 6, 2013 Identity theft scam involving car loansJACKSON COUNTY, Mo. — A bold scam to get other people’s money, and a lot of it. Jackson County Prosecutors and the Missouri Attorney General have jointly filed felony charges against a 25-year old car dealer who owned and operated a business in Independence and Blue Springs. ...read full article February 6, 2013 San Andreas woman arrested on ID theft chargesSAN ANDREAS -- Calaveras County sheriff's officials said the stop of a woman suspected of driving with a suspended driver's license yielded much more when a deputy found stolen credit card information, drug paraphernalia and burglary tools in her car. ...read full article February 6, 2013 Wis. mom accused of identity theft of murdered sonMADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A Fort Atkinson woman whose son was charged with killing his autistic half brother has been sentenced to a year for using the victim's public assistance benefit. ...read full article February 6, 2013 Horry County police attempt to identify identity theft suspectHorry County police are trying to identify a woman accused of stealing another woman’s identity, said Sgt. Robert Kegler. Police aren’t sure how personal information was stolen, but Kegler said the woman has opened fraudulent accounts and lines of credit even using the other woman’s name to purchase a car. ...read full article February 6, 2013 Bayside Man Pleads Guilty in Identity Theft Scheme: U.S. AttorneyYoung-wood Ji worked with New Jersey-based criminal enterprise that stole thousands from banks, credit card companies.A Bayside man has pleaded guilty in an identity theft scheme during which he conspired with the leader of a Newark-based organized crime enterprise, according to the U.S. attorney for New Jersey. ...read full article February 6, 2013 Is there a uniform way to handle online identities?Keeping track of the identity of remote users accessing online resources is a critical and daunting task with few standards for large-scale implementation. There are working schemes for federated services such as the Federal Bridge Certification Authority but little assurance of visibility by all parties involved, which can introduce risks into identity management and access control. This has been a major hurdle in the efforts of agencies to provide more information and services online to remote workers and citizens. ...read full article February 5, 2013 Local Store Staffer Spots Identity Theft SuspectAn identity theft suspect is in custody after trying to open a credit card under a second assumed identity at the same store in less than a week. ...read full article February 5, 2013 Spokane Police Want You To Be Aware Of Possible Identity TheftThe Spokane Police Department has received information that sensitive employment documents were discarded outside of the former Old Country Buffet Restaurant (5504 N Division) in a dumpster. The documents were not shredded. ...read full article February 5, 2013 Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona apparent victim of credit card fraudSheriff Joe Arpaio's reputation for being hard on criminals is well known, but, in at least a small way, the tables have turned. ...read full article February 5, 2013 FTC Endorses New Privacy Guidelines, Do Not Track for Mobile Apps, DevicesHoping to ramp up privacy on mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has released a series of suggestions to help app developers, advertising networks and device companies better protect their users online. ...read full article February 5, 2013 Family Members Sentenced in Alabama in $1.9 Million Stolen Identity Refund Fraud SchemeSeveral family members were sentenced Friday in the Middle District of Alabama for their involvement in a $1.9 million dollar stolen identity refund fraud scheme, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. Barbara Murry, Veronica Temple and Yolanda Moses each received a sentence of 57 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $1,908,659. Douglas Murry received a sentence of 24 months in prison and was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $142,038. Almetta Johnson received a sentence of eight months home detention. Lee Moses, Jeffrey Temple and Courtney Johnson each received a sentence of probation. ...read full article February 5, 2013 'Massive' Credit Card Fraud Steals $200MEighteen people have been charged in what federal prosecutors in New Jersey called one of the largest credit card fraud schemes ever uncovered by the U.S. Department of Justice, spanning 28 states and eight countries. ...read full article February 4, 2013 Tokyo police investigating Bulgarians for repeated identity theft from ATMsPolice in Tokyo say they believe a large group of Bulgarians are behind an organized scam that sees bank customers’ personal information stolen from the data on their ATM cards. Between October and December of last year, police found skimming devices, which scan ATM cards as they are inserted into the bank machines, installed in six different locations in and around the Tokyo area. ...read full article February 4, 2013 Bad spelling leads IRS to tax and ID theft schemeHad they been better at spelling, a Westerville man and a Reynoldsburg woman accused of stealing more than 500 identities in a tax-fraud scheme might not have been caughtHad they been better at spelling, an Ohio man and woman accused of stealing more than 500 identities in a tax-fraud scheme might not have been caught. ...read full article February 4, 2013 Rome woman charged with identity theft after opening a credit cardROME -- Oneida County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested a Rome woman for using a relatives’ personal information to get a credit card. ...read full article February 4, 2013 Police pursuit of two women leads to statewide identity theft probeParker police are investigating an identity theft case that began with the Thelma & Louise-style pursuit of two female suspects. ...read full article February 4, 2013 Undercover London police used identities of dead children as aliases, report saysThe Guardian newspaper says that London's Metropolitan Police Service stole the identities of dozens of dead children to use as aliases for undercover officers, learning the infants' personal histories and even issuing fake passports in their names. ...read full article February 4, 2013 CalPERS worker arrested in identity theft probePolice arrested a CalPERS employee on Friday on suspicion of identity theft. Authorities booked 40-year-old Koren Lamar into Solano County jail, according to a Vacaville Police Department press release, after a victim, who is currently receiving retirement benefits, reported several loans taken out using the victim's personal information and without the victim's knowledge. ...read full article February 4, 2013 5 Jailed In San Mateo For Meth, Pot, Weapons, Counterfeiting, ID TheftSAN MATEO (CBS SF) — An alleged attempt to use fraudulent gift cards in a downtown San Mateo store this week led to the arrest of five San Jose residents on counterfeiting, drug and weapon charges, police said. ...read full article February 4, 2013 Woman arrested for identity theftLKO — A woman who was arrested Thursday on a warrant charging identity theft was a suspect in a theft case more than a year ago. Ivett Rodriguez, 20, of Elko was arrested at the Red Lion Casino. ...read full article February 4, 2013 Calhoun County Deputies investigating mail and identity theft ringHOMER (WKZO) -- The FBI and Postal Inspectors have joined the investigation into an identity theft ring in Calhoun County. A woman delivering newspapers was reportedly dipping into mailboxes and stealing a variety of documents that might be used to commit identity crimes. ...read full article February 4, 2013 Alabama Woman Pleads Guilty in a Stolen Identity Refund Fraud SchemeLarreka Jackson pleaded guilty today in the Middle District of Alabama to her role in a multi-million dollar conspiracy to use stolen identities to obtain tax refunds, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. ...read full article February 4, 2013 SC Consumer Affairs Offers I.D. Theft Information via YouTubeColumbia, SC (WLTX) -- The South Carolina Department Of Consumer Affairs has produced a YouTube video to provide answers to common questions surrounding Identity Theft. ...read full article February 1, 2013 Oregon Man Indicted for Tax Fraud and Identity TheftRicky Lee Greenwood, of Portland, Ore., was indicted late last night on nine counts of wire fraud, nine counts of filing false claims for tax refunds, and eight counts of aggravated identity theft, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. Greenwood made his initial appearance in court Wednesday in Portland. ...read full article FBI , February 1, 2013 FBI: Interstate Identity Theft Ringleader Sentenced to Almost 10 Years in Federal PrisonGRAND RAPIDS, MI—Marcus Montell Thames, 32, of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, was sentenced to serve nine years and seven months in federal prison for his leading role in an interstate identity theft conspiracy that was based out of Florida, but whose members traveled throughout the Southeast and Upper Midwest committing bank fraud and identity theft during 2010 and 2011. The scheme involved eight charged defendants, all of whom have since been convicted of felonies including conspiracy to commit identity theft and bank fraud; bank fraud; and aggravated identity theft. ...read full article January 31, 2013 Roanoke husband, wife sentenced for identity theft and fraudROANOKE, VA -- A local husband and wife who admitted to committing fraud and stealing the identities of others were sentenced today in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Roanoke. ...read full article January 31, 2013 Urbana man gets probation over identity theft scamURBANA — The last of four people involved in a scam that involved former Busey Bank tellers relaying personal customer identification to two other men who used it to steal money has been sentenced to probation. ...read full article January 31, 2013 Palisades Park man admits role in identity theft schemeNEWARK — A Palisades Park man pleaded guilty Wednesday to taking part in a large and complex identity theft scheme, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. ...read full article January 31, 2013 Top identity theft charge tossed in Dead Sea Scrolls cyber-bully caseA panel of appellate judges has tossed out the top identity theft charge in a wacky, Dead Sea Scrolls cyber-bully case from 2010. ...read full article January 31, 2013 Woman spun ID theft tale in bid to avoid $500 debt: copsThe 43-year-old Greco lives on the 1100 block of Spring Garden Circle, in the Mansions of Naperville condominium complex near Ogden Mall on the city’s far northeast side. She is free on bond and awaiting trial in DuPage County Circuit Court on a misdemeanor charge of attempted disorderly conduct/filing a false crime report. ...read full article January 31, 2013 Oakley woman sentenced for ID theft, other chargesSANTA ROSA, Calif.—A Contra Costa County woman will be serving time behind bars after being sentenced for identity theft and other charges. ...read full article January 30, 2013 Dominican National Sentenced to 63 Months in Prison for Leading Role in Identity Trafficking SchemeA Dominican national was sentenced today to 63 months in prison for his leading role in trafficking the identities of Puerto Rican U.S. citizens and corresponding identity documents, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney Rosa E. Rodríguez-Vélez of the District of Puerto Rico; Director John Morton of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which oversees Homeland Security Investigations (HSI); Chief Postal Inspector Guy J. Cottrell of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS); Gentry Smith, Acting Director of the U.S. State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service (DSS); and Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Chief Richard Weber. ...read full article January 30, 2013 Alabama State Employee Indicted for Identity TheftChequ li a Motley, a resident of Montgomery, Ala., was indicted by a federal grand jury for her involvement in a conspiracy to use stolen identities to file fraudulent tax returns, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. Motley was indicted on various charges, including conspiracy, five counts of wire fraud and five counts of aggravated identity theft. ...read full article January 30, 2013 Montgomery woman indicted in million-dollar identity theft schemeA federal grand jury has indicted a Montgomery woman on charges that she conspired to receive more than a million dollars in false tax refunds. ...read full article January 30, 2013 Rockville Man Indicted for Identity Theft and Tax FraudProsecutors: Ewdy Jose Olivo and his brother used their Silver Spring tax service to steal identities and file false tax refund claims.A Rockville man and his brother were indicted by a federal grand jury Monday in Greenbelt on charges that they prepared and filed false tax returns using personal information stolen from customers of their Silver Spring tax service, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Baltimore announced in a news release. ...read full article January 30, 2013 Oconee deputies investigate Atlanta woman in ID theft schemeA 32-year-old Atlanta woman arrested Monday in Oconee County is the subject of a widening investigation into a massive identity theft probe that authorities said involves three states and likely will grow. ...read full article January 30, 2013 Identity theft suspect arrested, police searching for more victimsORLANDO -- Police say a convicted felon was living the high life by skimming other people's credit cards. They say Josue Morales went on shopping sprees at high-end stores. But ultimately he may have ripped off the wrong guys, including a commander with the Orange County Sheriff’s office and a retired Orlando Police officer. ...read full article January 30, 2013 Fort Lauderdale woman faces 351 years in prison in tax fraud schemeA Fort Lauderdale woman was convicted of heading an identity theft tax fraud scheme that netted $11 million in federal tax refunds and involved the filing of approximately 2,000 fraudulent tax returns, federal prosecutors said. ...read full article January 30, 2013 Longview man sentenced in identity theft caseA Longview man was sentenced to 1 year and 9 months in federal prison today after pleading guilty to conspiring to commit identity theft. ...read full article January 30, 2013 Your employer may share your salary, and Equifax might sell that dataThe Equifax credit reporting agency, with the aid of thousands of human resource departments around the country, has assembled what may be the most powerful and thorough private database of Americans’ personal information ever created, containing 190 million employment and salary records covering more than one-third of U.S. adults. ...read full article January 29, 2013 Office intern at Jacksonville primary care center charged with ID theftNames and Social Security numbers of 261 people were illegally photographed at a Shands Jacksonville clinic then transmitted to another person, according to an arrest report in the case. ...read full article January 29, 2013 The Social Media Identity Theft of a School Director Via TwitterWe've seen this before and it never ends good. This time it's resulting in an identity theft charge for Ira Trey Quesenberry III, an 18-year-old student at Sullivan Central High School. A few years ago this would have been looked upon as a victimless prank. But times have changed and as social media sites like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and others have morphed into much more than just recreational websites, it's not just unacceptable; it's a crime. ...read full article January 29, 2013 Ex-LA County worker pleads guilty to ID theftLOS ANGELES—A former Los Angeles County worker has pleaded guilty to committing a $357,000 identity theft tax fraud. ...read full article January 29, 2013 Md. Brothers Indicted in Identity Theft, Tax FraudGREENBELT, Md. — Two brothers have been indicted in an alleged scheme that stole identities to prepare and file false tax returns. ...read full article January 29, 2013 Town of Tonawanda Warns of Credit/Debit Card BreachTOWN OF TONAWANDA, NY - Town of Tonawanda Police are warning people of recent breach at a local merchant that could affect your bank account. ...read full article January 29, 2013 Alabama Employee Indicted for Providing Names to a Million Dollar Identity Theft SchemeA federal grand jury in Montgomery, Ala., returned an indictment charging Lea’Tice Phillips for conspiring to file false tax returns using stolen identities, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. The 37 count indictment charges Phillips with conspiracy to file false claims, wire fraud, computer fraud and aggravated identity theft. ...read full article January 29, 2013 Refunds Seen Postponed in IRS Quest to Stamp Out ID TheftSome taxpayers seeking a quick refund may have to wait longer than usual this year as the Internal Revenue Service tries to stop criminals who steal others’ identities and file fraudulent returns. ...read full article January 28, 2013 Tips for Taxpayers, Victims about Identity Theft and Tax ReturnsThe Internal Revenue Service is taking additional steps during the 2013 tax season to protect taxpayers and help victims of identity theft and refund fraud. ...read full article January 28, 2013 Watertown woman accused of identity theftA Watertown resident was hit with multiple charges by city police for allegedly purchasing more than $200 worth of items with another person’s debit card information. ...read full article January 28, 2013 FAMU identity theft case: Marvens Jean-Paul sentenced to 4 years in prison, must pay $280,000 backTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- A South Florida man has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for stealing the identifies of several recent Florida A&M University graduates to obtain fraudulent income tax refunds. ...read full article January 28, 2013 Pinole Woman Arrested on Counts of Identity Theft, FraudThe suspect was arrested in Vacaville after authorities were informed someone was attempting to place online orders using stolen credit cards.Vacaville police have arrested two Bay Area women who are suspected of 30 identity thefts in California and Nevada, a police sergeant said. ...read full article January 28, 2013 Identity theft, forgery keep deputies busyPUTNAM COUNTY — Suspicious online purchases and overdrawn bank accounts prompted recent investigations by the Putnam County Sheriff’s Department. A Cookeville man contacted deputies after learning he was a victim of identity theft. ...read full article January 28, 2013 Identity Theft's Taxing New Trend: Scammers Are After Your Tax RefundAlong with the rapid rise in identity theft has come the explosion of a specialized and sophisticated form of theft: tax identity theft. ...read full article January 28, 2013 Identity Theft: Florida Man Allegedly Planned to File 100 False Tax ReturnsSunrise, FL — An early morning traffic stop led to a man being busted in possession of personal information on more than 100 persons, some of whom were dead. ...read full article January 28, 2013 Identity theft - William Burl Batchlor Jr.William Burl Batchlor Jr., 37, of Sandy Drive, was charged Thursday by the Jacksonville Police Department with identity theft and resisting a public officer. ...read full article January 28, 2013 ID theft and theft in MilfordMILFORD — State police are investigating reports that someone falsely used the identity of a 29-year-old Milford resident at her bank. Troopers said the victim was contacted by her bank after the person attempted to withdraw money using a fake New Jersey license and the victim's social security number Jan. 15. ...read full article January 28, 2013 Ohio AG warns of tax return fraud, identity theftCOLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio's attorney general is offering tips to avoid having a criminal intercept your tax refund. ...read full article January 25, 2013 Man claiming to be from Ghana arrested for identity theft at Linden Walmart, police sayLINDEN — A Newark man claiming to be from Ghana was arrested at Walmart for identity theft and credit-card fraud when he allegedly tried to pick up three laptops bought online, police said. ...read full article January 25, 2013 Copley has cluster of identity theft reportsEight cases of identity theft have been reported from one Copley Township neighborhood. Copley Police Chief Michael Mier told the Board of Trustees at the Jan. 16 meeting that it appeared residents of the Hillside neighborhood have been targeted by identity thieves. Mier said victims of the eight reported cases live on two streets in the neighborhood. ...read full article January 25, 2013 Ohio Insurance Salesman Sentenced to 20 Months in Prison for Tax Obstruction and Currency StructuringA federal judge in Cleveland today sentenced William R. Herder of Bellville, Ohio, to 20 months in prison for tax crimes, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Tax Division Kathryn Keneally, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio Stephen M. Dettelbach and Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) - Criminal Investigation, Cincinnati Field Office, Darryl K. Williams announced. U.S. District Judge Donald C. Nugent also ordered Herder to pay restitution to the IRS of $149,238 plus interest and penalties. ...read full article January 25, 2013 Two women arrested; suspected of identity theft in California, NevadaTwo women suspected of involvement in more than 30 cases of identity theft in California and Nevada have been arrested by Vacaville police. ...read full article January 25, 2013 Humble ISD Police investigation leads to possible identity theft ringAn investigation launched by Humble ISD Police has led to the arrest of two Louisiana men, Brandon Henderson, 22, and Albert Binkham, 23, who have been charged with credit card abuse and could face additional identity theft charges. ...read full article January 25, 2013 WILDOMAR: Loan scam involved ID theft claims, police sayTwo people have been charged in a fraudulent bank loan scheme in which authorities say the defendants borrowed money – in some cases with fake income documentation – then claimed identity theft to avoid paying the money back. ...read full article January 25, 2013 Individual Pleads Guilty to Id Fraud and Impersonating an OSHA Official in Wake of Gulf Oil SpillConnie Knight Conducted Fraudulent Hazardous Waste Safety Training for Those Seeking Employment in Oil Spill CleanupConnie M. Knight, 46, previously of Belle Chasse, La., pleaded guilty in federal court in New Orleans today to three felony criminal charges and one misdemeanor criminal charge for creating false identification documents an impersonating a federal official, announced Ignacia S. Moreno, Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division, and Dana Boente, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana. ...read full article January 25, 2013 Batesville bank offers advice to avoid identity theftBATESVILLE, AR (KAIT) – All the personal and financial information that people share these days have become currency for criminals. ...read full article January 25, 2013 IRS Battling Rising Identity TheftWith the start of the tax filing season just around the corner, the IRS is on alert for rising cases of identity theft and tax fraud. Many taxpayers can become victims if they are not careful about protecting their personal information. In some cases, thieves grab W-2 forms and other financial documents from mailboxes. ...read full article January 25, 2013 Cabbie gets jail for burglary, identity theftAn East Bay taxi driver who prosecutors say bought thousands of dollars of electronic devices from stores at San Francisco International Airport last year using fake credit cards was sentenced yesterday to two years in the county jail. ...read full article January 24, 2013 New Jersey Woman Sentenced to 42 Months in Prison for Trafficking the Identities of Puerto Rican U.S. CitizensWASHINGTON – A former resident of New Jersey was sentenced today to serve 42 months in prison for her role in trafficking the identities of Puerto Rican U.S. citizens and corresponding identity documents, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney Rosa E. Rodríguez-Vélez of the District of Puerto Rico; Director John Morton of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which oversees Homeland Security Investigations (HSI); Chief Postal Inspector Guy J. Cottrell of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS); Gentry Smith, Acting Director of the U.S. State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service (DSS); and Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Chief Richard Weber. ...read full article January 24, 2013 Law enforcement training session zeros in on identity theftThe plague of identity theft was much on the minds of 56 law enforcement officials from 24 agencies who gathered in Middletown on Wednesday to learn more about the crime and how to solve it. ...read full article January 24, 2013 More ID theft victims from North Shore come forwardNEW YORK (WABC) -- New developments in a stunning identity theft case at one of the area's largest hospitals, and why if you've been patient in the North Shore/LIJ system, you might want to check your credit. ...read full article January 24, 2013 H.S. Student Charged With Identity Theft For Setting Up Phony Twitter Account In Name Of Schools BossA high school student is facing an identity theft charge for allegedly opening a Twitter account in the name of the director of a Tennessee county’s public school system, cops report. ...read full article January 23, 2013 DHS Pushes Back REAL ID Deadline Again to Accomodate Cash-Strapped StatesThe Department of Homeland Security moved the goal posts back in December again when it granted a third extension for 37 states to comply with the REAL ID Act of 2005. The act was passed after the 9/11 commission recommended that all state-issued identification cards be standardized in order to prevent fraud and a repeat of the attacks. Almost all of the al-Qaida terrorists used false identity documents to board the aircraft the day of the attacks. ...read full article January 23, 2013 Burlington man pleads to identity theft to gain employmentGRAHAM - A Burlington man pleaded guilty Tuesday to using an Oregon man’s Social Security number to get work at two Alamance County businesses. ...read full article January 23, 2013 DeSoto briefs: Southaven police seek Memphis resident in identity theft caseSouthaven police are searching for a 33-year-Memphis woman accused of identity theft by using personal information to purchase several thousand dollars' worth of merchandise at stores in the city. ...read full article January 23, 2013 Pueblo police searching for identity theft suspectsPueblo police are asking for the public's help identifying a man and woman wanted for identity theft and vehicle break-in. ...read full article January 23, 2013 You Still Stink At Patching DatabasesOnly about a fifth of organizations patch their databases within three months and that number's not likely to get better anytime soon, experts sayLast week's quarterly Critical Patch Update from Oracle only fixed one issue in the software giant's core database product, which is pretty fortuitous for most enterprises because even after years of warnings about it, database patch cycles still continue to lag. In fact, the numbers show that enterprises may actually be getting worse at patching databases rather than improving. ...read full article January 23, 2013 Security Experts Warn About Fake “Temple Run 2” for AndroidSecurity experts from Trend Micro warn users that scammers are offering fake versions of Temple Run 2 for Android on various app markets. Temple Run 2 for Android will be launched only later this week, but that doesn’t stop some developers from trying to make a profit by tricking unsuspecting users. ...read full article January 23, 2013 Three Charged With Using Computer Virus to Steal RecordsThree alleged cyber criminals have been charged by U.S. prosecutors with distributing a computer virus that stole online bank credentials and infected more than 1 million computers. ...read full article January 23, 2013 Hackers steal thousands from Vancouver churchThe Ladysmith First United Church on Vancouver Island in Canada is missing $40,000 after a persistent cyber-attack on the organizationAccording to the Nanaimo Daily News, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police are investigating a report that funds had been transferred out of the church’s bank account over the course of an ongoing effort. ...read full article January 22, 2013 Suburban Identity Theft Scheme Reached as Far as Russia, PolandAn international identity theft scheme was halted by the FBI following an investigation on Friday that dates back to 2009. The United States Department of Justice announced that two federal grand jury indictments were handed down, charging a total of 13 individuals with a variety of offenses - from scheming to obtaining goods, cars and money illegally. ...read full article January 22, 2013 Identity Theft Ring Hits NE OhioCOPLEY TOWNSHIP, Ohio — “It was around December 13th when my husband got a call from Macy’s saying they thought there was fraudulent activity on his account, which he does not have an account,” said Courtney Stein, of Westwick Way in Copley Township. ...read full article January 22, 2013 Three Elmore County residents indicted on federal identity theft, tax fraud chargesMONTGOMERY, Alabama -- Three Elmore County residents were indicted by a federal grand jury in the Middle District of Alabama on a variety of charges stemming from an identity theft and tax fraud conspiracy, the George L. Beck, Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama and the Internal Revenue Service released. ...read full article January 22, 2013 Caregiver Charged With ID Theft, ForgerySouth Windsor police have charged a Hartford woman accused of forging and cashing more than $600 in checks from a Glastonbury woman she was hired to care for. ...read full article January 22, 2013 Capitola woman facing charges for ID theft, bad checks in Monterey CountyCAPITOLA -- A Capitola resident is in custody at Monterey County Jail on suspicion of identity theft and passing bad checks, among other charges. ...read full article January 22, 2013 County woman charged with identity theftDOBSON — A 37-year-old Dobson woman has been arrested in connection with the theft of a Texas woman’s identity following an investigation into the reported forgery of a vehicle title. ...read full article January 18, 2013 Alabama Residents Indicted Stolen Identity Refund Fraud ConspiracyMary and Christian Young and Octavious Reeves were indicted by a federal grand jury in the Middle District of Alabama on a variety of charges stemming from an identity theft and tax fraud conspiracy, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. The alleged conspirators were charged in a 31-count indictment that was returned on Dec. 18, 2012, and unsealed today. ...read full article January 18, 2013 Female suspect seeking identity theft victims in Santa ClaritaSANTA CLARITA, Calif. (KABC) -- A woman is looking for potential victims who closely resemble her, so she can steal their driver's licenses and much more. ...read full article January 18, 2013 DJJ breach could lead to ID theftThe Florida Department of Juvenile Justice announced a security breach following the theft of a mobile device that was stolen from a secure DJJ office on Jan. 2. ...read full article January 18, 2013 Former Fugitive CPA Pleads Guilty in Identity Theft Tax CaseA former CPA and tax preparer who spent three years on the run as a fugitive in Pakistan has pleaded guilty to charges of engaging in a tax refund conspiracy after he was accused of using the names and Social Security numbers of dead people to submit false claims for income tax refunds. ...read full article January 18, 2013 US authorities jail illegal Jamaican immigrant for identity theftTAMPA, United States, Thursday January 17, 2013 – United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has reported that an illegal Jamaican immigrant has been jailed for identity theft. ...read full article January 18, 2013 Dyersburg resident recounts ID theft ordealThe Federal Trade Commission reported in February 2012 that approximately 1.8 million Americans were victims of identity theft in 2011. Identity theft and similar scams cost Americans an estimated $1.5 billion in 2011. Figures for 2012 have not been released yet but are expected to be higher as they have been over the last five years. ...read full article January 17, 2013 Cordele, Georgia, Resident Indicted for Using Stolen Identities on False Tax ReturnsA federal grand jury in Macon, Ga., returned an indictment charging Kimberly Michelle Banks, a resident of Cordele, Ga., with crimes involving the use of stolen identities on false federal income tax returns in order to obtain refunds to which Banks was not entitled. ...read full article January 17, 2013 Man wanted for $30,000 ID theft in West GoshenWEST GOSHEN TWP., Pa. - January 17, 2013 (WPVI) -- West Goshen Township Police are looking for an identity theft suspect who they say bought $30,000 worth of merchandise by opening credit accounts under another man's name. ...read full article January 17, 2013 W.Va. woman sentenced for child’s identity theftMARTINSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — A former middle school teacher in Martinsburg has been sentenced to five years in prison for using one of her children’s Social Security numbers to obtain credit accounts that she couldn’t pay back. ...read full article January 17, 2013 ID theft ringleader sentenced to 20 years in prison"I am sorry for what I did,” said Pyong "Peter" Pak, 42, testifying at his sentencing hearing in Circuit Court. What Pak did according to prosecutors, was mastermind a widespread identity theft ring. ...read full article January 17, 2013 Camarillo man arrested on suspicion of operating identity theft ringA 45-year-old Camarillo man was arrested this week on suspicion of running an identity theft ring, Ventura County sheriff's officials said Wednesday. ...read full article January 17, 2013 ID theft webinar outlines red flags to watch for on accountsCHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) – South Carolina residents like Heather Popovich were notified by letter that their personal information was hacked. ...read full article January 16, 2013 California Tax Return Preparer Pleads Guilty to Tax Refund ConspiracyMasood Chotani, a CPA and tax return preparer from Los Angeles County, Calif., pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to defraud the United States, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. On June 23, 2010, Chotani was indicted by a federal grand jury in Riverside, Calif., on charges of engaging in a scheme to file false returns with the IRS using the names and Social Security numbers of deceased individuals. ...read full article January 16, 2013 Ex-teacher pleads guilty to identity theftMARTINSBURG - A former Spring Mills Middle School teacher was sentenced Monday to serve five years in prison after pleading guilty to stealing her daughter's identity. ...read full article January 16, 2013 APD to charge man for ID?theftAt least two area businesses have made claims against an Andalusia man who was arrested for allegedly using false identities to steal an estimated $100,000 in Birmingham, police said Tuesday. ...read full article January 16, 2013 Klemme woman charged with identity theftKLEMME — A co-owner of a Klemme business has been charged with identity theft. Tina Marie Badker, 41, one of the owners of the Shamrock Restaurant and Lounge, faces one count of identity theft, a Class D felony. ...read full article January 16, 2013 Suspects wanted for identity theft in Colorado SpringsColorado Springs police are investigating a case of identity theft. Police say it happened December 23. The victim noticed his car window had been broken into after service at the Beth El Mennonite Church on Ranch Drive. ...read full article January 16, 2013 Revenue Dept. to Hold Free Identity Theft WebinarsColumbia, SC (WLTX) - The South Carolina Department of Revenue is offering free identity theft webinars. ...read full article January 15, 2013 Former Texas Department of Health Employee Charged with Identity TheftOver the past few years, the image of the US Health Department has often been stained because of fraud-related crimes committed by the organization’s employees. Now, law enforcement authorities have identified another fraud case. ...read full article January 15, 2013 60% of UK Office Workers Receive Phishing Emails Every Day, Study FindsA study commissioned by PhishMe, an organization that specializes in offering anti-phishing training, shows that almost 60% of the office workers in the United Kingdom receive phishing emails every single day. ...read full article January 15, 2013 Sex Offenders Can Keep Screen Names SecretSAN FRANCISCO (CN) - California's human-trafficking law imposes unconstitutional penalties on convicted sex offenders, a federal judge ruled, entering a preliminary injunction. "Plaintiffs enjoy no lesser right to anonymous speech simply because they are unpopular, U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson wrote. ...read full article January 15, 2013 ADP-Themed Phishing Emails Lead to Blackhole SitesScammers are spamming out malicious emails purporting to come from payroll processing company ADP, according Dancho Danchev of Webroot. ...read full article January 15, 2013 Mount Vernon And Bronx Residents Charged With Identity TheftBronx and Westchester residents charged by Clarkstown Police with identity theft, possession of stolen property, fraudulent credit cards and grand larcenyClarkstown Police arrested Komi Kalefe, 22, of the Bronx and Gary Taylor, 26, of Mount Vernon on Monday night on a variety of felony charges including identity theft. ...read full article January 14, 2013 Sheriffs: Westmoreland woman is victim of identity theftWESTMORELAND, N.Y. (WKTV) - A Westmoreland woman was the victim of identity theft according to the Oneida County Sheriff's Office. ...read full article January 14, 2013 Suspects Sought in Identity Theft RingThe pair is suspected of victimizing dozens of people in Santa Cruz County, including an 82-year-old womanSanta Cruz County sheriff’s investigators are searching for two suspects in connection with an identity-theft ring. Hernan Coto, 33, and Jesse Jurado, 32, have been linked to an identity theft ring that has victimized dozens of people in Santa Cruz County, including an 82-year-old woman whose credit cards were stolen during a burglary, according to Deputy April Skalland. ...read full article January 14, 2013 Men plead guilty to identity theft crimes that included Ventura County victimsTwo members of a crime ring that used cameras in ATM locations to steal debit card PINs pleaded guilty Friday to identity theft-related crimes. ...read full article January 14, 2013 Officials Warn of Increasing Cases of Identity TheftJACKSON, Tenn. - Officials warn residents that identity theft cases have increased, impacting countless victims across Tennessee. ...read full article January 14, 2013 Grand Junction Police Investigating ID Theft CasesGRAND JUNCTION, Tenn. - Police are investigating several identity theft cases here in West Tennessee. ...read full article January 14, 2013 Montgomery man pleads guilty to identity theft, fraud chargesYet another Montgomery resident has pleaded guilty to identity theft and tax fraud charges, the Justice Department announced today. ...read full article January 14, 2013 Houston radio DJ arrested on charges of identity theftOfficials say he allegedly stole identity of dozens of KTSU donorsHOUSTON - A volunteer radio disc jockey was charged with identity theft after police said he stole the identity of dozens of donors. ...read full article January 14, 2013 Thieves steal thousands of South Floridians' IDs to file fake tax refundsThe couple arrived at Morton's Steakhouse in downtown Fort Lauderdale ready to do business. The product they were selling: a flash drive with 700,000 stolen identifications that could be used to file fraudulent tax returns and rake in millions of dollars, according to federal documents. ...read full article January 14, 2013 Albany woman testifies about identity theft crimesALBANY, GA (WALB) - An Albany woman, already convicted of embezzling government money, testified Thursday against two men on trial now for stealing hundreds of tax refund checks worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. ...read full article January 14, 2013 Officers from three agencies arrest four in Poulsbo for drugs, identity theftPOULSBO – Officers from three agencies, including the U.S. Treasury Department, arrested four people for narcotics sales, trafficking in stolen property and identity theft Jan. 7 at a home in the 25000 block of Pioneer Way NW, Poulsbo. ...read full article January 11, 2013 Utica College Prepares Students to Fight Cyber ThreatsA recent report released by McAfee Labs warns that hackers may attack dozens of banks in the United States early next year. This real and accelerating threat underscores the need for all types of organizations to be ready for such cybersecurity challenges. Utica College is preparing students for the front lines of the war against these kinds of attacks through its online undergraduate and graduate degree programs in cybersecurity. Utica faculty members say the time for organizations to act is now. The attack referenced by McAfee Labs has been in the works since 2008 and has already resulted in losses of $5 million and 300 to 500 victims in the U.S. “Many organizations don't have the right technology in place to realize they are fully penetrated and exfiltrating data,” says Jeff Bardin, a lecturer at Utica who teaches courses including Cyber Intelligence and Counter Intelligence and Cyber Terrorism and has over 25 years of experience in the field. “On the other hand, many organizations have been implementing new technologies, new procedures and sharing hacking and malware indicators that help identify and remediate malicious attacks." ...read full article January 10, 2013 Pair indicted for identity theft involving tax refundsIdentity theft – which costs the Internal Revenue Service an estimated $5 billion a year in illegal tax refunds – is at the heart of the first criminal case filed in U.S. District Court in Columbus this year. ...read full article January 10, 2013 Damaging Identity TheftJesse Sanchez of San Benito said he just wants his life back to normal. He said he lost his wallet when he was just 17-years-old, and it ended up in the wrong hands. ...read full article January 10, 2013 Man sentenced up to 7 years for identity theftNearly $12K illegally withdrawn in Carroll Valley man's name.A man arrested in Georgia, while carrying a driver's license and credit card bearing a Carroll Valley man's name, will spend at least three years in prison for stealing nearly $12,000 through identity theft. ...read full article January 10, 2013 Valley police search for identity theft suspectSPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. -- Spokane Valley detectives are asking for the public’s help to identify an identity theft suspect. ...read full article January 10, 2013 Identity Theft Victims Receive Gifts from Debit Card ThiefSusie and Chris Linford of Anchorage, Alaska, became the victims of identity theft when their debit card number was stolen a few weeks ago. They were contacted by their credit union, which informed them that their identity theft protection had kicked in and they would not be responsible for the fraudulent $5,000 online shopping spree the thief had gone on. In fact, their money was returned, and they were issued a new account number. Then they filed a police report and figured the nightmare was over. But while the Linford's story seemed to be a run-of-the-mill identity theft case, it does not end there. The next day, packages they had not ordered began arriving at their home. ...read full article January 10, 2013 Identify Theft Suspect Ordered to Jail, ProbationTyrone Todd, 54, will spend a year in the Oakland County Jail, records showA man arrested at a Bloomfield Township bank while attempting to cash a fraudulent check created with a stolen identity was recently sentenced to jail. ...read full article January 10, 2013 3 identity-theft suspects arrested in Phoenixhree people were arrested Monday on suspicion of identity theft after they were suspected of stealing from mailboxes, according to the Phoenix Police Department. ...read full article January 9, 2013 Feds step up HIPAA enforcement with hospice settlementA Hayden, Idaho-based hospice is the first health care organization to be fined for sustaining a breach that affected fewer than 500 individuals. ...read full article January 9, 2013 Tulsan Pleads Guilty in Mail-theft, ID-theft CaseA Tulsa woman pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to possessing stolen mail, admitting in a court document that she illegally opened mailboxes at several Tulsa apartment complexes in order to steal their contents. ...read full article January 9, 2013 2 Accused Of ID Theft To Obtain Tax RefundsCOLUMBUS, Ohio -- Two Central Ohioans are facing charges, accused of stealing identities to get tax refunds. A federal grand jury indicted Jose Luis Martinez, 46, of Columbus, and Mercedes Emelinda-Silie, 40, of Grove City, charging them both with one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States government by obtaining and negotiating U.S. Treasury checks representing purported tax refunds; 39 counts of converting U.S. monies to their own use; one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering offenses; one count of operating an unlicensed money transmitting business; and eight counts of identity theft. ...read full article January 9, 2013 Police: Woman used sister's identity in theftBEAVER — Charges against one woman were dropped and new charges filed against her sister after police said she gave authorities her sister’s name when she was arrested. ...read full article January 9, 2013 Jal Accountant Arraigned on Federal Fraud and Identity Theft ChargesALBUQUERQUE—This morning, Roger L Baeza, 31, of Jal, New Mexico, was arraigned on an 81-count indictment charging him with 78 counts of securities fraud, one count of access device fraud, and two counts of aggravated identity theft. Baeza entered a not guilty plea to the indictment during his arraignment hearing. United States Attorney Kenneth J Gonzales said that Baeza is charged with defrauding two Jal-based businesses, Lea Energy Services LLC and Fulfer Oil & Cattle Company LCC, of approximately $572,000 between June 2010 and February 2012. During that period, Baeza was employed as the in-house accountant by the owners of the two businesses. ...read full article January 9, 2013 Facebook argues to protect user content in Portland murder caseFacebook attorneys appeared in a Portland courtroom this week to fight what is becoming an increasingly common demand across the country: Turn over user content that lawyers say they need to defend clients accused of murder, robbery and other crimes. ...read full article January 8, 2013 Georgia Woman Indicted for Stealing Identities to Obtain Tax RefundsA federal grand jury in Montgomery, Ala., returned a superseding indictment charging Deatrice Smith Williams and Quentin Collick for their roles in a stolen identity refund fraud conspiracy, Assistant Attorney General Kathryn Keneally of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama George L. Beck Jr. and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. The 13 count indictment charges Williams and Collick with conspiracy to file false claims, theft of public funds, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. ...read full article January 8, 2013 Former state HHS employee charged with identity theft; Hundreds may be impactedDuring the first week of the new year, the Titus County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO) received multiple complaints from citizens regarding identity theft. ...read full article January 8, 2013 The IRS offers PINs for identity theft victimsST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- Jessica Douglas, has been a tax preparer for Jackson Hewitt since 2006, according to her, Internal Revenue Service fraud is a crime she sees all too often. ...read full article January 8, 2013 Benita Cardona-Gonzalez, Undocumented Immigrant, Pleads Guilty To Stealing Candida Gutierrez's IdentityWICHITA, Kan. -- An undocumented immigrant accused of assuming the persona of a Texas teacher pleaded guilty Monday in a case that put a face on the growing crime of "total identity theft" in the United States. ...read full article January 8, 2013 Lower Paxton Police assisting police in Kentucky and Ohio for identity theft and access device fraudLower Paxton Township Police are working with authorities in Kentucky and Ohio attempting to identify a suspect in an identity theft and access device fraud. ...read full article January 8, 2013 Everett police bust massive ID theft ringEVERETT, Wash. -- Using hotels as hubs for a crime network has a big catch -- the paper trail. ...read full article January 8, 2013 Syracuse gym owner charged with identity theftSYRACUSE -- The owner of a Syracuse gym is accused of identity theft. 32-year-old Justin Edmond, the owner of "Just in Shape" gym, is charged with forgery and identity theft. ...read full article January 4, 2013 Colorado Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Defraud the IRS out of $1.8 Million DollarsThomas William Quintin, 65, formerly of Denver, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States with respect to claims, and one count of misuse of a Social Security number (SSN), before U.S. District Court Judge R. Brooke Jackson, the U.S. Department of Justice and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. Quintin is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Jackson on April 2, 2013. ...read full article January 4, 2013 Over 3,000 Confidential Documents Stolen by Hackers from Japan’s Agriculture MinistryForeign hackers might have stolen over 3,000 confidential documents – including ones on the Trans-Pacific Partnership multilateral trade pact – from Japan’s Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry after infecting the ministry’s systems with a piece of malware. ...read full article January 4, 2013 Sites of Capital One, HSBC, Fifth Third Bank, Ally Financial Disrupted by DDOS AttacksAnother series of bank websites have been disrupted by distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks launched by Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters, as part of the fourth week of Operation Ababil 2. ...read full article January 4, 2013 Popular office phones vulnerable to eavesdropping hack, researchers sayHigh-tech telephones common on many workplace desks in the U.S. can be hacked and turned into eavesdropping devices, researchers at Columbia University have discovered. ...read full article January 3, 2013 Woodburn Bookkeeper Arrested For Identity TheftA 37-year old bookkeeper from Woodburn has been arrested and cited for multiple counts of identity theft and computer crimes after deputies completed a 3-month investigation into money missing from her employer. ...read full article January 3, 2013 Porn troll facing ID theft charges wants judge off casePrenda Law says the judge is biased against copyright trollsPrenda Law, a copyright litigation firm that has sued thousands of anonymous Internet users for sharing pornographic videos, has sought the dismissal of a California judge after the judge ordered the firm to answer charges that it engaged in identity theft. Prenda charges that the judge, Otis Wright, is biased against pornographic copyright holders seeking to enforce their rights. ...read full article January 3, 2013 Bans on Employer Demands for Personal Passwords Go Into EffectIn spring of last year, reports began surfacing that some employers were demanding that current and sometimes prospective employees hand over the log-in credentials or otherwise provide access to their various social media accounts. People were outraged. Such invasions of what many perceive as their personal, albeit, online privacy prompted much debating and the writing of a never-ending slew opinion pieces. ...read full article January 3, 2013 World Wildlife Foundation China Hacked, Details of 80,000 Users LeakedA hacker collective called DarkWeb Goons, recently founded by a former member of the Grey Security group, has breached the official website of World Wildlife Foundation China (wwfchina.org). ...read full article January 2, 2013 Man Accused of 16 Counts of ID TheftA 23-year-old Racine man is accused of stealing credit cards from his mother and another woman, then using them at area businesses. ...read full article January 2, 2013 Pair arrested and charged with identity theftTwo Salem residents were arrested for ID theft and other charges at a Howard Johnson motel, 2250 Mission St. SE, about 4 p.m. Friday, Salem police said. ...read full article January 2, 2013 Pueblo authorities look for identity theft suspectsPueblo Crime Stoppers is asking for the public's assistance identifying suspects of an identity theft. ...read full article January 2, 2013 Hollywood man convicted in identity theft schemeA Hollywood man was convicted in an identity theft scheme with fraud totaling $117,000 in victims' tax refunds, the U.S. State Attorney's Office announced Friday. ...read full article January 2, 2013 SSNs, Salary Information Exposed In Breach Of Army Servers'Unknown' attackers access databases of information on 36,000 peopleArmy officials have confirmed that cybercriminals obtained personal information of 36,000 people from multiple Army commands and visitors to the former Fort Monmouth base via a server hack. ...read full article January 2, 2013 Identity theft can happen where you're most vulnerable: In the hospitalIdentity thieves may be lurking in places you'd never expect to find them. ...read full article December 28, 2012 ID theft found at LSU hospitalsBATON ROUGE — The LSU hospital system has notified 416 patients — including some who received care at University Medical Center in Lafayette — that their checking account numbers and other personal information on checks paid to hospitals has been stolen. ...read full article December 28, 2012 Postal Worker Arrested For Identify TheftCounty prosecutors say law enforcement officials found thousands of pieces of stolen mail in his possessionA U.S. Postal Service mail carrier accused of stealing thousands of pieces of mail to provide credit cards to friends has pleaded not guilty to several charges and is expected to return to court on Thursday, San Mateo County prosecutors said. ...read full article December 28, 2012 S. Ozone man admits guilt in doctor ID theftA South Ozone Park man who was accused of stealing personal information from doctors who were applying to work at a medical facility he was planning to open pleaded guilty to charges of identity theft in court last week, according to the Queens district attorney. ...read full article December 28, 2012 New York woman accused in alleged Newtown charity scam(CNN) -- Federal authorities arrested a 37-year-old Bronx woman on Thursday after she allegedly concocted a ruse in the wake of the Connecticut mass shooting and posed as a relative of one of the slain children. ...read full article December 28, 2012 Christmas ruined for 2,100 sex offenders booted off online gamesThousands of online gaming accounts linked to convicted sex offenders were shut down in the US this month. Operation: Game Over resulted in the closure of 2,100 accounts registered through Gaia Online, NCSOFT, Funcom, THQ and other gaming platforms. Earlier this year 3,500 accounts were deleted from Microsoft, Apple, Blizzard Entertainment, Electronic Arts, Disney Interactive Media Group, Warner Brothers and Sony as part of the same clampdown. ...read full article December 28, 2012 10,000 Indian government and military emails hackedState-sponsored snoopers suspected of large scale incursionIndia’s government and military have suffered one of the worst cyber attacks in the nation’s history, after over 10,000 email accounts belonging to top officials were compromised, despite a warning from the country’s cyber security agency. ...read full article December 26, 2012 Ex-Marine sentenced in ID theft, tax fraud schemeMIAMI -- An ex-Marine from South Florida has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison for stealing the identities of more than 100 fellow Marines in a tax return fraud scheme. ...read full article December 26, 2012 Roscoe woman sentenced for federal mail fraud, identity theftROCKFORD (WREX) - A Roscoe woman will spend a total of 44 months in federal prison for mail fraud, theft of U.S. mail, and identity theft. ...read full article December 26, 2012 Quincy bank robbery suspect has history of fraud, ID theftQUINCY, Mass. —He has been convicted on federal charges of identity theft and bank fraud in Oregon and Minnesota. His rap sheet dates back more than two decades. In 2007, Bank of America said in a court filing he defrauded customers in eight states to the tune of $110,000. ...read full article December 26, 2012 Columbus police assist in federal identity theft investigationThe Columbus Police Department recently assisted the United States Department of State and numerous other agencies with an investigation of identity theft. ...read full article December 26, 2012 Police suspect identity theft in WeatherfordInvestigators are piecing together an identity theft case involving unauthorized use of a woman’s credit card in Weatherford, according to a news release from Sgt. Wendy Field, police spokeswoman. ...read full article December 26, 2012 Buford Man Discovers Identity Theft When Credit Card Statement ArrivesMan said fraudulent charges had been made on several of his accountsA Buford man discovered he was a victim of identity theft while reviewing the monthly charges for one of his credit cards. ...read full article December 26, 2012 Clearwater man sentenced for identity theftA Clearwater man has been sentenced to six and a half years in federal prison for aggravated identity theft and other crimes, according to a release from U.S. Attorney Robert E. O'Neill. ...read full article December 26, 2012 Serviceman victim of identity theftA Burlington man is facing identity theft charges for allegedly using the name of another man who is stationed oversees in the military in an attempt to avoid traffic citations. ...read full article December 13, 2012 White Plains cops charge 2 women with ID theft at The WestchesterWHITE PLAINS — Two New York City women were arrested on identity theft and forgery charges after police said they used a Rhode Island woman’s driver’s license to open a credit account at a store in The Westchester mall and charged $989 worth of merchandise. ...read full article December 13, 2012 South Bay pair sentenced for major ID theft ringSAN DIEGO — Two people who stole more than 1,500 identities in a massive identity-theft ring based in the South Bay were each sentenced to prison Tuesday. ...read full article December 13, 2012 Check Scam Highlights 'Corporate Identity Theft'Most of us have heard of "identity theft." It usually involves personal information of a consumer being stolen and used to steal money from the unwitting victim. Now there's a new form of identity theft becoming much more common: Corporate identity theft. ...read full article December 13, 2012 14,000 Californians at Risk Following Medi-Cal, DHCS BreachMedi-Cal, California’s Medicaid welfare program, came clean to customers this week admitting it mistakenly posted almost 14,000 of its users’ Social Security numbers online last month. ...read full article December 12, 2012 Anchorage Man Charged in $150K Identity Theft SchemeANCHORAGE, Alaska— An Anchorage man is facing 36 federal charges, including aggravated identity theft, in a case involving more than $150,000 in losses to individuals and businesses he allegedly defrauded. ...read full article December 12, 2012 Identity Theft Investigation: Do You Know This Man?FRESNO, Calif. (KMPH) - Clovis Police are asking for the public's help in identifying and locating a man wanted in connection with an identity theft case. ...read full article December 12, 2012 Porn trolling firm dogged by identity theft allegationsPrenda Law stonewalls on claim that it named man CEO without his permission.Prenda Law, the ethically challenged law firm that specializes in mass pornographic copyright lawsuits, is facing growing pressure to answer questions about allegations of identity theft. Last week, we reported on a Minnesota federal court filing by Alan Cooper, a former caretaker for Prenda's John Steele. Cooper has accused Prenda of naming him as the CEO, without his knowledge or consent, of two shell companies that have been filing mass copyright lawsuits around the country. ...read full article December 11, 2012 Identity Theft at the Pump Spikes From Credit Card Info-Stealing "Skimmers"Skimmers are "all over the place," according to a detective who said two suspects were arrested"Skimmers" that steal credit and debit card information have been discovered across San Bernardino County, and hundreds of people have been victims of identity theft, authorities said Friday. ...read full article December 11, 2012 Woman Facing 10 Felonies in Identity Theft CaseAuthorities allege Los Angeles woman erased and rewrote details on checks that didn't belong to herA woman who allegedly stole and forged checks belonging to a Santa Monica dentist is facing 10 felony charges including identity theft and second-degree commercial burglary. ...read full article December 11, 2012 Scotland Neck woman arrested in identity theft caseA Scotland Neck woman is facing charges after police say she used someone else’s bank account to pay close to $20,000 in bills. ...read full article December 11, 2012 Identity Theft, Tax Fraud Operation Probe Nets 11 ArrestsEleven people were arrested and eight children were taken into protective custody Thursday as Long Beach police and federal authorities served search warrants at 32 locations -- including Cerritos -- in connection with a three-year multi-agency probe into an identity theft and tax fraud ring. ...read full article December 11, 2012 Santa Paula woman arrested in connection with identify theft, fraudA Santa Paula woman was arrested Wednesday in connection with identity theft and fraud, Ventura County Sheriff's officials said. ...read full article December 11, 2012 Atlanta man pleads guilty to bank fraud, aggravated identity theftATLANTA -- Sidney L. Hall, of Atlanta, pleaded guilty to charges of bank fraud and aggravated identity theft on Monday in Albany, Ga ...read full article December 10, 2012 Man charged for stealing the identity of a missing childOn Friday, a man who had been previously charged for stealing the name of a missing child was charged again for the same crime. ...read full article December 10, 2012 Former Anon spokesperson indicted for allegedly linking to stolen informationBarrett Brown was charged for sharing Stratfor credit card details.On Friday, a federal grand jury in Dallas indicted Barrett Brown, a former self-proclaimed Anonymous spokesperson, for trafficking “stolen authentication features,” as well as "access device fraud" and “aggravated identity theft.” Brown has been detained since he was arrested in September for allegedly threatening a federal agent. ...read full article December 10, 2012 Medical Identity Theft a Growing TrendThieves are using stolen insurance cards to buy prescription drugs, have elective surgeries and submit false insurance claims.Residents are urged to be sure to guard their insurance or medical ID cards against theft. ...read full article December 10, 2012 Queens woman held on $25K bond for ID theft, forgeryA Queens woman faces numerous identity theft and forgery charges after Darien and Stamford police connected her to a string of fraudulent ATM withdrawals at area HSBC banks in early September. ...read full article December 7, 2012 PayPal phishing scams ramp up for holidaysInternet users should not assume that because they're somewhat savvy that they are invulnerable, warns one security expertCSO — 'Tis the season to be careful. That should be no surprise. Given that the online holiday shopping season is peaking, cybercriminals would be expected to ramp up their efforts as well. ...read full article December 7, 2012 Major £30m cyberheist pulled off using MOBILE malwareEurograbber did just what it says on the tinCybercrooks swiped £30 million (€36m) from the banks accounts of 30,000 customers in Italy, Germany, Spain and Holland over the summer using an elaborate mobile banking fraud scam. ...read full article December 7, 2012 UK Court Orders Bank Employee to Pay Fine for Illegally Accessing StatementsBarclays employee Lara Davies, of Barrowash, Derby, has been ordered by the Derby Crown Court to pay a total of £1925 ($3,087, 2,400 EUR) – representing a fine, victim surcharge and prosecution costs – after she illegally accessed the bank statements of her partner’s ex-wife. ...read full article December 7, 2012 Sophisticated botnet steals more than $47M by infecting PCs and phonesIntercepts SMS messages from bank, defeating two-factor authentication.A new version of the Zeus trojan—a longtime favorite of criminals conducting online financial fraud—has been used in attacks on over 30,000 electronic banking customers in Europe, infecting both their personal computers and smartphones. The sophisticated attack is designed to circumvent banks' use of two-factor authentication for transactions by intercepting messages sent by the bank to victims' mobile phones. ...read full article December 7, 2012 Major Police Gang Operation Centers On Identity Theft RingA continued gang enforcement effort netted 11 arrests today (Thursday), mostly associated with a large-scale identity theft fraud ring. ...read full article December 7, 2012 Del. Police Seek Suspects in Identity TheftGEORGETOWN, Del.- Delaware State Police say they are searching for two people wanted in connection with several incidents of identity theft and unlawful use of a credit card. ...read full article December 7, 2012 Authorities searching for more victims of multi-state identity theft ringWASHINGTON PARISH, La. -- The known victims of an identity theft ring, busted Tuesday, are spread across 12 states with 400 alone in Louisiana. ...read full article December 7, 2012 Speeding car leads to multiple ID theft, burglary, car theft arrestsIRVINE, Calif. (KABC) -- A speeding stolen vehicle observed by a police officer Wednesday led to the arrests of four suspects believed to be involved in auto thefts, burglary, credit fraud and drug activity, according to the Irvine Police Department. ...read full article December 7, 2012 Manager of Mill Valley Assisted Living Facility Accused of Fraud, ID TheftMill Valley police arrested a Novato man who manages an assisted living facility Wednesday on suspicion of fraud.Mill Valley police arrested the manager of an assisted living facility Wednesday on suspicion of fraud, identity theft and financial elder abuse of a resident. ...read full article December 7, 2012 New identity theft scam from South AfricaThe FBI estimates that 9 million people have their identities stolen each year. One way that those thefts occur is through email scams such as the one that began making the rounds on Dec. 5. The Dec. 5 email was sent to an unknown number of recipients in form of a solicitation from Ned Bank of South Africa for $66,700,000,000. This particular con does not appear to contain links that will lead to a phishing site, but relies, instead, on a more traditional approach. ...read full article December 7, 2012 Iranian man gets prison for Texas mail, ID theftHOUSTON (AP) — An Iranian man living in the Houston area has been sentenced to more than 20 years in prison for stealing mail, setting up fake identities and financial fraud. ...read full article December 6, 2012 Air Canada Scam Alert: Your Order ProcessedSpam campaigns that leverage the name of some popular airline have been around for quite some time now. In order to bring something new to these operations, cybercriminals don’t only change the pieces of malware they attach to the fake notifications, but also the name of the company. ...read full article December 6, 2012 Bellingham identity thief gets prison sentence; wife, friend also charged with theftBELLINGHAM - A Bellingham man convicted of stealing mail and identities was sentenced last week to two years behind bars and another two years on probation. ...read full article December 6, 2012 Seven arrested in identity theft scamvSheila Seal was checking on her bank account in Bogalusa in August when a bank employee told her about checks worth a combined $2,500 that Seal didn’t recall writing. ...read full article December 6, 2012 Police: Woman Arrested in Winnetka, Part of Florida Identity Theft RingWinnetka police say the Florida woman presented a forged check and stolen identification to a teller at Northern Trust Bank.A woman arrested in Winnetka is believed to be connected with a Florida-based identity theft ring, Winnetka police said. ...read full article December 6, 2012 Former Illinois hospital worker convicted of ID theftEAST ST. LOUIS • Susan L. Harris, a former medical assistant at a Southern Illinois hospital was found guilty by a federal jury Wednesday of aggravated identity theft and conspiracy to commit mail fraud, prosecutors said. ...read full article December 6, 2012 Bail cut for woman accused of identity theft in connection to killingBail was reduced Wednesday for a woman accused of using the public assistance card of a man whom she knew was dead, and whose son is charged with killing the man. ...read full article December 6, 2012 Sacramento man sentenced for ID theft, fraudA federal judge in Sacramento sentenced Michael Stephen Moynihan, 28, of Sacramento to three years and five months in prison for identity theft fraud. ...read full article December 6, 2012 Norwalk Man Charged with Health Care Fraud, ID TheftU.S. Attorney David Fein announced the indictment Wednesday.A certified alcohol and drug abuse counselor from Norwalk has been charged with health care fraud and identity theft offenses, United States Attorney David Fein announced Wednesday. ...read full article December 5, 2012 State Police bust identity theft, counterfeit check ringBATON ROUGE, La. – State Police announced the arrest of several people related to cases of identity theft, according to a release from State Police. ...read full article December 5, 2012 Legal secretary sentenced to federal prison for bank fraud, identity theftA legal secretary who stole $155,660 from her employer through bank fraud and identity theft received a federal prison sentence of nearly seven years Tuesday. ...read full article December 5, 2012 Indictment: Victims' medical records used for ID theft, tax fraudTwo Wichitans charged with committing the crimesWICHITA — Two Wichitans have been charged with using victims’ medical records to fraudulently apply for and receive federal income tax refunds, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom announced Tuesday. ...read full article December 5, 2012 Identity Theft Threatens Borger ResidentsBorger police have joined forces with the secret service to crack down on these criminals. ...read full article December 5, 2012 Police: Florida ID theft ring operating in north suburbsWINNETKA — The arrest of a Florida woman last month and a subsequent investigation by the Winnetka Police Department has linked the crime to a group that law enforcement calls the “Florida Felony Lane Gang.” ...read full article December 5, 2012 Spear-phishing scourge: It's up to you, the userWeb browsers are getting better at detecting and blocking URLs associated with phishing sites, according to a recent test of leading browsers by NSS Labs, but defending against social engineering will require educated users, not just better software, says one researcher. ...read full article December 5, 2012 Children Increasingly Targeted For Identity Fraud, Study SaysOne in 40 families experience theft of personal data from a minor; lower-income families disproportionately affectedCybercriminals are increasingly targeting children for identity theft, and lower-income families are the most frequent victims, according to a new study published today. ...read full article December 4, 2012 Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez Tape Lures Users to Shady Survey SitesCybercriminals have often attempted to trick users into visiting their malicious websites by promising them adult tapes featuring Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez. While the two were separated, the scams appeared to have died out, but now that they’re back together, social media sites are once again flooded with such schemes. ...read full article December 4, 2012 Attackers can abuse Yahoo developer feature to steal user emails, other dataYahoo's YQL console is open to cross-site abuse, a security researcher saysIDG News Service - Attackers can read emails, contacts and other private data from the accounts of Yahoo users who visit a malicious page by abusing a feature present on Yahoo's Developer Network website, says an independent security researcher. ...read full article December 4, 2012 FTC Kills "Robocall" OperationIn its 100th case against violations to the national Do Not Call (DNC) Registry, the FTC has shut the doors on a robocall operation that was scamming people by using the FTC’s name. ...read full article December 3, 2012 Preying on the WeakEstate Planner Victimized Terminally IllIt was a despicable scheme—stealing identities of terminally ill individuals to fraudulently obtain millions of dollars from insurance companies and bond issuers. ...read full article December 3, 2012 Alarming Rise in IRS Refund ID Thefts, Few Prosecuted: GAO ReportA new government report charts an alarming rise in tax return refund identity thefts and that few of the thefts are even investigated by the IRS. ...read full article December 3, 2012 Whitesboro man charged regarding stolen credit cardsA Whitesboro man faces several charges regarding stolen credit cards, village police said. ...read full article December 3, 2012 Bay Area Ambulance Patients ID Theft VictimsBerkeley officials said Friday that more than 900 people who were taken to hospitals by Berkeley Fire Department crews may have had their personal information stolen by an identity theft ring. ...read full article December 3, 2012 FTC Issues Amended Rule on Identity Theft Red FlagsThe Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced publication of an Interim Final Rule on identity theft “red flags” that narrows the circumstances under which creditors are covered by the Rule. Congress directed the FTC, along with several banking agencies to develop regulations requiring “financial institutions” and “creditors” to develop and implement a written identity theft prevention program. By identifying “red flags” for identity theft in advance, businesses can be better equipped to spot suspicious patterns that may arise—and take steps to prevent potential problems from escalating into a costly episode of identity theft. ...read full article December 3, 2012 West Warwick, Coventry Men Indicted on Identity Theft and Perjury Charges, Among OthersThe two men have been indicted on 11 charges between them for the 2010 identity theft scheme.Randolph Hurst, 49, of West Warwick, a former Assistant District Manager for the Social Security Administration in Warwick, arrested and indicted on Friday for allegedly stealing the identity of a Coventry man and fraudulently sell more than $160,000 worth of stock certificates belonging to the victim. ...read full article December 3, 2012 ADP Discloses Ambulance Data Billing System BreachInvestigation revealed unauthorized access and, in certain instances, disclosure of personal informationFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Nov. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Advanced Data Processing, Inc., (the "Company"), a provider of technology-based services to the emergency medical services industry, learned on October 1, 2012 that individual account information from the ambulance billing system was illegally accessed, some of which was disclosed to a theft ring suspected of filing fraudulent federal tax returns with the IRS. With the Company's help, the authorities identified the employee who admitted to the crime. The employee was immediately terminated. The theft included ambulance data from Frederick County and First Response Medical Transportation Corp. ...read full article November 29, 2012 Accused ID thief tries to score $40,000 bank loan in HollywoodPolice say Keith Gardner hoped to remain under the radar and silently walk away with nearly $40,000 of someone else's money from a Hollywood bank. ...read full article November 29, 2012 Woman accused in massive identity theft scamST. LOUIS (AP) — A Florida woman formerly from the St. Louis area is accused of being the ringleader in an identity theft ring that tried to cheat the government out of nearly $1.5 million. ...read full article November 29, 2012 Florida Woman Charged With Leading ID Theft Ring Tied To Creve Coeur CaseAuthorities say Tania Henderson is connected with larger scheme that included an attempt to deposit an IRS check at a Creve Coeur credit union in October. ...read full article November 29, 2012 Two wanted in Fergus Falls mail, identity theftsFERGUS FALLS, Minn. – Law enforcement here are looking for two people in connection to stealing mail and using it for identity theft, according to a WDAY news report. ...read full article November 29, 2012 Oakville Man Gets 94 Months in Jail for Fraud, Identity TheftAn Oakville man who confessed to mail fraud and aggravated identity theft in September was sentenced to 94 months in prison Tuesday in a case investigated by the FBI and prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office. ...read full article November 29, 2012 Romanian gang arrested in Australia's biggest-ever credit card ID theftHong Kong (CNN) -- Australian police say seven people have been arrested in Romania as part of a joint international criminal investigation into the largest credit card data theft in Australia's history. ...read full article November 29, 2012 6 arraigned in Ala. identity theft ringMONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Six people were arraigned Wednesday for their involvement in an identity theft ring. ...read full article November 29, 2012 Inmates who ran ID theft ring from prison get 25 yearsTwo men associated with the Armenian Power gang were each sentenced to 25 years in federal prison Wednesday on charges of perpetrating a sophisticated identity theft ring from lockup, according to the United States attorney’s office. ...read full article November 29, 2012 Elder abuse town hall meeting focuses on identity theft, fraud cases in the stateMOUNTAIN BROOK, Alabama -- State Representative Paul DeMarco and a panel of experts from the Alabama Department of Senior Services and the Alabama Securities Commission, sat down with a room full of senior citizens at an Elder Abuse & Fraud Prevention Town Hall meeting early this afternoon to discuss ongoing fraud trends and provide information on how to spot potential scams. In front of a standing-room only crowd at the Emmet O'Neal Library, Demarco stood firm in his belief that the statistics of elder abuse in the state are not acceptable. ...read full article November 29, 2012 Hoover man charged in identity theft schemeHOOVER, AL (WBRC) - A Hoover man suspected of stealing more than $100,000 from Wells Fargo in an identity theft scheme is now behind bars. ...read full article November 29, 2012 Police are searching for two people linked to a string of identity theft(WDAY TV) -- The search is on for two people linked to a string of identity thefts starting in Otter Tail County. The thefts and counter-fitting have now stretched from Otter Tail down I-94 to Wisconsin. ...read full article November 29, 2012 NBC Charlotte helps identity theft victim keep the power onFORT LAWN, S.C. -- Hugh and Clydeanne Mauldin run the Harmony Hills Nursery in Chester County. Both retired, it's the way they get money to pay the bills. ...read full article November 29, 2012 Broward man pleads guilty in massive identity theftA former employee of a North Miami law firm pleaded guilty on Tuesday to federal identity theft charges, U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer said. ...read full article November 29, 2012 St. Louis man sentenced for mail fraud and identity theftST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) -- William Lubker was sentenced to 94 months in prison on mail fraud and aggravated identity theft charges associated with a fraud scheme perpetrated on his former employer between 2009 and early this year. ...read full article November 29, 2012 Cops: Good Samaritan ripped off after helping Sandy victimA woman who helped a former classmate left homeless after superstorm Sandy got ripped off for her trouble, police said. ...read full article November 28, 2012 Where Identity Thieves are Now LivingWhile you are out shopping, dining, traveling and celebrating this holiday season, you should keep this not-so-jolly fact in mind: there are thousands of your fellow Americans working to steal your identity. And here's the really scary part: You might even know some of them. In fact, they could be the family next door. ...read full article November 28, 2012 Cyber Threat Not Number One Method of Identity TheftMuch attention is paid to the theft of personal information over the Internet, but the number-one cause for identity theft turns out to be old-fashioned loss of personal effects, according to Travelers. ...read full article November 28, 2012 REGIONAL: Woman pleads guilty to identity theft; faces 15 years in prisonNORTH COAST, Calif. – A woman with numerous identity theft cases around the North Coast and Bay Area has reached a plea agreement with Sonoma County prosecutors. ...read full article November 28, 2012 Police: Surprise packages indicate stolen identitySt. Charles police received two reports of identity theft in the past week after information was stolen to create a line of credit to order items online. ...read full article November 28, 2012 It's federal prison for ID thiefALBANY — A Hudson woman who belonged to a brazen identity-theft ring that stole personal information from medical facilities across the country was sentenced Monday to 2 years and four months in federal prison. ...read full article November 28, 2012 SC police warn of online ID theft scamST. CHARLES — Police are warning residents about identity theft scams after two recent reports of thieves obtaining the information and using it to order items online and having them sent to the victims’ homes. ...read full article November 28, 2012 Romanian authorities dismantle cybercrime ring responsible for $25M credit card fraudSixteen suspected members of a cybercrime gang that stole credit card data from foreign companies were arrestedIDG News Service - Romanian law enforcement authorities have dismantled a criminal group that stole credit card data from foreign companies as part of an operation that resulted in fraudulent transactions totaling $25 million. ...read full article November 28, 2012 IAEA Server Breached, Scientists' Email Addresses SpilledThe International Atomic Energy Agency has confirmed to Reuters that one of its decommissioned servers had been accessed and had data stolen from it. ...read full article November 27, 2012 Shredded police documents used as parade confettiMINEOLA, N.Y. Some very private information was unknowingly cast to the winds during one of New York City's most public events: A ticker-tape parade. ...read full article November 27, 2012 Petaluma woman arrested for theft of inheritanceSANTA ROSA -- A Petaluma woman was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of stealing her stepdaughter's $30,000 inheritance check, a Sonoma County sheriff's sergeant said. ...read full article November 27, 2012 Rhode Island identity theft insurance schemers cop a pleaIn a trial closely watched by the insurance industry, Rhode Island attorney Joseph Caramadre and his former employee Raymour Radhakrishnan pleaded guilty today to charges that they conspired to steal the identities of the terminally ill. ...read full article November 27, 2012 Identity Thieves Prey on Gas Station Patrons, Police SayHigh-tech and highly illegal devices are able to gather credit card data entered into self-service pumps.Identity thieves have figured out how to turn aging gas pumps into cash without even "breaking and entering," according to law enforcement. ...read full article November 27, 2012 Unemployment inquiry masks identity theft scamAUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - Maine labor officials are warning employers about an identity theft scam that has spread to Maine. ...read full article November 27, 2012 Judge warns public about identity theft scam involving jury duty claimLOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- An age old scam has a new twist: thieves are tricking people into giving out sensitive information. ...read full article November 27, 2012 Clinton woman faces 150 years in prison for ID theftA Clinton resident faces several charges of identity theft and other crimes, according to state Attorney General Jim Hood. ...read full article November 27, 2012 Sacramento man sentenced in ID theft, bank fraud caseSACRAMENTO, CA - A man prosecutors say accessed more than $150,000 from victims by stealing their personal information and manipulating their financial accounts was sentenced to two years and 10 months in federal prison Tuesday. ...read full article November 27, 2012 Mexican National Sentenced to 54 Months in Prison for Trafficking the Identities of Puerto Rican U.S. CitizensWASHINGTON – A Mexican national was sentenced today to 54 months in prison for trafficking of identities of Puerto Rican U.S. citizens and corresponding identity documents, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney Rosa E. Rodríguez-Vélez for the District of Puerto Rico; Director John Morton of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which oversees Homeland Security Investigations (HSI); Chief Postal Inspector Guy J. Cottrell of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS); Scott P. Bultrowicz, Director of the U.S. State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service (DSS); and Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Chief Richard Weber. ...read full article November 26, 2012 Man Convicted of Illegally Accessing AT&T Servers by 'Impersonating' an iPadA 27-year-old New York man known online as "Weev" was convicted Tuesday of "impersonating" an iPad in order to gain access to AT&T's servers and swiping 114,000 email addresses, including some belonging to celebrities. ...read full article November 26, 2012 Stolen Password Led to South Carolina Tax BreachTimeline Shows When and How Hacker Entered State Tax SystemA stolen state employee password allowed a hacker to breach the South Carolina tax system earlier this year, resulting in the exposure of records of more than 3.8 million individual and 700,000 business tax filers [see South Carolina Revenue Department Breached]. ...read full article November 26, 2012 Fake Apple invoices lead to Blackhole exploit kit that drains your bank accountOnline criminals targeting exploits is nothing new, but they are now taking a multi-pronged approach to compromising your security. ...read full article November 26, 2012 HR departments at risk of malware infection after unemployment benefits email spammed outComputer users, especially those working in the human resources departments of corporations, should be on their guard against a malware attack that is spammed out via email at the moment. ...read full article November 26, 2012 Businesses advised to prepare for Cyber MondayUpdating your browsers and clamp down on plug-ins, experts sayCSO — Many employees will spend a portion of their day hunting for bargains on the Monday following Thanksgiving weekend, and companies should prepare for the increased security risks, experts say. ...read full article November 26, 2012 UK student in dock over Anonymous £3.5m PayPal attackDenies charge relating to Operation Payback campaignThe trial of a British university student accused of participating in attacks by hacktivist collective Anonymous against the websites of PayPal and others has begun in London. ...read full article November 26, 2012 Nationwide Hacked, Customer Details CompromisedOn October 3, 2012, a malicious actor hacked into the systems of Nationwide – one of the largest insurance and financial services providers in the US. The full extent of the breach is not known yet, but it’s believed that the attackers gained access to the details of tens of thousands of customers. ...read full article November 20, 2012 New Mexico Man Sentenced to Prison for Stolen Identity Refund FraudDouglas Kuester, 43, a tax preparer from Silver City, N.M., was sentenced today to 48 months in prison for filing false claims and aggravated identity theft, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. Kuester was also ordered to pay $911,000 in restitution and will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence. ...read full article November 20, 2012 Man accused of stealing identities to get fraudulent tax refundsA 20-year-old North Miami man turned up in Miami federal court on Monday, to face accusations of identity theft and tax fraud, according to U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer. ...read full article November 20, 2012 Kuester sentenced in identity theft caseA Silver City tax preparer was sentenced to four years in federal prison Monday and ordered to pay $911,000 in restitution for using stolen identities to prepare fraudulent tax returns and pocketing the refunds, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. ...read full article November 20, 2012 Davidson woman faces charges of identify theft, unlicensed day careA Davidson County woman faces several charges after investigators accused her of identity theft and illegally operating a day-care center from her home, authorities said Monday. ...read full article November 20, 2012 Former football player Gachelin gets 2-plus years in ID theft caseFormer NFL free agent Louis Gachelin was sentenced to two years and four months in federal prison Monday for his role in an identity theft tax fraud. ...read full article November 20, 2012 Former CFO guilty of fraud & identity theft in stock schemeA federal jury on Monday convicted the former chief financial officer (CFO) of a North Shore information brokerage of conspiracy, money laundering, securities fraud, aggravated identity theft and other charges. ...read full article November 20, 2012 U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey decries identity theft, tax fraud schemeU.S. Sen. Pat Toomey used his stop Monday in the Lehigh Valley to bring attention to a form of identity theft and tax fraud he says is a major problem, both in the region and across the state. ...read full article November 20, 2012 R.I. Attorney Pleads Guilty in Identity-Theft ScamA Rhode Island estate-planning attorney and one of his employees pleaded guilty to federal charges of conspiring to steal and use the identities of terminally ill people in a scheme to profit from insurers and bond issuers. ...read full article November 20, 2012 Study: 10,000 Identity Theft Rings in U.S.Identity theft is big business. Now, we’re finding out exactly how big. The FTC estimates that as many as 9 million of us have our identity stolen each year. It’s topped the list of consumer complaints filed with the agency for the past 12 years running, garnering about 15% of all complaints. And new research from ID Analytics shows that there are roughly 10,000 identity theft rings in the United States involved in this fast-growing illegal enterprise. ...read full article November 20, 2012 Neighbor charged with identity theft in SpotsylvaniaA 75-year-old Spotsylvania County woman was surprised when she received a bill for $830 from a women’s fashion catalog this weekend. ...read full article November 20, 2012 Dentist Hamada Markarita Of Oakton, Va. Convicted Of Illegally Distributing Narcotics, Identity Theft And Health Care FraudOAKTON, Va. (WUSA) -- A dentist from Oakton, Va. was convicted on Friday to illegally giving prescription pain pills to patients, workers, and a woman he dated. Fifty-one-year-old Hamada Markarita was also convicted of using another dentist's identity to fraudulently bill an insurance company for more than $160,000 in claims, saysNeil H. MacBride, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. ...read full article November 19, 2012 Bank tellers among 17 arrests in ID theft ringInvestigators say ring stole at least 185 identities, filed false tax returnsJACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Five tellers at VyStar Credit Union, a Citibank credit card employee and a hospital worker were among those involved in an ID theft ring that stole the identities of at least 185 people and used their information to file fraudulent tax returns and cash refund checks, according to State Attorney Angela Corey and others involved in the investigation. ...read full article November 19, 2012 Houston-area man pleads guilty to health care fraud, ID theft in forged physician signaturesHOUSTON — A Houston-area man has pleaded guilty in a nearly $1.2 million health case scam using forged signatures of doctors. ...read full article November 19, 2012 Phillip Smith, Ring Leader of a $1 Million Identity Theft Ring, Faces 22 Years in PrisonPhillip Smith, a 55-year-old Bronx native, pleaded guilty in Manhattan Federal Court today for his role as ring leader of a large-scale identity theft scam involving customers with credit accounts at big retail stores. ...read full article November 19, 2012 Navy veteran, VyStar customer falls victim to identity theftWoman says her identity was stolen while stationed overseasJACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Holly Meadows said her identity theft nightmare started when she received a credit card by mistake while she was stationed overseas. ...read full article November 19, 2012 Woman Charged After ID Theft InvestigationA Vernon woman was taken into custody on Friday evening after an investigation into alleged identity theft activity, police said. ...read full article November 19, 2012 Suspects in ID theft case anticipate dealTwo accused of 'skimming' credit cardsST. GEORGE — Two men accused of “skimming” hundreds of credit card numbers will pursue a plea bargain with federal prosecutors, their attorneys said Friday in St. George’s federal court. ...read full article November 19, 2012 Sisters sentenced for identity theftBATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Two Baton Rouge women have been sentenced for an identity theft scheme that netted them nearly $150,000. ...read full article November 19, 2012 Man faces multiple felonies for identity theftBENNINGTON — A former resident of New Jersey is being held on $100,000 bail after he was charged with eight felonies based on an accusation that he had stolen the information of a South Carolina man and used it to obtain a driver’s license and register two vehicles in Vermont in 2010. ...read full article November 19, 2012 Woman charged with identity theft and forgeryFALLS — A Bristol Township woman is accused of stealing more than $3,600 from her employer by writing and cashing checks. ...read full article November 19, 2012 Three Seaford Bothers Plead Guilty To Identify Theft Ring InvolvementHussein brothers each face up to 15 years in prison after admitting to manufacturing fake driver’s licenses out of their storefront smoke shops in Greenwich Village.Three Seaford brothers have pleaded guilty to being part of an identify theft ring that “hijacked” store credit accounts and obtained more than $1 million. ...read full article November 16, 2012 IT needs ID-as-a-service for move to cloud, expert saysSummary: Existing IT identity management systems don't provide the fuel to run cloud's motor for privacy, securityBroomfield, Colo. - The cloud’s motor needs identity to run, but existing enterprise ID infrastructures are not fuel for that motor, according to identity expert Kim Cameron. ...read full article November 16, 2012 Police Advise Identity Theft PrecautionsEarly morning on Nov. 1, Manhattan Beach patrol officers kept their eyes on a particular car maneuvering slowly and suspiciously throughout neighborhoods around 8th Street and John Street near downtown Manhattan Beach. ...read full article November 16, 2012 "Operation Zig Zag" nabs 17 for identity theftBank tellers among those who helped steal over $500K of taxpayer moneyJACKSONVILLE, Fla. — State attorney Angela Corey along with members of the Secret Service and IRS announcing they’ve busted 17 people for stealing hundreds of identities in at least four different states. ...read full article November 16, 2012 17 arrested in Jacksonville ID theft, tax fraud at banksA seven-month joint investigation by the State Attorney’s Office, Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Secret Service has led to 17 people being arrested in an identity theft and bank fraud racket. ...read full article November 16, 2012 NJ Woman Admits to Identity Theft Scheme Using Deceased Aunt’s Credit Card Information(Source: FBI) – CAMDEN, NJ—A Jersey City, New Jersey woman today admitted using the identity of her deceased aunt to obtain access to credit card and deposit accounts, causing three banks to lose more than $30,000, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. ...read full article November 16, 2012 Tax fraud defendants include USD football playersSIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Nine people in South Dakota and Florida, including four former University of South Dakota football players and one current team member, have been indicted by a federal grand jury for tax fraud conspiracy and identity theft, prosecutors said Friday. ...read full article November 16, 2012 Eight People Plead Guilty in $1M Identity Theft Scheme That Preyed on Hundreds Of New York Consumers(Source: AG Eric T. Schneiderman) - NEW YORK – Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara and Special Agent-in-Charge James T. Hayes, Jr., New York Office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), today announce the guilty plea of Phillip Smith, the leader of an identity theft ring who faces up to 22 years behind bars. This guilty plea is the result of a two-year investigation led by the New York State Attorney General’s Office. Smith’s plea was executed today before U.S. District Judge John F. Keenan in Manhattan Federal Court. ...read full article November 16, 2012 Freehold Resident Charged with Identity TheftMonmouth County Grand Jury hands down indictmentsBeatriz Vega, 27, of Freehold was indicted on one count of third degree impersonation, theft of identity. Between Sept. 1, 2009 and Aug. 1, 2012 is charged with "obtaining personal identifying information," of a person in Howell, Freehold Township and Freehold Borough. ...read full article November 15, 2012 Cuomo aide defends high bidder for DMV licensesALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A top Cuomo administration aide is weighing into a dispute over the awarding of a contract to produce new driver's licenses with black-and-white photos. He says the choice is the best safeguard against terrorists and identity thieves...read full article ...read full article November 15, 2012 Adobe confirms breach of Connectusers.com forum database, shuts down websiteAdobe is in the process of resetting the passwords of all Connectusers.com forum usersIDG News Service - Adobe has shut down Connectusers.com, a community forum site for users of its Adobe Connect Web conferencing platform, because the site's user database was compromised. ...read full article November 15, 2012 Spammers Trick Instagram Users into Signing Up for Premium Mobile ServicesExperts warn Instagram users that spammers are trying to trick them into signing up for premium mobile services by promising them all sorts of prizes. ...read full article November 15, 2012 Stolen code, 9-month hacking spree lead to criminal chargesGame operator: "Pay me $1500 and you will never hear from me again."Federal officials have accused a Dutch man of hacking into a New Hampshire-based game company, tampering with sensitive user data, and using the stolen source code to start a competing online game. ...read full article November 15, 2012 Grosse Pointe Shores Police Seeking Identity Theft SuspectsReward offered by crime stoppers for at least nine identity theft incidents in the Metro Detroit areaGROSSE POINTE SHORES - Grosse Pointe Shores Police are asking for help identifying the subjects shown in the attached photos. The persons shown are believed to be responsible for at least nine identity thefts in the Metro Detroit area. ...read full article November 15, 2012 York County man arrested on 29 counts of Identity TheftCONEWAGO TOWNSHIP, York County— A Conewago Township man has been arrested for Identity Theft after a six month investigation. The Northern York Regional Police arrested 33-year old Marshall Bradley on 29 counts of Identity Theft. ...read full article November 15, 2012 $287,000 stolen from Bainbridge man in identity theft caseBAINBRIDGE ISLAND — Nearly $300,000 was drained from the bank account of a Bainbridge Island man last week in an apparent case of identity theft, according to Bainbridge Police. ...read full article November 14, 2012 Adobe investigates alleged customer data breachThe information, published on Tuesday on Pastebin, includes hashed passwords, names and email addresssesIDG News Service - Adobe said Wednesday it is investigating the release of 230 names, email addresses and encrypted passwords claimed to have been stolen from a company database. ...read full article November 14, 2012 Yes, the FBI and CIA can read your email. Here's howSummary: "Petraeus-gate," some U.S. pundits are calling it. How significant is it that even the head of the CIA can have his emails read by an albeit friendly domestic intelligence agency, which can lead to his resignation and global, and very public humiliation? Here's how. ...read full article November 14, 2012 Adobe Allegedly Hacked, Attacker Claims He Gained Access to 150,000 RecordsAn Egyptian hacker called ViruS_HimA claims to have breached the systems of Adobe. To prove the fact that he has gained unauthorized access to the company’s systems, he has leaked a file containing the records of 230 customers. ...read full article November 14, 2012 Skype blocks password resets after account hijacking flaw made publicKnowing the email address associated with a Skype account was sufficient to hijack itIDG News Service - Skype has disabled the account password reset option on its website following reports that the feature can be abused to hijack Skype accounts if the attackers know the email addresses associated with them. ...read full article November 14, 2012 10,000 ID fraud gangs active in US, especially the Southeast, study findsThere are 10,000 active identity theft crime rings across the United States, with the greatest concentration in a "ring of fraud" that stretches across the Southeast from Virginia to Mississippi, according to a new report by fraud-fighting firm ID Analytics. ...read full article November 14, 2012 'Ringleader' In ID Theft Scheme Faces SentencingA Woodlawn couple have admitted stealing identities and money from hundreds of people including doctors at Johns Hopkins. ...read full article November 14, 2012 Child identity theft rising, according to FTCJONESBORO, AR (KAIT) - In a world where technology reigns supreme, lawmakers are looking to combat identity theft, a growing problem according to the Federal Trade Commission. ...read full article November 14, 2012 ID thefts of 49 cops lead to crime ring, feds sayThe investigation began in March with the discovery that 49 Aventura police officers and six other people connected to the city government were victims of identity theft and tax fraud in the 2011 income tax season, authorities said. ...read full article November 14, 2012 Dad fears school compromised daughter's identityGWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — A Gwinnett County family said their last name, Smith, has caused them repeated problems that could cause identity theft. ...read full article November 14, 2012 Justices spurn ID-theft suit against governmentThe Supreme Court on Tuesday issued its first opinion of the new term, saying a lawyer cannot combine two laws to sue the federal government for violating identity-theft protection laws banning the printing of credit card numbers and expiration dates on receipts. ...read full article November 13, 2012 2 RI men to go to trial in $25M investment fraudPROVIDENCE, R.I. — PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Two men accused of stealing the identities of terminally ill people and using them to reap $25 million from insurance companies and brokerage houses are scheduled to go to trial in federal court on Tuesday, facing dozens of counts of wire and mail fraud, identity theft, money laundering and conspiracy. ...read full article November 13, 2012 Darien woman charged with identity theftA Darien woman was arrested for using a relative's information to make purchases at a Walmart store in Batavia. ...read full article November 13, 2012 Genesee County woman charged with identity theftA Genesee County woman faces charges for allegedly stealing the identity of a relative to buy items from a store. ...read full article November 13, 2012 Mushrooming ransomware now extorts $5 million a yearMalware that disables PCs and demands hefty cash payments has come a long way.Malware that disables computers and demands that hefty cash payments be paid to purported law-enforcement agencies before the machines are restored is extorting as much as $5 million from end-user victims, researchers said. ...read full article November 13, 2012 European Commission Officials Say Their Computers Were Hacked in AzerbaijanNeelie Kroes, the vice-president of the European Commission, has revealed that the laptops of her advisers have been hacked into while attending the Internet Governance Forum (IDF) in Baku, the capital city of Azerbaijan. ...read full article November 13, 2012 Shareholders kept in dark on data breachesCSO - It happened more than three and a half years ago. So it presumably would be old news that Chinese hackers broke into soft-drink behemoth Coca-Cola's computer systems and stole confidential files relating to its effort to acquire the China Huiyuan Juice Group for $2.4 billion. ...read full article November 13, 2012 Mobile Security Revenue for Banks?Why Institutions Are Best Positioned to Protect Mobile PaymentsIncreased interest in mobile wallets and growing smart phone use are paving the way for more mobile payments, and now is the time for banking institutions to identify what role they'll play in this emerging space. ...read full article November 12, 2012 2 RI men to go to trial in $25M investment fraudPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Two Rhode Island men are scheduled to go to trial for an alleged $25 million investment fraud in which they’re accused of stealing the identities of several terminally ill people. ...read full article November 12, 2012 The danger of identity theft after a car crashWhether you are in a major car accident or even a minor fender bender, identity theft is not likely to be one of your immediate concerns after a crash. But you can't let your guard down as you swap auto insurance and other information. ...read full article November 12, 2012 Man reports identity theft while stationed overseasIDENTITY THEFT: A 24-year-old man reported he recently received an electric bill for $1,085.29 for service from 2007 at an address in the 200 block of Gallaher Street. The man said he was stationed overseas in the military during the dates in question. Police have a suspect. ...read full article November 12, 2012 Identity theft conviction upheldASHEVILLE — The N.C. Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction of man who gave police someone else’s name when he was arrested for shoplifting. ...read full article November 12, 2012 Man charged with identity theft in savings bonds caseAn 18-year-old North Side man accused of possessing dozens of savings bonds belonging to another man was ordered held on $20,000 bail Sunday. ...read full article November 12, 2012 Postal service cracks down on mailbox theftsToday we learn about a federal agency solving one of our problems. In 2009, The Watchdog kept hearing from readers that the blue mail collection boxes outside area post offices were an easy target for thieves. Mail bandits fished mail out of the boxes and used checks and money orders found inside for identity theft. ...read full article November 12, 2012 Philly man found guilty of identity theftA federal jury in Hartford recently found Anthony Johnson, 49, of Philadelphia guilty of credit card fraud and identity theft, nearly a year after he was first detained in November of 2011. ...read full article November 12, 2012 Identity Theft Victim Turns Amateur Sleuth And Gets Suspect ArrestedONTARIO (CBSLA.com) — A victim of identity theft turned amateur sleuth in Ontario and helped catch the suspect who was using her debit card information to pay for his gas, according to authorities ...read full article November 12, 2012 Texan admist identity theft to degraud Tulsa credit unionsA Texas man pleaded guilty in Tulsa federal court Friday to using another person's Social Security number to finance the purchase of a Winnebago motorhome. ...read full article November 12, 2012 Inland Empire: Investigators nab man in identity theft and credit card schemeA Corona man is behind bars for allegedly running a large identity theft and counterfeit credit card scheme taking place at gas stations in Jurupa Valley and Norco, officials confirmed today. ...read full article November 12, 2012 Woman charged with ID theft after multiple burglariesJUNEAU – A 23-year-old Marshall woman made her initial appearance in Dodge County court Thursday on charges of attempting to use a debit card that was taken during a burglary in the Town of Leroy. ...read full article November 9, 2012 Action 16 Investigation: Business Identity TheftDICKSON CITY — We protect ourselves from identity thieves: People trying to steal our social security or credit card numbers and get expensive items and money. ...read full article November 9, 2012 Woman Arrested For ID Theft, Stealing From Her GrandfatherLexington, NC -- Deputies have arrested a 34-year-old woman for identity theft and stealing from her grandfather. ...read full article November 9, 2012 How Medical Identity Theft Can Give You a Decade of HeadachesArnold Salinas knows a lot about the person who stole his identity. He’s 5-foot-9, 190 pounds. He pays for pizzas with forged checks, defaulted on a $17,000 car loan and has traveled the country, racking up speeding tickets and thousands of dollars in unpaid taxes, according to Salinas and a firm he’s hired to clean up the mess. ...read full article November 9, 2012 Md. man pleads guilty to identity theftBALTIMORE (AP) — A Salisbury man has pleaded guilty to using information stolen from clients of a residential mental health program to open bank accounts. ...read full article November 9, 2012 Identity theft charge traced to SalisburyWATERTOWN — A Salisbury woman was arrested Wednesday after police say she stole $150,000 from a 95-year-old woman as part of a two-year identity theft scheme. ...read full article November 8, 2012 Barbados National Sentenced to Prison for Using Stolen Identities to Obtain Tax RefundsDefendant Filed False Returns Seeking Over $120 Million in Fraudulent RefundsAndrew J. Watts, a Barbados national, was sentenced in Chicago by U.S. District Judge Joan Gottschall to 114 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution of just under $1.7 million for devising and executing a stolen identity federal income tax refund fraud scheme, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. ...read full article November 8, 2012 Gaping hole in Google service exposes thousands to ID theftVast number of car insurance hunters at risk by flawExclusive A security flaw accessible via Google's UK motor insurance aggregator Google Compare has potentially exposed vast numbers of drivers to identity theft. ...read full article November 8, 2012 La Cañada ID theft suspect nabbedCrescenta Valley sheriff's deputies on Tuesday arrested a man in Banning on suspicion of identity theft, the culmination of an investigation that began when he allegedly used a La Cañada Flintridge resident's personal information to open several credit accounts in June. ...read full article November 8, 2012 Two men accused of ID theft in Simi Valley Costco incidentSimi Valley police said they arrested two men Tuesday who tried to make purchases using false identification and gift cards at Costco. ...read full article November 8, 2012 Couple Sought in Identity TheftThe Bakersfield Police Department is asking for the community’s assistance in identifying two suspects wanted for business burglary, unauthorized use of access cards and identity theft. ...read full article November 8, 2012 PBSO seeking help to identity theft suspectPalm Beach County Sheriff's Office deputies are asking the public to help identify a woman suspected of using a stolen credit card. ...read full article November 8, 2012 N. Idaho man pleads guilty to bank fraud, aggravated identity theftCOEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — A northern Idaho man who stole two checks from a resident at a nursing home and then forged the resident's name and made the checks payable to his girlfriend for $500 has pleaded guilty to bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. ...read full article November 7, 2012 Suspect pleads guilty to federal charges in Tampa tax fraud caseTAMPA -- A tax-refund fraud suspect has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. ...read full article November 7, 2012 Image-Stealing Trojan Exposes Victims to ID Theft, BlackmailA new breed of malware designed to specifically target image files can expose victims to identity theft, fraud, and blackmail, researchers said. ...read full article November 7, 2012 Guilty plea for Md. man in identitity theft caseBALTIMORE — A Baltimore man has pleaded guilty to identity theft five years after being convicted of the same crime. ...read full article November 7, 2012 Minneapolis woman pleads guilty plea in $387K ID schemeA Minneapolis woman has admitted to an identity-theft scheme that bilked the IRS out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax refunds. ...read full article November 7, 2012 Pizza Hut Australia Hacked, Attackers Claim They Stole Credit Card DetailsHackers going by the name of 0day and Pyknic have breached and defaced the official website of Pizza Hut Australia. They claim that they have obtained the details of around 240,000 credit cards, but the company’s representatives claim that such information has not been compromised. ...read full article November 7, 2012 Twinings Tea Company hacked, 1,600+ consumer credentials LeakedA hacker using the handle @D0ct0r_Inj3ct0r has posted a leak of data to pastebin that comes from one of the worlds largest and well known Tea companies, Twinings. ...read full article November 6, 2012 Identity Theft Crew BustedA crew of suspected identity thieves has been busted in Omaha. After hitting several metro stores a few weeks ago they came back for more. But this time the Nebraska Furniture Mart security staff was ready. ...read full article November 6, 2012 Medical identity theft growing fast and endangering lives“Medical identity theft is the fastest growing type and it’s also the most dangerous,” explains Alex Gardner a certified Identity Theft/Risk Management Specialist. ...read full article November 6, 2012 BNSF employees getting scammed with identity theftPASCO, Wash. - A series of identity thefts have led Burlington Northern Santa Fe officials to believe their employee records have been compromised. ...read full article November 6, 2012 Somers identity theft: $50k shopping spree; 2 chargedSOMERS — A month-long investigation into identity theft from a Somers resident resulted in the arrest of two men when they arrived to pick up a package, state police said. ...read full article November 6, 2012 Man wanted for identity theft in Arizona arrested in SacoSACO, Maine — A man living in Saco who had an outstanding warrant out of Arizona was picked up by police on Thursday. ...read full article November 6, 2012 Baltimore man pleads guilty to identity theftBALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore man has pleaded guilty to identity theft five years after being convicted of the same crime. ...read full article November 6, 2012 1.7M mobile apps analyzed: Users tracked and put at risk, and it's unjustifiedSummary: Network security company Juniper Networks investigated 1.7 million mobile apps. It concluded that free apps cost us our privacy, expose us unnecessarily, and most app permissions are unjustified. ...read full article November 6, 2012 US Voters Targeted with Malware Hidden in Fake Election Documents, YouTube VideosAs US citizens prepare to elect their president, cybercriminals have intensified their malicious campaigns in an effort to take advantage of the buzz that surrounds the event. ...read full article November 6, 2012 Telecom Italia Hacked by Anonymous, 30,000 Credential Sets StolenAnonymous hacktivists claim to have breached the systems of Telecom Italia, Italy’s largest telecommunications company. ...read full article November 6, 2012 Smart meters not so clever about privacy, researchers findA University of South Carolina study found smart meters transmitting plain text information that could be used against home ownersIDG News Service - Researchers at the University of South Carolina have discovered that some types of electricity meter are broadcasting unencrypted information that, with the right software, would enable eavesdroppers to determine whether you're at home. ...read full article November 6, 2012 McDonald’s Gift Card Scam Advertises Rogue Facebook AppFacebook users should beware of posts that offer free $100 McDonald’s gift cards since they’re part of a scheme that’s designed to lure victims to a malicious application. ...read full article November 6, 2012 Woman Trafficked ID Theft Information, Police SayA North County woman was discovered concealing stolen information that would have been used to steal identities of seven people, St. Louis County Police said. ...read full article November 5, 2012 Haley describes identity theft ordealCOLUMBIA — Gov. Nikki Haley said Friday that she was a victim of identity theft about a decade ago, explaining her push to get people signed up for credit monitoring after the security breach at South Carolina’s revenue agency. ...read full article November 5, 2012 Hot Line: Shameless scammers stealing kids' IDsHow would you feel if you discovered that your child’s identity had been stolen and used to get a job, government benefits, medical care, utilities, a car loan and even a mortgage on a house? You probably wouldn’t believe it, right?! Admittedly, it doesn’t seem possible, but it’s sweeping the country. ...read full article November 5, 2012 Camille Dunn set for Franklin County hearing on identity theft chargesA Shippensburg area woman is facing identity theft charges after she allegedly opened multiple accounts and made purchases in the name of a woman she once cared for. ...read full article November 5, 2012 Two Charged in $50K Identity Theft ProbeSomers resident's credit card information stolen, fraudulent computer purchases made.A Bronx man and a Pennsylvania man have been charged in an identity theft probe that was launched after $50,000 in fraudulent purchases were made on the credit card account of a Westchester County resident, according to State Police. ...read full article November 5, 2012 Gilbert man, sons arrested on suspicion of bank fraud, money laundering, ID theft at Chandler storeA Gilbert father and his two sons are facing federal charges following their arrests involving a $10 million money order scheme authorities say stemmed from the Mama Mia Panaderia and Market in Chandler. ...read full article November 2, 2012 Identity theft scam diverts soldier's payFour days before payday, Army Capt. Stephen Redmon noticed online that his Sept. 14 check was going to be deposited in an unfamiliar bank account. ...read full article November 2, 2012 Tax preparer arrested for identity theftPANAMA CITY BEACH -- A Panama City Beach man was arrested Thursday on charges that he used copies of clients’ tax returns to steal their identities. ...read full article November 2, 2012 Chesterton man faces three count indictment on alleged ID theftSOUTH BEND | A Chesterton man faces a three-count federal indictment on allegations he used his brother’s identity to acquire approximately $10,000 in unemployment benefits. ...read full article November 2, 2012 Bay County Identity Theft ArrestThe Bay County Sheriff’s Office received a complaint from an employee in reference to identity theft. The employee realized his identity had been compromised and filed the complaint on September 24, 2012. ...read full article November 1, 2012 Deputies: Woman wanted for identity theft in 3 statesHENDERSON COUNTY, N.C. — Henderson County authorities are looking for a woman they say is involved in identity thefts and forgeries in Northwest Georgia, Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee. ...read full article November 1, 2012 Woman captured after 12 years on the lam following Santa Clara County convictionAn escaped convict with a history of stealing and identity theft in Santa Clara County was captured last week in Virginia, 12 years after she bolted from a Southern California corrections facility. ...read full article November 1, 2012 AL Woman Indicted in a Sophisticated Identity Theft Scheme Involving More Than 1,000 False Tax Returns(Source: Department of Justice) -Antoinette Djonret pleaded guilty today in two cases: one involving the filing of more than a million dollars worth of false tax returns using stolen identities and the other case involving the filing of false tax returns for clients, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. ...read full article November 1, 2012 Bank Fraud Suspects Net $1M in Citibank Casino SchemeFourteen individuals were charged late last week after the Federal Bureau of Investigation, along with the Los Angeles Police Department and the Glendale, Calif. Police Department found they were behind a scheme that extracted more than $1 million from Citibank cash-advance kiosks in Southern California and Nevada between 2009 and 2010. ...read full article November 1, 2012 Hackers crack Texan bank, Experian credit records come flooding outNames, numbers, finances, EVERYTHING... and they weren't even customersHackers managed to get login credentials for Experian's credit scoring reports after they broke into the systems of Abilene Telco Federal Credit Union last year, it has emerged. ...read full article November 1, 2012 Five Japanese detained for data theftSummary: The five arrested are allegedly responsible for distributing malware in video apps for Android smartphones which affected 90,000 people, in what is Japan's largest information theft case. ...read full article November 1, 2012 Woman pleads guilty in ID theft caseMONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Federal authorities say a woman has pleaded guilty in Alabama to what they describe as a sophisticated identity theft scheme to defraud the government. ...read full article October 31, 2012 Capo Beach Man Sentenced for Identity TheftA Capistrano Beach man was sentenced Friday to 25 years in jail after pleading guilty to 50 counts, including 33 counts of identity theft and 13 counts of grand theft. ...read full article October 31, 2012 “Horrible Rumor Spreading About You” Twitter DMs Lure Users to Malicious SitesIn the past period, many cybercriminals have turned to direct messages (DMs) on Twitter in order to spread their malicious links. If last time they were relying on outrageous pictures, this time they’re leveraging horrible rumors. ...read full article October 31, 2012 Local Woman Sues Barnes & Noble for Identify TheftOne of the customers of the Deerfield store says the bookseller did not properly secure her personal information before its PIN pads were hacked. The Evanston store was also hacked.A Deerfield woman sued Barnes & Noble for invasion of privacy claiming her credit card information was stolen when shopped at the booksellers’ Deerfield store in August and September, according to a complaint filed Monday in federal court in Chicago. ...read full article October 31, 2012 Trial starts for TN man accused of ID theft, health care fraudThe trial for a Cuban accused of setting up a false medical care online billing services company in Gainesboro, Tenn., began Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Nashville with charges that he had perpetrated health care fraud, aggravated identity theft and money laundering. ...read full article October 31, 2012 Here are the top 5 Best Ways to Avoid Post-Sandy ScamsIn the wake of any major and destructive weather event, there is always confusion, misinformation, and disarray. But if you’re lucky enough to live in a place like the U.S., there is also a massive outpouring of aid. ...read full article October 31, 2012 Latest target for identity thieves? Military payTAMPA — Much is demanded of soldiers. In exchange they get pride and pay. But identity theft claimed even the pay last month for four military personnel at Fort Bragg, N.C., one of America's biggest Army bases. ...read full article October 31, 2012 Identity theft spreading to social network sitesPeople are becoming wiser about how they share their credit-card information and not giving key information, such as Social Security numbers or mothers’ maiden names, out over the phone to protect their identities. However, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center, those wishing to steal personal information for their own selfish reasons are now using cellphones and social media to gain access to personal information they can use to access bank accounts, loans, etc. ...read full article October 30, 2012 Ore. man gets 4 years for role in ID theft ringPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced a Portland man to more than four years in prison for using his graphic design skills to create high-quality fake identification documents for a team of identity thieves. ...read full article October 30, 2012 Fresno woman held on 224 counts of ID theftFRESNO, Calif.—A 45-year-old Fresno woman is facing identity theft and burglary charges involving 61 people who live between Visalia and Sacramento. ...read full article October 30, 2012 Ex-Portsmouth restaurateur seeks more time in theft caseA former Portsmouth restaurateur charged with tapping into his customers’ credit cards for extra cash is asking for more time to prepare for trial, claiming he needs to examine a slew of evidence. ...read full article October 30, 2012 Montreal man to remain in jail on bank-fraud chargesA Montreal man accused of using fake identification to open bank accounts in the Halifax area will spend at least three more weeks behind bars before he seeks bail. ...read full article October 30, 2012 Experts urge those affected by hacking to take precautions against identity theftState and federal law enforcement agencies on Monday were still investigating the cyber-attack that might have jeopardized the tax returns of millions of South Carolina residents. ...read full article October 30, 2012 ‘Democrat of the Year’ loses title after felony convictionJefferson County, Colo. Democrats have revoked 66-year-old Estelle Carson’s 2012 “Democrat of the Year” award, following her conviction on Thursday for stealing from a 71-year-old woman who suffers from both partial blindness and cerebral palsy. ...read full article October 30, 2012 Identity theft suspects steal CamaroRENO, Nev. (KRNV & MyNews4.com) -- Reno Police are looking for two suspects who used a false identity and stole a high-priced Camaro. ...read full article October 29, 2012 Identity theft suspected in illegal acces of prescription drug tracking systemThis week Washington’s Prescription Monitoring Program sent letters to 34 people whose records were illegally accessed by someone who used a physician’s identity. ...read full article October 29, 2012 Identity theft: Woman's identity stolen by adoptive motherAt three months old, a woman was adopted into a new family. “My adopted mother changed my name to her name,” she says. ...read full article October 29, 2012 Scam artists get tax refunds through ID theftCreative crooks have found a new way of using stolen identity details to defraud people - illegally applying for tax refunds. ...read full article October 29, 2012 Cyber Attack on S.C. Department of Revenue Exposes 3.6 MillionCOLUMBIA -- The South Carolina Department of Revenue announced Friday that a cyber attack has exposed 3.6 million Social Security numbers and 387,000 credit and debit card numbers. ...read full article October 29, 2012 Two arrested for stealing from college districtTwo 42-year-old former employees of the San Mateo County Community College District are facing multiple felonies after working together to misuse the agency's credit cards resulting in about a $150,000 loss, according to District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe. ...read full article October 29, 2012 Police: Duo Charges Over $1,500 in Identity TheftStolen credit card information at the Hilton Garden Inn in Oaks led to the arrest of a Norristown woman.On Oct. 19, Upper Providence police were called to the Hilton Garden Inn, located at 500 Cresson Blvd. in Oaks, for the report that guests were using stolen credit card information. ...read full article October 29, 2012 D.P. Crime Ring Leader Gets 25 Years for ID TheftChristopher John Aragon, 52, Capistrano Beach, pleaded guilty Friday to 50 felony counts including 33 counts of unauthorized use of personal identifying information, says district attorney.Christopher John Aragon, 52, of Capistrano Beach, regarded as the leader of a crime ring was sentenced Friday to 25 years in state prison for stealing thousands of personal identities and counterfeiting credit cards to buy high-end goods to be resold on eBay and Craigslist, according to the Orange County District Attorney's office. ...read full article October 29, 2012 Court exempts union bosses from laws against identity theftOne November day in 2007, 33 AT&T workers in central North Carolina found out that their Social Security numbers and other private information had been posted for the world to see -- exposing them to identity theft and credit fraud. ...read full article October 29, 2012 Ex-State Dept. worker admits identity theft; used passport information to get credit cardsWASHINGTON — A former State Department employee has pleaded guilty to an identity theft plot in which he and others used stolen credit cards to make more than $70,000 in purchases. ...read full article October 29, 2012 Woman charged in St. Charles with aggravated ID theft vs. 65-year-oldST. CHARLES — A 42-year-old West Chicago woman has been charged with using a Colorado resident’s identity, police said Friday. ...read full article October 29, 2012 Police investigate identity theft casesTwo Bloomfield Township residents reported attempted identity theft to police after they received suspicious letters from collection agencies. ...read full article October 29, 2012 New ID theft scam: Luring people to fake IRS websiteWatch out for a website that mimics part of the official Internal Revenue Service website. Identity theft scamsters are using the fake website to lure people into giving personal information that could be used to steal their money or identity, said Mike Dobzinski, the Plantation-based spokesman for the Internal Revenue Service. ...read full article October 29, 2012 Child actor is victim of sinister identity theft after fraudster sets up Twitter account in his name and impersonates him for seven monthsA promising child actor has spoken out after being subjected to a seven-month-long Twitter hoax which cruelly took advantage of his fans. ...read full article October 29, 2012 Briefs: Trio suspected of identity theftA female and two male residents of the Yuba-Sutter area are suspected of identity theft following their arrest Saturday in Butte County at a Walmart store. ...read full article October 29, 2012 IP Theft, Supply Chain Security Major Worries for Government, Former Cybersecurity Czar SaysANAHEIM, CALIF.--The theft of intellectual property through attacks on U.S. networks, both government-owned and private, has become one of the major concerns for officials at the top level of the federal government, not just among security staffs, but at the upper echelons of the White House and intelligence agencies, as well, the former top cybersecurity adviser to President Obama said. ...read full article October 25, 2012 Identity theft crushes Gladwin couple, $30,000 in debt racked upGLADWIN COUNTY, MI (WNEM) - Identity theft can happen to any of us, without even realizing it. One Mid-Michigan couple's story serves as a warning about a new wave of thieves. ...read full article October 25, 2012 Man Crawled on Theater Floors, Stealing Money From Female Movie WatchersA jury found a Philadelphia man guilty of credit card fraud and indentity theft using a unique method to prey on his victims: He crawled around movie theater floors in the dark, stealing from women's purses. Prosecutors said he preferred to attend chick flicks, where plenty of women would show up. ...read full article October 25, 2012 ID Theft Ring Hits Henderson CountyHENDERSON COUNTY, Tenn.- An outbreak of identity theft reports has residents in Henderson double checking their bank accounts, and investigators with few resources. ...read full article October 25, 2012 Attempted Gearys Beverly Hills? Purchases Tied to Identity Theft SchemeA Park La Brea man was sentenced to six years in federal prison for his role in stealing the identities of elderly credit card holders in an effort to buy expensive merchandise.A Park La Brea man was sentenced Monday to 76 months in federal prison for his role in an international identity theft and credit card fraud scheme targeting elderly cardholders. ...read full article October 25, 2012 Tuckahoe Resident Suffers $2,500 Identity TheftTUCKAHOE, N.Y. – A Tuckahoe resident reported to police that he was the victim of identity theft on Tuesday after unauthorized charges showed up on his account. ...read full article October 25, 2012 Man from Bulgaria and Florida woman get 10 years prison for identity theftA USAO press release of Oct. 22 , 2012, reports a Birmingham federal judge Monday, sentenced a Bulgarian man and a Florida woman for their part in a multi-state operation in which they secretly skimmed bank customers’ identification at ATMs and used the stolen information to create hundreds of counterfeit debit cards, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and U.S. Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Roy Sexton. ...read full article October 25, 2012 Ex-banker pleads guilty to $121,000 identity theft scheme in DCWASHINGTON — A former personal banker has pleaded guilty to taking part in an identity theft scheme involving $121,400 in forged checks. ...read full article October 25, 2012 More felony counts added in summer ID theft schemeA man charged with several felonies in connection with a complex identity-theft scheme faces three more counts after he was linked to credit-card skimmers discovered at a Plymouth gas station. ...read full article October 25, 2012 Kansas case puts face on 'total identity theft'WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — When Candida L. Gutierrez's identity was stolen, the thief didn't limit herself to opening fraudulent credit and bank accounts. She assumed Gutierrez's persona completely, using it to get a job, a driver's license, a mortgage and even medical care for the birth of two children. ...read full article October 25, 2012 Woman facing identity theft chargeABERDEEN, Miss. (WTVA) -- Tawina Koshay Westbrook, 28, of Aberdeen was arrested by Monroe County Sheriff Department on October 22. ...read full article October 25, 2012 Attorney General Madigan: Chicago Man Sent to Prison in Identity Theft SchemeChicago--(ENEWSPF)--October 23, 2012. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced a Chicago man pled guilty and was sentenced to four years in prison for possessing hundreds of stolen gift and credit cards with access to thousands of dollars held by the victims of his identity theft scheme. ...read full article October 25, 2012 Woman wanted for identity theftBATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Detectives are looking for a woman that opened a charge account in someone else's name. ...read full article October 24, 2012 Credit Card Data Breach at Barnes & Noble StoresWASHINGTON — Hackers have stolen credit card information for customers who shopped as recently as last month at 63 Barnes & Noble stores across the country, including stores in New York City, San Diego, Miami and Chicago, according to people briefed on the investigation. ...read full article October 24, 2012 FTC: Companies should limit facial recognition in some casesThe agency releases a list of guidelines and best practices for the use of facial recognition technologyIDG News Service - Web companies using facial recognition technology should avoid identifying anonymous images of consumers to someone who could not otherwise identify them, unless the companies have the consumers' consent, a U.S. Federal Trade Commission report said. ...read full article October 24, 2012 The FBI Warns of Dating Extortion Scams and Payday Loan SchemesThe US Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has issued an alert to warn Internet users about the new twists added by scammers to previously existing scams. The advisory comes after the agency received a large number of complaints from victims. ...read full article October 24, 2012 Sony PlayStation 3 firmware reportedly hackedSummary: Chinese hacker group, BlueDisk-CFW, releases leaked tool which circumvents the game console's latest 3.60 firmware that had plugged security holes from the unauthorized access by another hacker group last year. ...read full article October 24, 2012 Facebook donates cash seized from spammers to cyber CSI labIll-gotten $250k for Koobface, GhostClick takedown teamFacebook has donated $250k it seized from spammers to an academic centre of excellence in the fight against cybercrime. The University of Alabama at Birmingham's Center for Information Assurance and Joint Forensics Research will use the cash to build an expanded version of the faculty, due to open next year. The centre helped researchers at Facebook to track down the infamous Koobface gang and helped to unravel the even more notorious GhostClick (DNSChanger) scam, among other work. ...read full article October 23, 2012 Verizon DBIR Analysis: Insiders Often Complicit in Breaches of Intellectual PropertyVerizon has further dissected breach data from its annual Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) and built a profile of intellectual property theft that points to a disturbing combination of factors leading to successful infiltrations by cybercriminals, competitors, hacktivists and nation-state sponsored attackers. ...read full article October 23, 2012 Spammers abuse .gov URL shortener service in work-at-home scamspen redirect vulnerabilities on .gov websites allow spammers to abuse .gov URL shortener service, Symantec researchers sayIDG News Service - Spammers have found a way to abuse a URL shortener service destined for U.S. government social media activities in order to craft rogue .gov URLs for work-at-home scams. ...read full article October 23, 2012 7 Costly IAM MistakesBlunders that lead to costly identity and access management failuresWhile IAM project failures may not quite rank up there with the biggest ERP blunders on record, they still rank high among some of IT security's most embarrassing waste of investment. When organizations fail to properly align business processes with technology, don't account for the dynamic demands of users in accessing IT assets and don't confer with the right stakeholders prior to deployment, IAM initiatives are put at risk. ...read full article October 23, 2012 Fake PayPal Emails Distributing MalwareCybercriminals are mimicking the online payment processor PayPal in a malicious spam campaign that attempts to dupe customers into downloading malware from links in seemingly authentic emails, according to a Webroot report written by Dancho Danchev. ...read full article October 23, 2012 ISPs can slow or suspend web use under anti-piracy programWeb users accused of piracy can soon expect punishment from their internet service providers (ISPs), which may range from educational messages to slower surfing speeds and suspension. ...read full article October 23, 2012 Aus student data stored for Google adsEU reforms may keep students commercial freeAustralian students may be spared potentially invasive digital data access from Google following the Privacy Commission’s decision to back the EU’s reforms regarding Google's new privacy policy. ...read full article October 22, 2012 Woman Sentenced to 4 Years After Skimming 237 Bank AccountsA 43-year-old woman has been sentenced to four years in prison and five years of supervised release after being found guilty of skimming the bank accounts of 237 unsuspecting individuals. She will also have to pay $125,241 (97,000 EUR) in restitution. ...read full article October 22, 2012 Judge Dismisses Much of PlayStation Hacking Suit(CN) - A federal judge dealt a blow to PlayStation users who say that a Sony security breach exposed more than 69 million personal and credit card accounts to theft. ...read full article October 22, 2012 M Qube, Mobile Messenger fraudulent Unauthorized Instant Messaging Billing through Sprint Ripoff InternetI recently started receiving text messages on my phone, from SMS number 76284. Thinking them to be prank messages, I deleted them, and to my horror, the SMS's continued. So I called Sprint PCS and was informed that I had "signed-up" for premier SMS service. ...read full article October 22, 2012 Police investigating identity theft in LittlestownPennsylvania State Police are investigating an identity theft after a Littlestown resident's Discover Card account information was obtained and charged with several postage purchases to the account on Sept. 11 through Sept. 13. ...read full article October 22, 2012 Osawatomie Man Convicted of Medicaid Fraud, Identity TheftAn Osawatomie man was convicted Wednesday on multiple charges related to a Medicaid fraud scheme. ...read full article October 22, 2012 Group arrested in Naperville for identity theft, forgerySeven people have been arrested in Naperville and charged with being part on an international crime organization which has allegedly defrauded dozens of people in the Naperville area. ...read full article October 22, 2012 Tracey Nelson, member of identity theft ring, pulled unemployment while locked up for her crimesNelson was sentenced to 6 to 18 years for forwarding donor information from employer UJA-Federation to identity theft ringA key member in a wide-spread $2 million identity theft ring that targeted a Jewish charity, banks and a car dealership collected unemployment checks even after she was busted, her lawyer admitted at her sentencing Friday. ...read full article October 19, 2012 Ore. woman arrested, accused of theft, identity theft involving elderly womanSALEM, Ore. — Police in the small Willamette Valley town of Turner, Ore., have arrested a 33-year-old woman accused of opening credit card accounts in the name of an 81-year-old acquaintance and buying an estimated $15,000 worth of goods for herself. ...read full article October 19, 2012 Glendale Man Sentenced to 70 Months for Identity Theft Scheme(Source: FBI) - MEDFORD, OR—On October 15, 2012, U.S. District Judge Owen M. Panner sentenced Tigran Khachatrian, 46, of Glendale, California, to 70 months in federal prison for aggravated identity theft and possession of counterfeit access devices. ...read full article October 19, 2012 5 Crucial Steps To Protect Servicemembers From Identity Theft, FraudIn May 2012, 22-year-old Jobson Cenor, a U.S. Marine stationed in Afghanistan, was arrested for allegedly selling the names, dates of birth and Social Security numbers of fellow Marines serving in Afghanistan. Allegedly, Cenor’s co-conspirator used the identities to file phony tax returns and reap the refunds, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. And that wasn't an isolated case. ...read full article October 19, 2012 Requesting Sensitive Data Via Google Docs: Phishing Really is That EasyPlease leave your credit card number, its expiration date and security code, along with your full name and billing address in the comments section of this blog post. You’re obviously not going to do this. You know better, I know better, but there are those who don’t. So many, in fact, that scammers are not only comfortable with and willing to invest in scams no more or less complicated, but they are also confident that the scams will succeed. ...read full article October 19, 2012 Canada House of Commons Contractor Accused of Hacking Quebec Government SiteThe Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) claims that a 28-year-old man working on contract for the House of Commons and the RCMP is responsible for disrupting the official website of the Quebec government. ...read full article October 19, 2012 Man's identity theft attempt falls flat at Des Moines bankA man is in hot water for allegedly dressing up in a ridiculous costume in an attempt to impersonate another man and steal his debit card. ...read full article October 19, 2012 Police weigh extent of ID theft caseGRANDVIEW — Two identity theft suspects are in Yakima County jail while investigators wade through a mountain of paperwork to chronicle the extent of their alleged fraud. ...read full article October 19, 2012 french android malware writer arrested for stealing $653,700A French hacker has been arrested for spreading a virus through fake smartphone applications. Prosecutors say he stole tiny sums from 17,000 people, amassing about 500,000 euros (£405,000) since 2011. ...read full article October 18, 2012 'Habitual offender' to be arrested by Westport Police for ID?theftsWESTPORT?--?A?prolific identity thief, collared earlier this month by Stamford Police, will soon face charges in relation to a series of Westport thefts. ...read full article October 18, 2012 Renters beware: ID theft, financial scam in home adsPotential home renters need to be aware of a scam created to bilk you of money and / or to steal your identity. According to a local real estate agent, the scam has appeared on at least two websites, craigslist and hotpads.com. ...read full article October 18, 2012 New York man pleads not guilty to identity theft, attempted forgeryBENNINGTON -- A New York man was held without bail Monday after he pleaded not guilty to a string of identity theft and forgery related complaints. ...read full article October 18, 2012 New Verizon Marketing Initiative May Violate Users’ PrivacyVerizon has drawn the ire of its customers and privacy advocates this week because a new initiative launched by the telecom company may violate users’ privacy. ...read full article October 18, 2012 Who is tweeting from the NSA's parking lot?The open source intelligence platform Maltego shows the power of collating publicly available informationIDG News Service - From Google Maps, the U.S. National Security Agency's parking lot has a larger footprint than the building itself. And for the high secrecy surrounding what goes on inside, there is plenty of information flowing just outside. ...read full article October 18, 2012 Phishy Direct Messages Link to Fake Twitter Sign-in PageA wave of spammy direct messages on Twitter contain URLs leading to what appears to be a Twitter login page, but is actually a phishing site trying to pilfer user login credentials. ...read full article October 18, 2012 MasterCard Is Selling Your Data Just in Time for the HolidaysCredit card companies make money by taking a cut every time you swipe your plastic at the checkout counter. Now MasterCard has found a way to make those swipes pay over and over again. ...read full article October 17, 2012 Oxford arrests bring to light the scope of card theft now Read more: Anniston Star - Oxford arrests bring to light the scope of card theft nowPolice believe an arrest in Oxford last week probably prevented a long string of retail thefts using stolen credit card information, but it also highlighted a growing concern in the battle against identity theft. ...read full article October 17, 2012 Woman in 2001 flight flap faces ID theft chargeTRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A northern Michigan woman who gained national attention for disrupting a flight to China in 2001 has been charged after authorities say she used the driver's license of one of her sisters to get prescription drugs. ...read full article October 17, 2012 Troup man receives 25 years for identity theftJACKSONVILLE — A Troup man described by authorities as a major identity thief was sentenced to to 25 years in prison Monday in connection with charges of tampering with a government document and fraudulent use or possession of identifying information, reports show. ...read full article October 17, 2012 North Salem Resident Victim Of Identity TheftNORTH SALEM, N.Y. - A Candlewood Park resident got a call from his credit protection service on Oct. 13, reporting some suspicious activity on his credit card. The victim then learned that an unknown person had opened a credit-card account in his name, as well as an account with a financial-services company. At this time there is no suspect. ...read full article October 17, 2012 Man charged with fraud, identity theftKISSIMMEE, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35 ORLANDO) - A Kissimmee man has been federally indicted with three counts of mail fraud, five counts of wire fraud, and one count of aggravated identity theft. ...read full article October 16, 2012 Cyberthieves loot $400,000 from city bank accountCybertheft comes just days after RSA issued a warning that criminal gang planned massive attacks against U.S. banking customersComputerworld - Burlington, Wash. officials have notified hundreds of employees and residents that their bank account information was compromised last week when hackers broke into city systems and stole more than $400,000 from a city account at Bank of America. ...read full article October 16, 2012 Researchers Identify Banks Targeted In Forthcoming AttackBank of America, Chase, Citibank said to be among institutions under the gun from planned Gozi-Prinimalka malware attackResearchers say they have some 26 banks that are being targeted in an evolving series of attacks on U.S. financial institutions. ...read full article October 16, 2012 Protecting Consumer Location PrivacyGAO: Consumer Can't Judge if Data Sharing Puts Privacy at RiskThe U.S. federal government could do more to protect consumers' privacy in dealing with mobile device location data, the Government Accountability Office says in a new report. ...read full article October 16, 2012 Chinese arrest 9,000 cyber-crimsHalts online PR racket flooding net with negative reviewsChinese police have smashed over 700 cyber crime gangs and arrested nearly 9,000 alleged criminals ...read full article October 16, 2012 Facebook removes two-factor authentication mobile numbers from searchMobile phone numbers used for Facebook's 'Login Approvals' account security feature are no longer searchable through the websiteIDG News Service - Facebook users who have associated a mobile phone number with their accounts in order to enable the "Login Approvals" security feature can no longer be found on the website based on those phone numbers, the company said Monday. ...read full article October 16, 2012 Garry McKinnon Will Not Be Extradited, UK Home Secretary SaysUK Home Secretary Theresa May told members of the Parliament that the extradition of Garry McKinnon to the US would be blocked for human rights reasons. This puts an end to a ten-year battle fought by McKinnon, his supporters and human rights advocates. ...read full article October 16, 2012 FBI Launches Safe Online Surfing Internet ChallengeWhat better way to learn about cyber safety than through games, videos and other interactive features? The US Federal Bureau of Investigation is counting on this in their latest cyber security program called Safe Online Surfing (FBI-SOS). ...read full article October 16, 2012 Identity theft not ruled out in fake student caseThe University of Auckland is set to tighten security measures at its medicine school after it discovered an imposter had attended classes for two years. ...read full article October 16, 2012 Crime Nearby: Identity Theft, Grand LarcenyA Rockville Centre woman pleaded guilty Wednesday after using fake Craigslist ads for nonexistent jobs and apartments to steal steal hundreds of identities nationwide and filing hundreds of fraudulent tax returns, according to the Nassau County District Attorney's Office. Susan Pemberton, 43, of Rockville Centre, pleaded guilty to grand larceny in the third degree, scheme to defraud in the first degree, offering a false instrument for filing, and identity theft in the second degree. She faces two to four years in prison at her Jan. 23 sentencing. ...read full article October 16, 2012 Woman suspected in identity theft actually a man, police sayWINTER PARK -- The search for an identity thief in Orange County has taken a strange turn. ...read full article October 16, 2012 Man Accused of Stealing Identity of Little Jimmy Dickens, Other Grand Ole Opry StarsPolice in Tennessee have arrested a man believed to have stolen the identity of some of the Grand Ole Opry’s biggest stars, including Little Jimmy Dickens. ...read full article October 15, 2012 Hackers Steal $400,000 from City of Burlington Accounts in Just One NightUnknown hackers have managed to steal a total of around $400,000 (312,000 EUR) from a Bank of America account owned by the City of Burlington, Washington. ...read full article October 15, 2012 Former LulzSec member guilty in Sony Pictures hackRaynaldo Rivera admitted his involvement in a cyberattack that resulted in the theft of user information from a Sony Pictures websiteIDG News Service - An Arizona man has admitted his involvement in a May 2011 computer attack against the website of Sony Pictures Entertainment that was carried out by the now-defunct LulzSec hacker group. ...read full article October 15, 2012 Presidential election spurs malware-laden CNN spamSpammers taking advantage of the presidential election buzz are delivering the banking trojan Zeus to users who fall for email ploys purporting to come from CNN. ...read full article October 15, 2012 Bank Attacks: What Have We Learned?In the wake of eight sophisticated distributed denial of service attacks aimed at leading U.S. banks in recent weeks, financial institutions are bracing for more. ...read full article October 15, 2012 NASA hacker McKinnon to hear extradition fate tomorrowSummary: After a 10-year legal battle, home secretary Theresa May will reveal whether the UK will send Gary McKinnon to the US to face court charges over hacking NASA and military computers. ...read full article October 15, 2012 NullCrew Claims to Have Hacked World Health Organization AgainHackers of the NullCrew collective claim to have breached another subdomain owned by the World Health Organization (apps.who.int). ...read full article October 15, 2012 NZ government network leaking data like a sieveUpdated: Ministry apologises, launches investigationA row has broken out in New Zealand after a blogger exposed serious security flaws in that country’s job-seeker network. ...read full article October 15, 2012 US Military Prepares New Rules for Cyber War: PanettaWASHINGTON - The United States faces a growing threat of a "cyber-Pearl Harbor" and has drafted new rules for the military that would enable it to move aggressively against digital attacks, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said late Thursday. ...read full article October 15, 2012 Stealing i-cards a new form of identity theftIdentity theft doesn’t always have to involve a stolen credit card or driver’s license. After a University student’s stolen i-card was used at the Undergraduate Library, two Urbana residents were arrested, one of whom was charged with identity theft. ...read full article October 15, 2012 TD Bank misplaces personal data tapes1,000 Canadians with U.S. accounts could be affectedTORONTO — A TD Bank spokeswoman says about 1,000 Canadians with U.S. accounts could be affected after some data tapes containing personal information were misplaced. ...read full article October 15, 2012 ID theft victim speaks out about costly crimeSPOKANE -- A Spokane woman whose identify was stolen by a serial thief wishes she could start all over with a new Social Security number. ...read full article October 15, 2012 Data Breach Leads to Identity Theft at North West Florida State CollegeAn attack on Northwest Florida State College computer systems resulted in a data breach that has affected nearly 300,000 people and led to reports of identity theft and fraud. ...read full article October 15, 2012 8 Indicted After Identity Theft, Unemployment Benefits Scam BustedDETROIT (WWJ) - Eight individuals were indicted by a federal grand jury in Detroit on charges relating to identity theft, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced Friday. ...read full article October 11, 2012 Hackers steal thousands of student records from computers at Florida collegeThe hack at the Northwest Florida State College is believed to be a job by professional outside hackersIDG News Service - An information breach at a Florida college has compromised information of about 279,000 students and employees, the Florida Department of Education said on Wednesday. ...read full article October 11, 2012 Businesses Remain Scared of Spear-Phishing as Attackers Study BehaviorScared is a strong word, but the reality, according to a Websense analysis by Patrik Runald, is that spear-phishers, like the ones that compromised a White House network last week, are implementing new evasion tactics, fundamentally changing their attack strategies, and revolutionizing the targeted threat model, giving business executives plenty of reason to worry. ...read full article October 11, 2012 Dodging 5 Dangerous Database Default SettingsOut-of-the-box settings and weak configuration of databases make it easier for thieves to break into data stores and harder for IT to quickly detect breachesEven as enterprises spend buckets of cash on data defenses at various layers of IT infrastructure, many of them sabotage their efforts by ultimately storing that information in poorly configured databases. Whether due to legacy application logistics, convenience to administrators, or lack of awareness by DBAs, databases set up with out-of-the-box settings are all-too-common within the enterprise. ...read full article October 11, 2012 “I Will Use a Bomb to Destroy an Airplane,” Computer Virus Says on Victim’s BehalfJapanese police have arrested three people, accusing them of making death threats via email and discussion forums. However, later, investigators have determined that a piece of malware may have actually posted the threats on their behalf. ...read full article October 11, 2012 Ransomware and phish cons target Skype usersFraudsters are targeting Skype users through two different ruses – one that spreads ransomware by way of instant messages, and another which uses spam to spread the banking trojan Zeus. ...read full article October 11, 2012 Cops Seek Couple In Identity Theft CaseWATSONTOWN — Police in Northumberland County are searching a for woman they believe stole her parents’ identity and charged thousands of dollars on credit cards in their name. ...read full article October 10, 2012 Medicare won't issue new IDs to identity-theft victims8:30AM EST October 10. 2012 - WASHINGTON -- More than a quarter-million Medicare beneficiaries are potential victims of identity theft and hampered in getting health care benefits because the government won't issue new IDs, according to an investigation report released today. ...read full article October 10, 2012 Man accused of identity theft diesA Grindstone man charged with identity theft for allegedly using the personal information of a deceased infant died on Tuesday. ...read full article October 10, 2012 ISPs to monitor peer-to-peer file-sharing in new anti-piracy planA long-delayed plan to curb piracy — a collaboration between ISPs, copyright holders and the White House — is set to go into effect by the end of the year. The "six strike" policy for handling those who seek and distribute copyrighted files is described as educational, but also calls for punitive measures. ...read full article October 10, 2012 CapOne Site Takes DDoS HitSunTrust, Regions Next Expected TargetsThe hacktivist group known as Izz ad-Din al-Qassam apparently made good on its threat to take down Capital One Financial Corp.'s online presence Oct. 9. Now industry observers say they're waiting to see if the group's threats against SunTrust Banks and Regions Financial Corp. will be fulfilled later this week as the group has indicated. ...read full article October 10, 2012 Flaws allow 3G devices to be trackedNew privacy threats have been uncovered by security researchers that could allow every device operating on 3G networks to be tracked. ...read full article October 10, 2012 State worker charged with identity theftA state tax department employee was arrested Thursday and charged with stealing a man’s identity off of his tax records, according to department police. ...read full article October 10, 2012 Controversy over Japanese app that published up to 760,000 personal addressesA security firm says the Android app put up to 760,000 address book entries from 3,400 users into a searchable public databaseOctober 10, 2012 — IDG News Service — An online debate has broken out over a Japanese mobile app that may have published as many as 760,000 address book records from its users in a publicly searchable database. ...read full article October 9, 2012 Identity theft leads to nine feloniesSaturday, October 6, 2012 — An Albemarle man faces nine felony counts involving the alleged illegal theft and use of a financial transaction card. ...read full article October 9, 2012 Baby Boomers Need to Become More Educated about Digital SecurityAVG Survey Shows Group at Risk for Identity Theft, Financial FraudAMSTERDAM & SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- AVG Technologies (NYS: AVG) , the provider of Internet and mobile security to 128 million active users, today announced the findings of its recent 15-city North American digital security survey that show a pressing need for baby boomers to become more educated about digital security. While the original survey identified the top 10 savviest cities for digital protection, numbers also revealed that baby boomers still have a lot of work to do when it comes to safeguarding against identity theft, financial fraud and loss of personal data. ...read full article October 9, 2012 Pilfering sysadmin gets four years and $2.3m fine for kit theftFBI nails Verizon engineer over Cisco scamA former Verizon network engineer is beginning a four-year jail term after being sentenced for scamming Cisco and Verizon out of millions of dollars worth of kit and fencing it through the reseller community. ...read full article October 9, 2012 What An Executive Order On Cybersecurity May Mean For EnterprisesWhile officials say an executive order could set voluntary security standards, companies worry that it can result in a checklist approach to securityAn executive order aimed at bolstering cybersecurity is still in the development phase, but that does not mean enterprises shouldn't start thinking about what it could mean for them. ...read full article October 9, 2012 Dorkbot Now Worming Its Way through SkypeThe Dorkbot worm that fooled many a Facebook and Twitter user is now socially engineering Skype users into downloading the malware, whose payload now includes a mechanism to lock down machines. ...read full article October 9, 2012 Malware-infected computers rented as proxy servers on the black marketResearchers have identified a Trojan program that turns infected computers into SOCKS proxy servers to which access is then soldIDG News Service - Cybercriminals are using computers infected with a particular piece of malware to power a commercial proxy service that funnels potentially malicious traffic through them, according to security researchers from Symantec. ...read full article October 9, 2012 RSA Warning, DDoS Attacks Linked?Latest Threats Fuel Fears of More AttacksThe next-generation Gozi Trojan threat that security vendor RSA warned about last week is real and requires response, experts say. ...read full article October 9, 2012 Identity Theft Scam Targeting Local Bank Of America CustomersFALLS COUNTY - The Falls County Sheriff's Office is notifying the public that they have received reports regarding an identity theft scam recently. The latest target of these scams have been local Bank of America customers. ...read full article October 4, 2012 81-year-old Waitress Loses Life Savings in ScamGLENDALE, Calif. (KTLA) -- An 81-year-old Glendale woman was close to retiring after more than 40 years as a waitress, but then she fell victim to a lottery scam that wiped out her life savings. ...read full article October 4, 2012 FTC hits scary tech support scammers that make 'virtual mayhem'Telemarketers pose as tech reps from Microsoft or Symantec, bilk consumers in U.S., U.K., elsewhere for hundreds of dollars to make fake repairsComputerworld - U.S. officials today struck at six long-running scams, freezing assets of 14 companies charged with bilking consumers by posing as tech support from Microsoft, Symantec and others. ...read full article October 4, 2012 Swedish Sites Attacked in Retaliation for Police Raid on Web HostSeveral Web sites in Sweden, including the nation's central bank and two government affiliates, were hit with attacks this week, supposedly in retaliation for a police raid on an Internet company tied to The Pirate Bay, the world's largest file sharing site. ...read full article October 4, 2012 New data-theft attack technique can run across webResearchers have detected a "new man-in-the-browser" (MITB) attack method that uses malware capable of stealing users bank or other sensitive information entered on websites. ...read full article October 4, 2012 Google to Warn Users About Possible 'State-Sponsored' AttacksGoogle has been rather warning-happy lately; from alerts about malware to blocked websites in China. Today, however, the search giant expanded those efforts with security warnings about state-sponsored attacks. ...read full article October 4, 2012 AusPost Click and Send security glitch could affect consumer trust: IDCOctober 03, 2012 — IDG News Service — While Australia Post has moved to reassure customers that their financial details were not compromised due to a security glitch with its online service Click and Send, a security expert said the incident could affect consumer confidence in the merchant. ...read full article October 3, 2012 Scareware defendant fined $163M in FTC suitUkrainian operation told computer users their PCs were infected and sold them software to fix the bogus problemIDG News Service - A U.S. judge has imposed a judgment of $163.2 million against a defendant accused by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission of being part of an operation that sold software to people it tricked into thinking their computers were infected with malicious software. ...read full article October 3, 2012 Supreme Court Weighs Government Liability Under Credit Reporting LawThe U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday considered whether the federal government could be liable for money damages by printing confidential credit card information on a customer’s receipt, increasing the risk of identity theft. ...read full article October 3, 2012 Police investigating robbery arrest suspects in theft of checks, IDsAuthorities seized 17 stolen checkbooks, check-making software, stolen IDs and more than 300 fake and forged checks after tracking down a vehicle used in a robbery, court papers show. ...read full article October 3, 2012 Medical device hacking - FDA are told to start taking it seriouslyThe US Government Accountability Office (GAO), prodded by Congress, has put out a new report [PDF] recommending that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) start thinking about how to secure insulin pumps and implantable cardioverter defibrillators from being vulnerable from targeted attacks. ...read full article October 3, 2012 Identity theft ring leader pleads guilty to 80 felony countsPak faces 20-year prison terms on multiple felony charges of identity theftHONOLULU — Pyong "Peter" Pak pleaded guilty Tuesday morning to 80 felony theft counts filed against him in connection with an identity theft ring that victimized hundreds of Oahu residents, according to Prosecuting Attorney Keith Kaneshiro. ...read full article October 2, 2012 Feds: Notorious Alleged Con Man 'Bobby Thompson' Was Military SpyAuthorities revealed today that they believe "Bobby Thompson," the man accused of using a fake veterans charity to swindle more than $100 million and to rub shoulders with top-level Republicans, is actually a former military intelligence officer named John Donald Cody. ...read full article October 2, 2012 Police allege 59-year-old stole identity of baby who died in 1953A Grindstone man was charged with using the personal information of a baby who died in 1953 to get a Pennsylvania identification card. ...read full article October 2, 2012 Bogus Apple Store discount card offer attempts to steal users' identitiesSpam messages have been sent out by cybercriminals claiming to reward loyal Apple customers with AU$100 (just over US $100) of credit to spend in-store if they just buy a AU$9 discount card. ...read full article October 2, 2012 Living a LieIdentity Theft that Lasted DecadesWhen Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Richard Blanco—a member of the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) in Jacksonville—interviewed an individual suspected of driver’s license fraud in 2011, he wasn’t initially sure if the man was the victim or the perpetrator of identity theft. ...read full article October 2, 2012 Westport PD: Repeat Offender Arrested for Identity TheftThis was the second time the suspect was arrested for alleged identity theft in Westport.An identity theft suspect was arrested in Greenwich Wednesday night on a warrant from Westport Police Department that stems from an incident that occurred at First County Bank in April, police said. ...read full article October 2, 2012 Tucson woman sentenced in identity theft caseTUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - A Tucson woman who admitted stealing the identities of 15 patients while working at an oncology office has been sentenced to two years in prison. ...read full article October 2, 2012 How to Protect Against Identity Theft in CollegeDuring Cyber Security Awareness Month, experts offer identity-protection tips to students.In interviews ahead of National Cyber Security Awareness Month, which runs through the end of October, cyber security experts—both here and abroad—said identity theft is a serious problem, which may require extra vigilance on college campuses. Identity theft can mean anything from users' online bank accounts being compromised to their E-mail accounts being hacked and used to mass-distribute spam. ...read full article October 2, 2012 Twitter Authentication Flaw Allows Hackers to Hijack User AccountsIf we had known that Twitter would become so popular, we would all have rushed to register the coolest handles in its early days. Cybercriminals who didn’t do so, but want to have a fancy username anyway, can apparently steal one by leveraging a flaw in the social network’s authentication system. ...read full article October 2, 2012 Incident Response: Choose Right WordsA denial of service attack may pose less immediate risk than a data breach - but it's trickier to respond to, says attorney Ronald Raether. What tips does he offer to organizations targeted by DDoS attacks? ...read full article October 2, 2012 Former Pirate Bay hoster raided, and shut down by DDoS attackRaid and the outage are probably unrelated, says hosting service ownerIDG News Service - Former Pirate Bay host PRQ.se went down in the middle of a police raid on Monday, affecting hundreds of hosted sites and thousands of users of PRQ's other services. But the raid and the outage are unlikely to be related, according to PRQ's owner. ...read full article October 2, 2012 Hack Attack on City of Tulsa Website Turns Out to Be Part of Penetration TestingAt the end of September we learned that City of Tulsa representatives started sending out alerts, notifying citizens that their names, addresses, social security numbers and other details might have been stolen by cybercriminals. ...read full article October 2, 2012 One-fourth of Americans victims of data breachWASHINGTON (AFP) - Twenty-six percent of Americans have been told their personal information such as password or credit card number may have been exposed by a data breach, a survey showed Monday. ...read full article October 2, 2012 California settles with Anthem Blue Cross over data breachAttorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced a settlement with one of California’s largest health insurers over allegations the company failed to protect the personal information of its members. ...read full article October 1, 2012 Gauss: Cybersurveillance Aimed at BanksMalware Attacks Prove Profitable for HackersMalware and cyberespionage tools like Gauss are hitting U.S. banking institutions and businesses from all corners of the globe. But why are these sometimes not-so-sophisticated attacks causing so much damage? ...read full article October 1, 2012 Pirate Bay founder's detention extended amid tax hack probeSwedish court orders that Gottfrid Svartholm Warg be detained two more weeks while prosecutors decide whether to charge himIDG News Service - Pirate Bay founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg will remain in detention for at least two more weeks while Swedish prosecutors investigate his alleged involvement in the hacking of IT company Logica, a Swedish court ruled Friday. ...read full article October 1, 2012 O2 Phishing Scam: Account Maintenance NotificationCustomers of UK’s mobile phone and broadband provider O2 should keep an eye out these days for a clever phishing scam that’s designed to steal their account login details. ...read full article October 1, 2012 Invited to change your Twitter profile's header image? Beware, it could be drug spamInventive spammers are up to their old tricks again, desperate to do whatever it takes to get you to click on a link to their websites. ...read full article October 1, 2012 ProjectWestWind: TeamGhostShell hacks and dumps 120,000 records from 100 U.S. and non-U.S. universitiesOver on Softpedia, Eduard Kovacs alerts us all to a paste from a group of hackers who call themselves TeamGhostShell. In a paste today on Pastebin, they introduce “ProjectWestWind,” exposing the hacks and vulnerabilities in universities around the world. ...read full article October 1, 2012 IEEE says proxy "anomaly" caused 100k password breachThe Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) said an issue that arose in conjunction with its proxy server provider is to blame for a breach in which the usernames and passwords of about 100,000 members were exposed to a researcher. ...read full article October 1, 2012 Man faces sentencing for ID theft schemeHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Florida man faces sentencing for participating in what federal authorities say was an extensive identity theft scheme in which he and another man targeted purses in cars. ...read full article October 1, 2012 Judge ruled that North Carolina identity protections don’t apply when union bosses retaliate against nonmembers by publicly posting social security numbersWashington, DC (October 1, 2012) – Today, the U. S. Supreme Court denied a petition to hear a case brought by North Carolina-based AT&T (NYSE: T) employees asking the Court to review two state court decisions regarding a state identity theft law and federal preemption. ...read full article October 1, 2012 US Issues Directive to Fight Identity Tax Refund FraudAs part of an ongoing effort to combat tax refund identity theft, the Justice Department’s Tax Division has issued a new directive to further its efforts and those of the United States Attorneys’ Offices to respond quickly and effectively to such cases. ...read full article September 28, 2012 Cyber Attacks on U.S. Banks Expose Tech VulnerabilityCyber attacks on the biggest U.S. banks, including JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and Wells Fargo (WFC) & Co., have breached some of the nation’s most advanced computer defenses and exposed the vulnerability of its infrastructure, said cybersecurity specialists tracking the assaults. ...read full article September 28, 2012 FTC Sues Hotel Operator Wyndham Worldwide Over Data BreachesThe Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is suing hotel company Wyndham Worldwide and three of its subsidiaries for security failures that resulted in three data breaches in less than two years. ...read full article September 28, 2012 Hackers Attack Philippine Central Bank Site to Protest Cyber LawHackers attacked websites of the Philippine central bank and at least two other government agencies last night to protest a law against cyber crime set to take effect next week. ...read full article September 28, 2012 Justice Department, IRS Seek to Avoid Tax Identity TheftThe U.S. Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service are working to head off identity theft aimed at stealing people’s tax refunds when the filing season begins in January, the government’s top tax prosecutor said. ...read full article September 27, 2012 FTC Refunds over 138,000 Victims of “Free” Goods Telemarketing ScamGood news for the victims of the Sure Touch telemarketing scheme. The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has started sending out refund checks to 138,737 individuals who fell for the shady company’s “free” goods and services pitch. ...read full article September 27, 2012 California Joins Ban on Employers Demanding Social Media AccessCalifornia today joined two other states making it a crime for employers and colleges to ask applicants or workers for their social media login information in order to access their private Web sites. The new laws -- one for companies and one for colleges -- go into effect Jan. 1, 2013. ...read full article September 27, 2012 Halifax Bank Phishing Scam: Upward Review of Credit LimitEmails entitled “Urgent Notification (Protect Your online Banking),” apparently coming from Halifax Bank, urge recipients to click on a link and update their online accounts. ...read full article September 27, 2012 New FERC office to focus on cyber securityThe Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has created a new FERC office — Office of Energy Infrastructure Security (OEIS) — which will help the Commission focus on potential cyber and physical security risks to energy facilities under its jurisdiction ...read full article September 27, 2012 Authorities identify Hoover woman charged with identity theftFAIRFIELD, Alabama - Fairfield police today charged a Hoover woman after authorities say she stole a woman's identity and more than $21,000 over the past two years. ...read full article September 27, 2012 Drones Subject to GPS Spoofing, Privacy ‘Abuses,’ GAO Report WarnsThe Government Accountability Office is warning Congress that its push for drones to become commonplace in U.S. airspace fails to take into account concerns surrounding privacy, security and even GPS jamming and spoofing. ...read full article September 27, 2012 ACLU forces government to reveal skyrocketing surveillance statsFeds got more peoples' phone call records in last 2 years than previous 10.Statistics obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union provides additional evidence that government surveillance of Americans has skyrocketed in recent years. The government is legally obligated to release reports about its surveillance activities, but it refused to do so until the ACLU sued to compel the production of the documents. ...read full article September 27, 2012 Massive identity theft scheme bustedA Chilliwack woman is facing multiple charges after Mounties uncovered what they say was a complex identitytheft scheme operating out of a Yale Road house. ...read full article September 27, 2012 Couple Gets 13 Years for Defrauding BP Oil Spill Trust FundMIAMI, Florida, September 26, 2012 (ENS) – A south Florida couple were sentenced today in Miami federal court for perpetrating a series of disaster-related fraud schemes, including the largest case of financial loss arising from claims filed in connection with the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. ...read full article September 26, 2012 Why your next 'Passw0rd' might not be a passwordIt's been a rough year for passwords. First, 6.5 million LinkedIn passwords were leaked online. Soon after, millions of passwords from eHarmony and Yahoo users were published by hackers. These events exposed untold numbers of accounts to criminals, as many consumers use the same passwords across multiple accounts. ...read full article September 26, 2012 Energy Giant Telvent Claims Chinese Hackers Installed Malware on Its SystemsTelvent Canada Ltd, an organization that’s actively involved in providing software and services for the remote administration of energy industry systems, claims that a group of hackers breached its systems, planted malicious software, and stole trade secrets. ...read full article September 26, 2012 FTC: Software used by rent-to-own stores spied on customersThe stores used software to capture screenshots, log keystrokes and take webcam pictures, the FTC allegesIDG News Service - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has reached proposed settlements with a software vendor and seven rent-to-own stores after the agency accused them of installing spyware on rented computers that captured screenshots of personal information, logged keystrokes and, in some cases, took webcam pictures of people in their homes. ...read full article September 26, 2012 Tiny Evil Maid CHKDSK Utility Can Steal PasswordsStealthy malware that can sneak onto machines during the boot process and remain undetected indefinitely is one of the brass rings of security research. There have been a number of tools developed over the years that aimed to accomplish this goal, with Joanna Rutkowska's Evil Maid attack being perhaps the most famous. Now a developer in Canada has produced a similar tool that impersonates the CHKDSK utility and can grab a user's password and then exit without the user's knowledge. ...read full article September 26, 2012 Researcher Finds 100k IEEE.org Passwords Stored in Plain-Text on Public FTP ServerA Romanian computer scientist discovered that the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) was storing its members' usernames and passwords in plaint-text on a publically accessible file transfer protocol (FTP) server. ...read full article September 26, 2012 AvMed data breach case opens door for ID theft claimsA recent federal appeals court ruling may narrow the burden for plaintiffs to prove that they are victims of identity theft as result of a data breach. ...read full article September 26, 2012 Wells Fargo recovers after site outageThe banks appears to be the latest victim in a string of cyberattacks on U.S. financial instiutionsSeptember 26, 2012 — IDG News Service — Wells Fargo's website experience intermittent outages on Tuesday, while the hacker group claiming responsibility threatened to hit U.S. Bancorp and PNC Financial Services Group over the next two days. ...read full article September 26, 2012 Four Miami-area residents indicted by federal grand jury in Birmingham on bank fraud chargesBIRMINGHAM - Four Miami, Fla., area residents were indicted by a federal grand jury in Birmingham today for conspiracy, bank fraud, access-device fraud and aggravated identity theft, federal authorities announced. ...read full article September 25, 2012 Two men admit to $10 million hacking spree on Subway sandwich shopsThe Romanians admitted their role in ring that compromised some 146,000 cards.Two Romanian men have admitted to participating in an international conspiracy that hacked into credit-card payment terminals at more than 150 Subway restaurant franchises and stole data for more than 146,000 accounts. The heist, which spanned the years 2009 to 2011, racked up more than $10 million in losses, federal prosecutors said. ...read full article September 25, 2012 Police warn of ID theftMan had info on hundredsThe Wichita Falls Police Department has sent letters to potential identity theft victims, urging them to check their credit for any recent unknown activity, a department spokesperson said Monday. ...read full article September 25, 2012 Warrants served at local banks, house in identity theft probeSearch warrants were served Monday at two banks and a residence in Lafayette as part of an 18-month, statewide investigation into fraudulent and stolen Social Security numbers. ...read full article September 25, 2012 New NIST publication provides guidance for computer security risk assessmentsThe National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a final version of its risk assessment guidelines which can provide senior leaders and executives with the information they need to understand and make decisions about their organization’s current information security risks and information technology infrastructures ...read full article September 25, 2012 Cyber espionage campaign targets energy companiesSigns suggest remote access trojan by group that attacked RSAComputerworld - Hackers using a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) named Mirage have been engaged in a systematic cyber espionage campaign against a Canadian energy company, a large oil firm in the Philippines and several other entities since at least this April, Dell's SecureWorks Counter Threat Unit says. ...read full article September 25, 2012 Social Engineering Still a Major Factor in Corporate CompromiseBusinesses today cannot function at full capacity without Email. Criminals know this, and despite billions spent to protect corporate email, it’s the easiest way for an attacker to get inside a company. With that said, FireEye has published a report on the top Spear Phishing campaigns so far this year, which they say have shot up more than 50% compared to levels in 2011. ...read full article September 25, 2012 New Twitter-Based Malware Uses Direct Messaging to SpreadSophos is warning of a new trick to get Twitter users to open direct messages from trusted users that ultimately infect their machines with malware. ...read full article September 25, 2012 Fake Microsoft Emails Designed to Phish Out AOL, Yahoo!, Gmail CredentialsFake Microsoft emails inform recipients that their “installation records are out of date.” The messages attempt to trick users into handing over their Windows Live, Yahoo!, Gmail, AOL or other credentials. ...read full article September 25, 2012 Threat from hacking of city of Tulsa's website extends beyond city limitsTULSA - The city of Tulsa's website was hacked recently, but it's not just Tulsans whose personal information is at risk. ...read full article September 25, 2012 JPMorgan Chase Bank Servers Hacked, Tiffany Employee Details ExposedComputer servers owned by JPMorgan Chase Bank have been breached. The financial institution alerted high-end jewelry company Tiffany & Co because the affected machines contained the personal details of some employees. ...read full article September 24, 2012 Latricia Williams, Shelton Tanner sentenced in identity theft and tax credit fraud schemePHOENIX - Buckeye resident Latricia Williams was sentenced to three years in prison Friday after pleading guilty in March 2012 as one of three individuals involved in an identity theft and tax credit scam. ...read full article September 24, 2012 Discover will refund $200 million to settle charges it tricked customersDiscover Bank will refund $200 million to more than 3.5 million cardholders to settle charges that its telemarketers used deceptive tactics to sell credit card “add-on” products, such as credit score tracking and identity theft protection. ...read full article September 24, 2012 Massachusetts Hospital Agrees to Pay $1.5m After Stolen Laptop HIPAA ViolationMassachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, a Boston-based hospital, agreed to pay $1.5 million to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HSS) earlier this week, settling a HIPAA violation stemming from a 2010 incident. ...read full article September 24, 2012 Co-operative Bank Scam: Checking for Inactive CustomersA new variant of an old scam is making the rounds, landing in the inboxes of unsuspecting Co-operative Bank customers. The phishing emails attempt to convince recipients that the financial institution is checking for inactive customers and incorrect email addresses. ...read full article September 24, 2012 Breach Exposes POS VulnerabilitiesHackers Sentenced; Court Docs Reveal Attack DetailsTwo Romanian hackers pleaded guilty to roles they played in the point-of-sale attacks that hit 100 Subway sandwich shops and other U.S. retailers. And details revealed in court expose common POS security vulnerabilities that remain a concern for smaller merchants and their banking institutions. ...read full article September 24, 2012 Chinese hacktivists launch cyber attack on JapanGovernment sites sink in dispute over islandsChinese hackers have taken up cyber arms and followed up widespread anti-Japan protests in the People’s Republic over a set of disputed islands by attacking at least 19 Japanese government and other web sites. ...read full article September 24, 2012 Cyber espionage campaign targets energy companiesSigns suggest remote access trojan by group that attacked RSAComputerworld - Hackers using a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) named Mirage have been engaged in a systematic cyber espionage campaign against a Canadian energy company, a large oil firm in the Philippines and several other entities since at least this April, Dell's SecureWorks Counter Threat Unit says. ...read full article Silicon Valley Mercury News , September 20, 2012 Three arrested at Fremont motel accused of running an identity theft ringThree people, two caught hiding in a motel bathroom, were arrested in Fremont, California Tuesday in connection with an identity theft ring after police say they found them with stolen personal checks and other personal information that did not belong to them. ...read full article Healthcare IT News , September 20, 2012 2,500 involved in Kentucky data breachThe Kentucky-based Cabinet for Health and Family Services notified approximately 2,500 clients Tuesday that a possible employee e-mail account breach may have resulted in the unintentional release of personally identifiable information. ...read full article Miami Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog , September 20, 2012 Former NFL and College Players Enter Pleas in Federal CourtSeveral former NFL and college football players have been charged in federal court with crimes such as tax fraud and aggravated identity theft. ...read full article September 19, 2012 Many steps recommended to stay safe from identity theftKim Dauplaise has never had her identity stolen, but the New Bedford woman nonetheless worries that she's not doing enough to prevent it from happening. ...read full article September 19, 2012 Fourteen arrested in U.S. tax fraud, identity theft ring(Reuters) - Fourteen people were arrested on Wednesday and charged with operating a long-running U.S. identity theft ring that filed thousands of fraudulent federal income tax returns to claim $65 million in illegal refunds, according to the U.S. Attorney's office in New Jersey. ...read full article September 19, 2012 U.S. Justice Department speeding arrests of tax refund thievesFederal prosecutors gain new authority for criminal tax cases(Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department launched a new effort on Tuesday to combat identity theft used to steal income tax refunds, granting federal prosecutors authority to quickly arrest suspects. ...read full article September 19, 2012 String of I.D. thefts strikes FL subdivisionToll from fraud case nears $100K for 14 victims in Summerfield developmentThe Forest Lake Police Department last week used its Code Red system to alert residents in a Forest Lake subdivision of a lengthy string of identity thefts. ...read full article September 19, 2012 Fake doctor with stolen ID saw 500 patients in South CarolinaAustell - A Ghanaian man living in Austell, Ga., stole the identity of his physician friend, opening credit cards in his name. He took the identity theft one step further by assuming the identity of the doctor and seeing hundreds of patients in South Carolina. ...read full article September 19, 2012 Eleventh Circuit Rules “Damages” Properly Alleged in Data Breach-Identity Theft LawsuitIn a case of first impression in the Eleventh Circuit, the Court ruled in a 2-1 opinion that the plaintiffs in a putative class action had sufficiently alleged liability against a health plan provider for a data breach involving actual identity theft. The Court’s opinion, decided under Florida law, gives crucial guidance to plaintiffs seeking damages for identity theft caused by a data breach and to defendants seeking to defend against such claims. See Curry v. AvMed, Inc., No. 11-13694, 2012 WL 2012 WL 3833035, — F.3d —- (11th Cir. Sep. 5, 2012). ...read full article September 19, 2012 Ex-Assemblyman Carl Washington arrested by FBICarl Edward Washington, who was a Democrat in the Assembly from the 52nd district, was arrested Monday on federal charges that he defrauded Farmers and Merchants Bank, First City Credit Union, and LA Financial Credit Union out of thousands of dollars by falsely claiming to be the victim of identity theft. Washington, 47, works for the Los Angeles County Probation Department. ...read full article September 14, 2012 BUCKS; ID Numbers And MedicareImages of a woman waving her Medicare card on television at the Democratic convention last week in Charlotte, N.C., prompted the folks at Credit.com and others to ask: Why do Medicare cards still have Social Security numbers on them anyway, when access to the numbers can post a risk of identity theft? ...read full article September 14, 2012 Old, Trusting and Tricked Out of Life SavingsGRACE, an 81-year-old widow in Colorado, lost her life savings recently to identity thieves who had stolen her personal and financial information. She has hard-earned advice for anyone who gets a call from a stranger. ...read full article September 14, 2012 College students need to study up on ID theft(Reuters) - Two months before Shundra Jackson was due to graduate from the University of Georgia in 2008, she received a letter at her campus job warning that her wages were about to be garnished if her credit card bills remained unpaid. The problem was: Jackson did not have any credit cards. ...read full article September 14, 2012 Local financial planner sentenced for identity theftA former financial planner at the Indianapolis offices of Northwestern Mutual and One America-American United Life was sentenced Tuesday to two years in federal prison after pleading guilty to identity theft. ...read full article September 14, 2012 McAfee identifies new malware threatsThe second quarter 2012 (Q2 2012) McAfee Threat Report was released on Sept. 4 and has brought attention to new malware threats. The report identified threats such as mobile "drive-by downloads," the use of Twitter for control of mobile botnets, and the appearance of mobile "ransomware." This report covered the largest number of malware samples ever collected. The malware sample discovery rate accelerated to nearly 100,000 per day during 2012. ...read full article September 14, 2012 Despite warnings, most states slow to confront corporate ID theftSeptember 12, 2012 — IDG News Service — How easy is it to steal the identity of a business? Just ask Roger Lee Shoss and Nicolette Loisel, two Houston-based attorneys who turned hijacking the identities of publicly traded companies into a cottage industry. ...read full article August 17, 2012 SE Queens ID theft ring stole from big stores: DAThirteen people have been charged in what authorities said was a Queens-based criminal enterprise that took in millions in a system that stole bank and personal identification data to finance a vast criminal shopping spree. ...read full article August 17, 2012 U.S. Marshals Task Force Captures Three Violent Fugitives in EscambiaPensacola, FL – The U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force hit the streets of Pensacola early today and arrested three Pensacola men wanted on numerous charges that include aggravated assault with a weapon, armed robbery, using a firearm and including a non-registered sex offender. The Task Force began their day when they had to breach the door of the home of Rodney Deangelo Ries, aka “Tattoo” after knocking and observing someone inside the home and they would not come to the door. Ries, was arrested around 8:15 am after he surrendered after hiding in the home on the 8500 Block of Stockdale Avenue. The 23 year old Ries is wanted for Aggravated Assault with a Gun and Firing a Weapon in Public. ...read full article August 17, 2012 College Students Vulnerable to Identity TheftBetter Business Bureau warns that young adults are particularly vulnerable to identity theft and related crimes.College students have many responsibilities to manage when it comes to school, work and their social lives. Unfortunately, identity theft and credit ratings often take a back seat to those other priorities. Better Business Bureau warns that young adults are particularly vulnerable to identity theft and related crimes. ...read full article August 17, 2012 Upper Saucon Woman Charged with Identity TheftNichole Michelle Farley, 32, is charged with four counts of forgery, two counts of criminal use of a communication facility, two counts of theft by unlawful taking and four counts of identity theft ...read full article August 17, 2012 Alabama Man Indicted in a Stolen Identity Refund Fraud ConspiracyA federal grand jury in Montgomery, Ala., returned an indictment charging Quentin Collick for conspiring to file false tax returns using stolen identities, theft of public funds, and aggravated identity theft, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. ...read full article August 16, 2012 Former Limo Company Manager Charged in Identity TheftLAS VEGAS -- A former limousine transportation manager has been charged with identity theft after being accused of accessing his ex-employer's email accounts. ...read full article August 16, 2012 The Threat From WithinAs long as there have been trades, there have been trade secrets. From Coca-Cola's secret formula to Google's search algorithm, there are reasons why proprietary and highly confidential information has always been safeguarded. ...read full article August 16, 2012 Former Hostess Charged With Identity TheftFormer Charro employee from Waukesha took customer's credit card and used it to make big purchases with her boyfriend, charges allege.While working as a hostess for a now defunct Town of Brookfield restaurant, a woman stole a customer’s credit card and racked up purchases at stores in Brookfield and Waukesha, charges allege. ...read full article August 16, 2012 Man sentenced on identity theft chargesA 54-year old man was sentenced to one charge of identity theft in circuit court Monday. ...read full article August 16, 2012 MCSO investigates business, arrests 4 for ID theftPHOENIX -- Four people were arrested Wednesday after deputies with the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office conducted a workplace criminal enforcement operation at a business in north Phoenix. ...read full article August 16, 2012 Purported ID-theft victim sues DPS, saying they wrongly arrested herAn Austin woman has sued the Texas Department of Public Safety and two officers in San Antonio, claiming they bungled an identity-theft investigation and it resulted in her wrongful arrest, loss of her job and forced her to spend months to try to clear her name. ...read full article August 16, 2012 WikiLeaks repels DDoS attacks, returns onlineWikiLeaks is back online after absorbing punishing distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks for nine straight days. ...read full article August 16, 2012 Evidence Suggests PlayStation Network Hack Is FakeAn Anonymous hacker claims to have hacked Sony’s PlayStation Network, stealing 50 gigabytes' worth of information. Sony representatives have denied the hacker’s claims and evidence suggests that they may be right. ...read full article August 16, 2012 Saudi Aramco says virus shuts down its computer networkRIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabian Oil Co (Saudi Aramco) said its computer systems had been shut down by a virus late on Wednesday, but it added that production had not been affected. ...read full article August 16, 2012 New NIST encryption guidelines may force agencies to replace old websitesNetwork World - Next month the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) plans to put out for public review its draft for a new government encryption standard that, when finalized, is going to compel federal agencies with older websites to replace them. ...read full article August 16, 2012 Evolution of ID, Access ManagementRSA CTO Offers Advice on Overcoming IAM ComplexityThe big change to ID and access management over the last few years has been its growing complexity, owing to the evolution of the cloud and mobility. RSA's Sam Curry offers advice on overcoming the challenges. ...read full article August 16, 2012 Anonymous Hacks Website of Uganda’s Prime Minister, Fake News PostedAnonymous is once again protesting against the Ugandan government's position on the rights of the LGBT community. The hackers have teamed up with a collective known as The Elite Society and breached the website of the Prime Minister (opm.go.ug) and the one of the country’s Justice Law and Order Society (jlos.go.ug). ...read full article August 16, 2012 Chandler police say bicycle thieves may be part of large-scale ID theft ringChandler police are looking for two suspects involved in a bicycle theft who detectives believe are part of a large-scale identity theft ring operating throughout central and northern Arizona. ...read full article August 15, 2012 Three Sentenced In Massive Identity Theft, Unemployment Insurance ScamAG: Unemployment Insurance Scams Will Not Be ToleratedLANSING, Mich. — Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette and Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency Director Steve Arwood today announced three individuals charged with scamming taxpayers out of Michigan Unemployment benefits have been sentenced and will be required to repay approximately $160,000 in restitution. Jamaal Cann, 29, of Shelby Township, Kellee Norfleet-Cann, 27, of Shelby Township, and Darnell Bailey, 28, of Dearborn, all pled guilty to felonies and have been sentenced by Judge Mary Chrzanowski in Macomb County’s 16th Circuit Court. ...read full article August 15, 2012 ID theft victims in line for hours to get IRS helpFrustrated identity theft victims are swamping the Plantation office of the Internal Revenue Service, forming long lines to wait hours to speak to a representative – with one woman complaining of being told to come back at 4:30 a.m. to begin a new wait. ...read full article August 15, 2012 Identity Theft Fraudster Jailed for 81 MonthsYumeitrius Manuel, a resident of Montgomery, Alabama, was sentenced August 8, 2012, in the Middle District of Alabama to eighty-one months in federal prison for filing false tax returns using stolen identities, the Justice Department and IRS announced. The court also ordered Manuel to pay $52,242 in restitution to the IRS. ...read full article August 15, 2012 Meridian woman sentenced for identity theftMERIDIAN, MS (WLBT) - A Meridian woman was sentenced to time in a federal prison for operating an identity theft fraud scheme Tuesday. ...read full article August 15, 2012 Manhattan Prosecutor to Centralize Efforts Against CybercrimeMany criminals in the city are becoming more sophisticated, like using high-tech tools for identity theft and other forms of computer crimes. The city’s response? ...read full article August 15, 2012 Study: Phishing Messages Elude Filters, Frequently Hit Untrained UsersMany users don't know how to respond to fraudulent email, according to survey of Black Hat attendeesMany users are faced with multiple phishing messages every day, but few are trained in how to recognize or respond to them, according to a study released today. ...read full article August 15, 2012 Young Cybercrime Expert Details Online War Between Pakistan and IndiaIn the past few years, not a week went by without a website being hacked as part of the ongoing online conflict between Indian and Pakistani hackers. Ashish Saini, a young researcher who has been actively involved in helping Indian police investigate cyber incidents, has provided Softpedia with some interesting insight. ...read full article August 15, 2012 Citadel Malware Used to Infiltrate Airport VPNThe Citadel Trojan is really starting to become kind of a pain in the neck. Not content to sit by and watch while its more well-known rivals Zeus and SpyEye get all the attention, the Citadel malware has begun showing up in some interesting places, with the latest example being the discovery of the Trojan being used to steal VPN credentials for internal users at a major airport. ...read full article August 15, 2012 Security vendor exposes vulnerabilities in DDoS rootkitInfo designed to help enterprises mitigate attacks, Prolexic saysComputerworld - In what it says is an attempt to turn the tables on malicious hackers, security vendor Prolexic on Tuesday released details of vulnerabilities it has discovered in a toolkit family used by hackers to launch distributed denial of service attacks against corporate networks. ...read full article August 14, 2012 Va. phlebotomist sentenced for patient ID theftsNORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A Norfolk phlebotomist will spend two years in prison for stealing the identities of more than a dozen patients. ...read full article August 14, 2012 Police, firefighters targeted in alleged ID theft schemeTwo women remained jailed Monday after being arrested last week in an alleged identity theft scheme that targeted police officers and firefighters. ...read full article August 14, 2012 AC man arrested for ID theftAn Arkansas City resident has been arrested for stealing the identity of a Tennessee man and using it to gain employment here, according to a press release from the Arkansas City Police Department. ...read full article August 14, 2012 Leader sentenced in $50 million identity theft ring that hit Wells Fargo, Bank of America, othersA federal judge in Minnesota sentenced the leader of an identity theft ring that victimized more than 500 people to almost three decades behind bars. ...read full article August 13, 2012 Suspect ID’d in theft of donation jar in PeoriaA man suspected of stealing a donation jar from a Peoria convenience store on Friday has been identified after police received a tip from the public about his identity, Peoria police officials said. ...read full article August 13, 2012 Cleveland woman charged with identity theftCLEVELAND — A Cleveland woman is accused of forgery and identify theft. The Rowan County Sheriff's Office charged Racheal L. Kramer, 46, of Rowan Road, with eight counts of forgery of an instrument and three counts of identify theft Sunday. ...read full article August 13, 2012 NSA chief seeks help from hackersComputerworld - Gen. Keith B. Alexander, the director of the National Security Agency, asked hackers for help securing cyberspace when he spoke at the Defcon conference late last month. ...read full article August 13, 2012 AC man arrested for ID theftAn Arkansas City resident has been arrested for stealing the identity of a Tennessee man and using it to gain employment here, according to a press release from the Arkansas City Police Department. ...read full article August 13, 2012 FinFisher spyware found running on computers all over the worldCorporate IT should monitor systems for signs of communication with command and control servers running FinFisherComputers that appear to be running the commercially available FinFisher spyware sold to law enforcement and governments have been found in almost a dozen countries on five continents, a security researcher said on Wednesday. ...read full article August 13, 2012 Former TeaMp0isoN Member: You Are Not Anonymous, Nothing Is Secure (Exclusive)We’ve had the opportunity to have a chat with a former member of the infamous TeaMp0ison collective who has been recently raided by authorities. Although he has asked us not to reveal his true identity because the case is sealed, he wants to get his message out to all the black hats who are still active on the hacking scene. ...read full article August 11, 2012 Indiana Online Identity Thief Sentenced to 48 Months in Prison for Counterfeit Credit Card Conspiracy Involving More Than $3 Million in LossesWASHINGTON – A Munster, Ind., man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va., to serve 48 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy that involved operation of an online identity theft business that sold counterfeit credit cards encoded with stolen account information, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride for the Eastern District of Virginia. ...read full article August 11, 2012 Blizzard Entertainment warns of password breachThe World of Warcraft and Starcraft maker is prompting some users to change their passwords and security questionsIDG News Service - Blizzard Entertainment, maker of popular multiplayer online games such as World of Warcraft, Diablo and Starcraft, warned on Thursday that its internal network was breached, revealing scrambled passwords and email addresses. ...read full article August 11, 2012 Dorifel Malware Encrypts Files, Steals Financial Data, May Be Related to Zeus or CitadelWhile much of the world was focused yesterday on the Gauss malware saga, there was another interesting infection happening, mainly in the Netherlands, that researchers think may be related to the Zeus and Citadel attacks, though the motivation behind the attack is somewhat of a mystery. The new malware, called Dorifel, has infected thousands of businesses in the Netherlands and Europe and researchers say that it's stealing online banking data and the crew behind it may be working on some other attack campaigns, as well. ...read full article August 11, 2012 Parlin man among 3 arrested in identity-theft, tax schemeNEWARK — Federal agents have arrested three of four men, including one from Parlin, in conjunction with a scheme to steal identity information and use it in the preparation and filing of fraudulent income tax returns to generate illegal refunds, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman said on Friday. ...read full article August 11, 2012 Google to Pay $22.5 Million FTC FinePenalty Resulted from Deceptive Cookie PracticesSearch engine giant Google Inc. will pay $22.5 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it misrepresented its privacy promises to users of the Apple Safari web browser. The fine is the largest civil penalty the FTC has ever obtained for violation of one of its orders. ...read full article August 11, 2012 Anonymous Celebrates As Australia Puts Internet Surveillance Law on StandbyIn the past couple of days, Anonymous hackers and the supporters of OpAustralia have launched distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks on the websites of the Australian Security Intelligence Organization (ASIO) and the one of the Defense Signals Directorate governed by the Department of Defence. ...read full article August 11, 2012 Interview: A "malicious hacker" making over $10K a weekSummary: An alleged Romanian scammer explains his simple techniques and stolen identity hustle that supposedly makes him over $10K a week via eBay. ...read full article August 11, 2012 Devon NHS trust left data of 1,373 staff online for MONTHSMust cough £175k for opening employees to ID fraud, ICO sniffsA painful £175,000 fine has been slapped on a health trust in Torquay, Devon, after it published sensitive details of nearly 1,400 employees on its website. ...read full article August 11, 2012 Tilon Trojan Relies on “Search and Replace” Mechanism to Alter Bank WebsitesTilon, a new version of the old Silon Trojan, is currently making the rounds, attempting to defraud online banking users.Initially, Trusteer experts believed that the cybercriminals behind Silon might have been apprehended by authorities, especially since its numbers had dropped considerably in the past period. However, as it turns out, they might have taken the time out to improve the malware. ...read full article August 11, 2012 Sun Prairie police investigate identity theft of residents on two adjoining streetsSUN PRAIRIE, WI (WTAQ) - Sun Prairie Police are trying to find out how identity thieves stole personal information from residents on two adjoining streets, and spent over $100,000 on those people’s credit cards. ...read full article August 11, 2012 Lawyer sentenced for wire fraud in Pinellas corporate ID theftHouston lawyer Roger Shoss was sentenced to 18 months in prison and 36 months of home confinement for conspiracy to commit wire fraud in a corporate identity theft scam. ...read full article August 10, 2012 Identity theft victim's name tied to attempted murderVancouver man was shocked to discover that the U.S. suspect charged for an attack with a hammer was a casual acquaintanceWhen Vancouver resident John Charles Yoos received a text from a friend Monday saying that a person with the same name as him had been charged with attempted murder in New York, it was meant as a joke. ...read full article August 10, 2012 Convicted Sex Offender Sentenced To LifeOklahoma Fugitive Captured By Task Force in 2011, Sentenced in 2012San Antonio, TX – Matthew Mallory, 36, convicted sex offender, entered a plea of guilty earlier this week to 4 counts of child abuse by intentional infliction of mental injury, before an Oklahoma District Court Judge in Kingfisher County. In April 2011, authorities in Oklahoma issued an arrest warrant for Mallory who was captured by the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force in San Antonio. ...read full article August 10, 2012 Ex-officer pleads no contest to child porn, ID theft but plans appealELYRIA — Former Avon police Officer Michael Kish pleaded no contest Wednesday to child pornography and identity theft charges, although defense attorney Dan Wightman said his client continues to maintain his innocence. ...read full article August 10, 2012 BNSF employees report identity theftBISMARCK (AP) — Bismarck and Mandan police say they have taken reports from BNSF Railway employees who say someone has used their personal identity information to open credit card and other accounts. ...read full article August 10, 2012 Woman arrested in ID theftHERNANDO COUNTY -- A woman has been arrested after trying to cash a check belonging to one person and using the stolen identification of another, say deputies. ...read full article August 10, 2012 North Island-Based Identity Theft Scheme Affects Over 100 VictimsTwo women are in custody awaiting trial after being arrested in an NAS North Island Moral, Welfare & Recreation (MWR) based identity theft scheme affecting more than 100 people in less than four month’s time. The story begins the night of June 6 into the morning of June 7 when local police responded to a vehicle burglary on the 300 block of Orange Avenue, said Coronado Police Department Detective Aaron Mansker. The victim’s credit card was later used at a McDonald’s restaurant in Clairemont Mesa. Inside, surveillance cameras captured the suspect’s image and vehicle license plate which police used to track down the San Diego woman. ...read full article August 10, 2012 Beaverton police ask for help in identifying three suspects in identity theftThe Beaverton Police Department is asking for the public's help in identifying three people suspected of stealing a woman's wallet and charging $16,000 on her bank and credit cards. ...read full article August 10, 2012 Taxpayer Identity Theft is Growing Problem in MN, NationwideIf tax time weren't painful enough, some Minnesotans are now victims of tax identity fraud -- and the number of scams is exploding nationwide. ...read full article August 9, 2012 Florida Teen Allegedly Caught Impersonating Physician's Assistant Blames HospitalA Florida teenager who administered CPR to a patient while allegedly pretending to be a physician's assistant has blamed the hospital, telling police he was mistakenly given an incorrect ID badge. ...read full article August 9, 2012 13 more added to list of indicted in massive ID theft schemeThirteen more New Yorkers — including a school safety agent — were added today to the massive list of the indicted in what officials have called the biggest identity theft and credit card scheme in US history. ...read full article August 9, 2012 Back-to-School Is High Season for Child Identity TheftTips from Equifax on identity theft protection for kids and how to be smart when sharing their information.For parents, back-to-school season equals lots of paperwork — not only for school enrollment, but also for youth sports, clubs and even a teen’s first after-school job. Unfortunately, the piles of paper often leave a child vulnerable to identity theft, an increasingly serious problem in our country. ...read full article August 9, 2012 Hollister woman arrested, accused of identity theft in ArkansasA Hollister woman was arrested by Arkansas State Police Tuesday for felony computer fraud and was accused of stealing the identity of a child who was abducted 17 years ago, according to Arkansas State Police. ...read full article August 9, 2012 Carlstadt man sentenced for ID theft ringA Carlstadt man has been sentenced for his role in what federal officials called a "large-scale and sophisticated" identity theft operation. ...read full article August 9, 2012 ND police say BNSF employees report identity theftBISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Bismarck and Mandan police say they have taken reports from BNSF Railway employees who say someone has used their personal identity information to open credit card and other accounts. ...read full article August 9, 2012 Serving Up Malicious PDFs Through SQL InjectionWebsites serving binary file content are exposed to malicious payloads and data extraction through SQL injection—even when the database is secure ...read full article August 9, 2012 Email Account Phishing Scam: Deactivation WarningA clever email account phishing scam has been making the rounds in the past few days. The recipients of phony messages entitled “Email Deactivation Warning” are notified that their address has been “queued for deactivation.” ...read full article August 9, 2012 Zeus botnet on Blackberries and AndroidThis will hit your phone billSecurity experts have found new Zeus malware which targets Android and BlackBerry mobile phones. Kaspersky Lab said it found four new Zeus-in-the-mobile (Zitmo) samples targeting BlackBerry users in Germany, Spain, and Italy, Denis Maslennikov, a researcher at Kaspersky Lab wrote on the company's Securelist blog that he variants were communicating with two command-and-control mobile phone numbers in Sweden. ...read full article August 9, 2012 White House exploring executive order to secure critical networksContinued bickering in Congress over cybersecurity legislation prompting move, report saysComputerworld - President Obama is exploring the option of using his executive authority to get government agencies and critical infrastructure owners to implement better controls for protecting their computer networks. ...read full article August 9, 2012 Detailed Parking Tickets Breach Personal Privacy, Appeals Court SaysA federal appeals court is reinstating a class-action privacy suit, ruling that police departments who put too much private data on parking citations are violating U.S. privacy law. ...read full article August 9, 2012 Alabama Return Preparer Sentenced to Federal Prison for Tax Conspiracy Involving Stolen Identity Refund FraudYumeitrius Manuel, a resident of Montgomery, Ala., was sentenced today in the Middle District of Alabama to 81 months in federal prison for filing false tax returns using stolen identities, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. ...read full article August 8, 2012 Tax refund identity theft a growing issueBELLE GLADE, Fla., Aug. 7 (UPI) -- A home in Belle Glade, Fla., has caught the eye of federal investigators, who say 741 tax returns were filed last year at the address. ...read full article August 8, 2012 Cancer Survivor Can Sue Over ID Theft Fiasco(CN) - A cancer survivor whose identity was stolen by a hospital worker can sue Chase Bank and a credit service company for reporting false information to credit-rating agencies, the 9th Circuit ruled Tuesday. ...read full article August 8, 2012 Medical ID theft wreaks havoc on providersWhen scammers steal insurance cards, Social Security numbers and provider IDs to gain illegal treatments, access drugs or sell information to black market, it can compromise patient safety and ruin providers' finances. ...read full article August 8, 2012 Citrus Heights residents plead guilty to mail theft, credit card fraudTwo Citrus Heights residents today pleaded guilty in federal court in Sacramento to identity theft, credit card fraud and possessing stolen U.S. mail. ...read full article August 8, 2012 Mark Kozlowski charged with attempted identity theft after sheriff receives citizen's tipGlen Ellyn, IL — Sheriff John Zaruba announced today the arrest of a Glen Ellyn man for attempted identity theft after receiving a tip from a citizen. ...read full article August 8, 2012 Court rules against Countrywide breach plaintiffsA U.S. district court in Kentucky has tossed a data breach lawsuit filed against Countrywide Financial by four plaintiffs who opted out of an earlier settlement. ...read full article August 8, 2012 Business lessons learned in iCloud hackExperience should reemphasize the need for businesses to educate employees on cloud security, says analystAugust 08, 2012 — CSO — The recent Apple iCloud hack that caused a veteran tech journalist a lot of misery has several lessons for businesses whose employees are also taking advantage of the convenience of cloud services. ...read full article August 8, 2012 Zombie debt collections: Hollywood Video is dead, but bills still haunt consumersTalk about Red Tape: Consumers across the country say they are being harassed into paying bills they don't owe to a company that no longer exists. And it's not the first time. Like a monster in a bad horror flick, every time this Hollywood Video debt collection controversy seems to be killed, it keeps coming back to life. ...read full article August 8, 2012 OpFake, FakeInst Android Malware Variants Continue to Resist DetectionAndroid devices have remained a constant target of attacks over the last quarter thanks in part to new variants from the FakeInst and OpFake families of malware. According to the latest version of the F-Secure Mobile Threat Report, the firm found 5033 malicious Android application packages (APKs), a 64 percent increase over the 3063 the firm identified in the first quarter of 2012. ...read full article August 8, 2012 Flaw in Australian Transportation Ticket Vending Machines Exposes Credit Card DetailsMost Australians from the state of Victoria who use public transportation acquire their tickets via the contactless smartcard ticketing system known as Myki. The problem is that an error present in the vending machines could expose the credit card details of customers. ...read full article August 8, 2012 Money Laundering Controls ScrutinizedBanks Review AML Practices in Wake of Action Against SCBNew York state officials are demanding answers from a New York branch of London-based Standard Chartered Bank that it accuses of handling more than $250 billion in illegal Iranian transactions. ...read full article August 8, 2012 Ill. bans firms from asking workers, job seekers for social media infoIt's the third state to outlaw the practice; others are considering similar billsComputerworld - Illinois has become the third state in the country to pass a law prohibiting companies from asking employees and job candidates for usernames and passwords to their social media accounts. ...read full article August 7, 2012 Queens couple pleads guilty to roles in largest ID theft scam in US historyA Queens couple were handed star-crossed sentences for their conniving role in one of the biggest identity theft and credit card scams in US history. ...read full article August 7, 2012 Former Sacramento sheriff's deputy will serve 120 days for identity theft chargeFormer Sacramento County sheriff's Deputy Kelly Smith will serve 120 days in jail and complete a drug diversion program as part of her sentence for drug possession and identity theft charges, according to authorities. ...read full article August 7, 2012 Local man charged with identity theft of former roommateBRATTLEBORO -- A local man is facing up to 13 years behind bars after he allegedly used a woman’s identity to open a credit account for an online retail store. ...read full article August 7, 2012 House Passes Bill to Curb Tax Return Identity TheftThe House has approved legislation to increase the criminal penalties against identity thieves who steal taxpayer information to file fraudulent returns. ...read full article August 7, 2012 Honduras: Identity theft concerns authoritiesTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – The National Registry of Persons (RNP), which is in charge of providing identification cards, wants to make it more difficult for criminals to commit identity theft in this Central American nation of eight million. ...read full article August 7, 2012 Anonymous Launches Operation Demonoid After Raid in UkraineThe National Television and Radio Broadcasting Council of Ukraine (nrada.gov.ua) and the Ukrainian Agency for Copyright and Related Rights (uacrr.kiev.ua) are currently down as a result of a distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack launched by Anonymous. ...read full article August 7, 2012 Malicious Olympic 2012 Android Apps and DomainsWhenever an important event takes place, new opportunities for cyber criminals, especially for those who develop attacks based on social engineering, arise. Currently, the whole world has its eyes glued to TV screens watching the London 2012 Olympic Games. ...read full article August 7, 2012 'Wall of Shame' exposes 21M medical record breachesNotification, reporting part of new rules under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health ActComputerworld - Over the past three years, about 21 million patients have had their medical records exposed in data security breaches that were big enough to require they be reported to the federal government. ...read full article August 7, 2012 Slovenian hacker accused of masterminding Mariposa botnet in courtThe hacker believed to have created the infamous Mariposa botnet has gone on trial in Slovenia, charged with having masterminded an international cybercrime gang. ...read full article August 7, 2012 Bredo Trojan Hides in Fake Groupon EmailsEmails entitled “Groupon dicount (sic) gifts” have been making the rounds for the past week or so. Users are advised to be on the lookout since they carry dangerous pieces of malware. ...read full article August 7, 2012 New Study Shows Surge in Fake Twitter UsersDealers--Twitter scammers who create fake profiles on the social media site and sell their sets of followers--are adapting their workflow just enough to stay under the social media site's radar, according to security firm Barracuda Labs, who recently wrapped up a 75 day study analyzing the buying and selling of Twitter followers. ...read full article August 7, 2012 Bigpond Phishing Scam: Reply to This Email with Your Username and PasswordThe latest types of phishing scams usually involve a sophisticated website that’s designed to mimic the legitimate one as accurately as possible. However, as this Bigpond phishing scheme demonstrates, low tech attempts could be just as effective. ...read full article August 7, 2012 Police try to unravel mystery of man with huge stash of fake IDs(CNN) -- Police in Florida are trying to solve a mystery surrounding a man arrested with an enormous stash of fake military, law enforcement and medical paraphernalia including federal badges, police radios and even a full NASA flight suit and helmet. ...read full article August 6, 2012 Medical ID theft: Double danger for doctorsThe sooner medical identity theft is discovered, the more likely damage can be minimized. Physicians, patients, insurers and the government all can help detect it. ...read full article August 6, 2012 Child pornography arrests may have revealed identity theft from 30 years agoWhen Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office investigators questioned Richard John Batt III last month about the dozens of sexual images of children allegedly stored on his computers, the Metairie man called the pictures a "dark secret" that he didn't want anyone to know. But his July 20 arrest on child pornography charges brought to light another long-kept secret. ...read full article August 6, 2012 Texas shows up in identity theft schemeThe Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration just completed an audit of IRS efforts to stop identity theft and fraudulent tax returns. The report estimates that the government may have given out over $5 billion (yes that is billion with a B) in fraudulent tax refunds. Houston made the top five list with almost 23,000 potentially fraudulent tax returns originating from there. However the big culprits are Tampa and Miami Florida which combined for almost 163,000 potentially fraudulent returns filed from addresses in those two cities. ...read full article August 6, 2012 Fake AT&T Emails Using Blackhole Exploit Kit to Install MalwareFor the last few weeks there have been a series of quite authentic-looking phishing emails making the rounds, purporting to come from AT&T and informing the recipient that their bill is ready to view. The emails look nearly identical to a real bill and researchers say that users who fall for the ruse are going to be rewarded with a redirection to a site hosting the Blackhole exploit kit. ...read full article August 6, 2012 Insider Financial Fraud Largely Unsophisticated, But CostlyAnalysis of dozens of insider breaches in the financial sector revealed frauds typically went on for more than two years before detectionDramatic bank heists may make for good movies, but a sneakier class of thieves are taking a "low and slow" approach to stealing financial data that allows them to go undetected for long periods of time. ...read full article August 6, 2012 Scam Alert: John Cena Dies of Head Injury, Video Link IncludedWorld renowned wrestler John Cena has died as a result of a head injury suffered while attempting a stunt with Dwayne Johnson, at least that’s what a message circulating on Facebook claims. Fortunately, it’s only a scam. ...read full article August 6, 2012 Senate delays, maybe kills, cybersecurity billSenators decline to vote to end debate on the controversial Cybersecurity ActIDG News Service - The U.S. Senate on Thursday failed to end debate on a comprehensive cybersecurity bill, pushing action on the bill into September and potentially killing it. ...read full article August 6, 2012 Dropbox Spam Attack Blamed on Employee Account BreachDropbox said Tuesday one of its employee's accounts was compromised, leading to a raft of spam last month that irritated users of the cloud-storage service. ...read full article August 6, 2012 Reuters suffers double hackCall it a “psy-ops” attack, if you like: Reuters has suffered the embarrassment of having two platforms infiltrated and used to spread propaganda messages supporting the Syrian regime. ...read full article August 6, 2012 Advance Fee Scam: International FIFA World Cup Online Lottery ProgramAn International FIFA World Cup Online Lottery Program that’s designed and promoted by the European lottery, Russian Football Union and Qatar Football Association sounds great, especially if you’re told that you won £800,000 ($1.2 million or €1 million). However, as always, if it sounds too good to be true, it usually is. ...read full article August 3, 2012 Student denied loan after ID theftST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - We've heard the reports about how Florida leads the nation in cases of identity theft. Police and federal agents are investigating everything from income tax fraud to stealing unemployment benefits. ...read full article August 3, 2012 What Identity Theft Really Costs the IRSIdentity theft is costing Uncle Sam far more than the Internal Revenue Service has reported, according to a new audit report released yesterday by the office of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, or Tigta. ...read full article August 3, 2012 Wichita police say ID theft operation uncoveredWICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Wichita police say they've found evidence of a significant identity theft operation. ...read full article August 3, 2012 GM warns 883 employees, retirees of possible identity theft riskGeneral Motors warned 883 active and retired employees that they should guard against possible identity theft after a worker downloaded some of their personal information before retiring in May. ...read full article August 3, 2012 Two Minneapolis men plead guilty in $2 million identity theft caseTwo Minneapolis men on Thursday became the latest to plead guilty in a large identity theft ring that caused a loss of $2 million to banks and retail stores in 14 states. ...read full article August 1, 2012 New Jersey men pretend to be Navy SEALs, run bogus 9/11 charityNew Jersey has sued two state residents, claiming they collected tens of thousands of dollars in donations for a bogus 9/11 charity. ...read full article July 31, 2012 Man Gets 30 Months In Identity Theft CaseMINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 57-year-old Deer Creek man was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison last Thursday in Minneapolis Federal Court in connection with a case where he tried to use another man’s identity for a passport. ...read full article July 31, 2012 Osceola man sentenced for stealing mail, ID'sSPRINGFIELD, Mo. – David M. Ketchmark, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that an Osceola, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a bank fraud conspiracy, as well as wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. ...read full article July 31, 2012 Good Samaritan allegedly falls victim to identity theft(WMC-TV) - Police say a Good Samaritan's kindness gave an identity thief the chance to rack up nearly $850 of fraudulent charges on her credit cards last week. ...read full article July 31, 2012 Two Southern California Men Arrested for Fraud and Aggravated Identity TheftDefendants Impersonated New Orleans City Officials to Defraud Bay Area and Chinese CompaniesSAN FRANCISCO—A federal grand jury in San Francisco indicted Ngoc Duong, a/k/a Danny Duong, of Fountain Valley, California, and Hong Lee Wong, a/k/a William Wong, of Torrance, California, on July 19, 2012, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced. ...read full article July 31, 2012 Identity theft: McGraw-Hill's security phone number stolenAn apparent identity thief is using the caller ID of a major company headquartered in New York City to target victims, including at least one Dutchess County resident. ...read full article July 31, 2012 Gerald Colon Arrested For Identity Theft In LockportLOCKPORT, NY (New York State Police Press Release) - On July 25, 2012 the New York State Police arrested Gerald Colon, 29, of Bronx, NY for Identity Theft in the third degree, a class "A" misdemeanor. ...read full article July 31, 2012 ID Thief Gets 5 Years for Stealing Identities of More Than 50 PeopleIn California, an identity thief was recently sentenced to five years in prison for committing what appears to be classic new account fraud. The thief reportedly used a victim’s identity to open a mailbox at a shipping store in Modesto, which he often used to have fraudulently issued credit cards and other financial and identity information mailed. ...read full article July 31, 2012 Sarasota Memorial Worker Charged With ID TheftPolice say a Sarasota Memorial Hospital employee admitted to using a patient's identity and credit cards to make purchases just hours after the patient died.A Sarasota Memorial Hospital emergency room employee is facing seven counts of credit card fraud after police say she stole a deceased patient's identity. ...read full article July 31, 2012 Why identity thieves love loyalty cardsLoyalty cards are 'puzzles' that hackers can solve to gain access to online content associated with the card that could lead to more serious identity theft. ...read full article July 31, 2012 Norwalk Man Charged With Identity Theft In DarienDARIEN, Conn. — A Norwalk man was arrested for allegedly posing as his brother while trying to open a bank account in Darien. Eric Christian, 28, was charged with identity theft and second-degree forgery, according to Darien police. ...read full article July 31, 2012 Ruskin man admits identity theft in fake pharmacist caseA 49-year-old man has pleaded guilty to fraudulently working as a pharmacist for several years, the Department of Justice said in a release. ...read full article July 31, 2012 Concord Woman Convicted of Identity TheftGenerose Yambao was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading no contest to 15 criminal counts ...read full article July 31, 2012 State mistake puts thousands at risk of identity theftMadison - The state Department of Revenue acknowledged Tuesday posting online by mistake the tax numbers of tens of thousands of businesses and consumers - at least the fourth time in six years the state has released confidential information and raised the fear of identity fraud. ...read full article July 31, 2012 More Victims Reported In Identity Theft ScamFormer Wave House Athletic Club Employee Christopher Polley Accused Of Stealing Clients' IdentitiesSAN DIEGO -- Police say at least four more victims have been identified in a large identity theft scam by a former Wave House Athletic Club employee, bringing the total number to at least 24. ...read full article July 31, 2012 Indictment Charges 11 People in Multi-Million Dollar Tax Fraud and Identity Theft Conspiracy(Source: FBI) - ANCHORAGE—U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler and Assistant Attorney General Kathryn Keneally of the Justice Department’s Tax Division announced that 11 defendants were charged in a 90-count superseding indictment returned today in connection with their alleged roles in a scheme to use stolen Puerto Rican identities to file tax returns and obtain fraudulent income tax refunds. This second superseding indictment adds tax fraud, identity theft, and other financial counts to previous charges, including conspiracy to distribute cocaine, cocaine distribution, and international money laundering. ...read full article July 31, 2012 Former Radio Shack employee gets 6.5 years for ID theftFORT WORTH -- A former Radio Shack customer service representative was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in federal prison Monday for stealing personal information from customers that she used to file fake income tax returns to claim refunds. ...read full article July 31, 2012 Ziegler sentenced to prison for latest identity theftsA serial identity thief has entered no-contest pleas to two charges of identity theft and one charge of second-degree theft and has been sentenced to more than three years in prison. ...read full article July 31, 2012 Deer Creek man sent to federal prison for identity theftA 57-year-old Deer Creek man has been sentenced for using the identity of another person when applying for a passport.A 57-year-old Deer Creek man has been sentenced for using the identity of another person when applying for a passport. ...read full article July 31, 2012 Identity theft warning after Hereford woman is left with debtA HEREFORD woman returned home from the other side of the world to find that her identity had been stolen. ...read full article July 31, 2012 Prison Inmate's Identity StolenCOLUMBUS -- Federal charges have been lodged against an east Columbus man, accused of stealing the identities of state prison inmates to pocket state unemployment benefits in their names. ...read full article July 30, 2012 Cybercriminals exploit Olympic Games to attack computer usersOn July 25 various cybercrime experts including the security firm ThreatMetrix are issuing warnings to the public in an effort to protect computer users from cybercriminals that are exploiting the Olympics. It is estimated that more than a billion people worldwide will be watching the games or searching for scores on PCs or mobile devices. ...read full article July 30, 2012 ID theft suspects busted in credit card-skimming caseSACRAMENTO, CA - It continues to happen. Three individuals were arrested Thursday on suspicion of identity theft and burglary after a month-long investigation in which detectives with the Sacramento County sheriff's hi tech crimes unit uncovered credit/debit card skimming devices, thousands of credit card numbers, hundreds of bogus California identification cards and numerous counterfeit credit cards. ...read full article July 30, 2012 Defendants in large-scale identity-theft ring plead guilty, are sentencedNEWARK — Two individuals — including a Linden resident — pleaded guilty and three others were sentenced this week in Newark federal court in connection with their roles in a large scale and sophisticated identity theft scheme, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. ...read full article July 30, 2012 Fort Lee Man Gets Five Years in Prison For Role in Identity Theft RingHyo-Il Song, who authorities say was part of a large-scale identity theft and bank fraud ring that netted millions, was sentenced to 65 months in jail and ordered to pay more than $1 million in restitution. ...read full article July 30, 2012 Oakdale Man Heads to Prison for Stealing Mail, Bank Fraud, Identity TheftRicky W. Mariano, 41, of Oakdale, was sentenced in federal court in St. Paul on July 25 for mail theft, bank fraud and identity theft.An Oakdale man was sentenced in federal court Wednesday (July 25) for stealing mail and using the victims' identities to create bank accounts and obtain cash. ...read full article July 30, 2012 Identity theft 'superstore' sentence for man Bergen authorities caught in triple murderUPDATE: A man whose arrest by local investigators in a triple homicide put federal authorities on the trail of a Bergen County-based "crime superstore" that stole identities from people in Asia to get credit cards and bank loans that were used to buy fancy cars, fine whiskey and designer shoes was given another prison term today, as the dominos in the massive identity fraud case continued falling in federal court. ...read full article July 30, 2012 Cell Phone Financial Identity TheftScienceDaily (July 26, 2012) — While the cell phone is an amazingly useful device, using it for banking -- and consumers are increasingly using mobile phones as banking tools -- can lead to identity theft and other financial crimes, if reasonable precautions aren't taken. ...read full article July 30, 2012 Derry woman avoids jail for identity theftBRENTWOOD — A Derry woman avoided possibly spending years in prison after pleading guilty to felony theft and identity fraud charges. ...read full article July 30, 2012 Sex Offenders Resort To ID Theft To Skirt Laws, Study SaysOKLAHOMA CITY - Across the country convicted sex offenders are going to extremes to stay under the radar and the founder of a metro sex offender compound says the laws are giving offenders no other choice. ...read full article July 30, 2012 Police Reports: A Case of Mistaken IdentitiesAmong the week's collection of criminal activity and intrigue, one man displays multiple personalities.At 5:11 p.m. Monday, a 21-year-old Milwaukee man was arrested for identity theft after a Wauwatosa police officer approached to help in what appeared to be a situation of a stranded motorist being helped already by others. ...read full article July 30, 2012 2 charged in fraud, identity theft schemeDOVER, Del. — A federal judge in Wilmington has issued arrest warrants for two people accused of running a fraud and identity theft scheme in Delaware and New York City. ...read full article July 30, 2012 Socal men sentenced for ID theft and bank card fraudOAKLAND — Two Southern California men have been sentenced in federal court in Oakland to five years in prison for conspiring to defraud banks by using nearly 1,000 phony bank cards created with stolen information. ...read full article July 30, 2012 Oakdale man sentenced to prison for role in 10-person ID theft ringA federal judge in St. Paul has sentenced an Oakdale man to more than five years in prison for stealing mail and identities to create bank accounts and get cash. ...read full article July 30, 2012 Man serving prison sentence for homicides in Tenafly pleads guilty to fraud chargesA confessed killer who is serving life in prison for a grisly triple homicide in Tenafly four years ago pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to charges relating to his use of stolen and fraudulently obtained credit cards. ...read full article July 30, 2012 Florida Hospital Employee Went on Spending Spree With Dead Patient's Credit Card, Police SayA Florida hospital employee used a dead patient's credit card information to purchase plane tickets, buy shoes and pay off her phone bill, police said. ...read full article July 30, 2012 Pr. George’s man sentenced in ID scamA Prince George’s County man was sentenced Thursday to six years in prison as part of an identity-theft scheme involving at least $200,000 and 50 victims. ...read full article July 24, 2012 Florida Tax Preparer Sentenced to Federal Prison for Stolen Identity Refund FraudErnst Pierre, a Port St. Lucie, Fla., tax preparer, was sentenced today to 51 months in federal prison for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) announced. Pierre was charged with a scheme to file false federal income tax returns using stolen identity information. Pierre was also ordered to pay over $266,000 in restitution to the IRS. ...read full article July 24, 2012 Ex-RadioShack worker gets prison for ID theftFORT WORTH, Texas — A former RadioShack Corp. call center worker has been sentenced to more than six years in prison for identity theft. ...read full article July 24, 2012 2 accused in ID theft involving elderly patientsEAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) — A worker at a southern Illinois hospital and a second woman face federal charges that they plotted to steal identities of elderly patients. ...read full article July 24, 2012 ID theft getting ironed out for victim living in public housingCROSSVILLE (WATE) - A retired school teacher called 6 On Your Side after a former student ran into a road block trying to restore his identity. ...read full article July 24, 2012 UK: PM's Ex-Aide Charged in Hacking ScandalBritish authorities on Tuesday charged an ex-aide to the British prime minister, a former protege of media mogul Rupert Murdoch and six others in the ever-widening phone hacking scandal, accusing them of key roles in a lengthy campaign of illegal espionage that victimized hundreds including top celebrities Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. ...read full article July 24, 2012 Global to Provide New Breach DetailsProcessor to Offer Investigation Update July 26Global Payments Inc., the Atlanta-based payments processor that on April 2 revealed its systems had been breached, this week will provide an update about its investigation and the hack that exposed details about more than 1.5 million credit and debit cards. ...read full article July 24, 2012 McKinnon extradition decision date set for mid-OctoberSummary: Self-confessed NASA hacker Gary McKinnon will hear within three months whether he will be sent to the US to face charges, the high court in London has heard ...read full article July 24, 2012 Anonymous hits AustraliaState government web sites defaced and taken down over data retention policyPeople operating under the name “Anonymous” claim to have defaced several websites in the Australian state of Queensland, in protest against draft Australian policies on data retention. ...read full article July 23, 2012 Russian Hacker Arrested for DDoS Attacks on AmazonDmitry Olegovich Zubakha, a Russian man accused of launching distributed-denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks on Amazon.com, has been arrested this week by authorities in Cyprus based on an international warrant, the Department of Justice revealed. ...read full article July 23, 2012 Dropbox says no evidence of hack in investigation of spamThe investigation into potentially leaked email addresses is ongoingIDG News Service - Dropbox's ongoing investigation into a possible security breach has not produced any evidence that its systems have been infiltrated, according to an update Friday to the company's user forum. ...read full article July 23, 2012 Gift-card scammers rounded up by authorities face charges of ID theft, forgeryCOLUMBUS, Ohio — Five Columbus residents face criminal charges after a raid of a car, two homes and a business turned up piles of gift cards that law enforcement officers believe are encoded with stolen credit card numbers. ...read full article July 23, 2012 Thieves stealing Social Security numbers to file false tax returnsThe IRS rejected the federal return of Sue and Everett Lane, a retired Billings couple, when they tried to file electronically last April. ...read full article July 23, 2012 Montebello police jail man on suspicion of ID, auto theftMONTEBELLO - Police jailed a man on suspicion of identity theft, auto theft and possession of stolen property after responding to a report he was using a fraudulent credit card to stay at a hotel. ...read full article July 23, 2012 I-Team: Red tape restricts state's ability to chase suspected identity thievesLawmakers seek change to federal lawsLINCOLN, Neb. - At least two lawmakers wonder if federal laws governing the use of social security numbers should change. ...read full article July 23, 2012 Bogus AICPA “Income Tax Refund Infringement” Email Serves TrojanInternauts are advised to be on the lookout for a fake email that purports to come from the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA). The phony notifications are part of a scheme designed to lure unsuspecting users to a hijacked website that serves a piece of malware. ...read full article July 23, 2012 Australians dial 000 over hitman scamSummary: Australians, scared that they may be an assassination target, have called police for help after receiving SMS death threats, but it is just an old hoax. ...read full article July 23, 2012 Norwalk man charged with identity theft, posts $50K bondEric Christian, 28, of 2 Amber Drive, Norwalk, was charged with identity theft and second-degree forgery after receiving a warrant for his arrest Saturday, July 21. ...read full article July 20, 2012 A Goldmine for Hackers: Your SmartphoneA piece of technology is truly innovative if you can’t imagine life without it, and the smartphone certainly fits that criterion. With hundreds of thousands of apps seconds away from download, you can entertain yourself for hours or take care of your day’s errands in minutes. It’s an indispensable tool for those who value efficiency and convenience. ...read full article July 20, 2012 11 face ID theft, other charges in tax fraud caseNCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Eleven people have been indicted in an identity theft conspiracy, accused of stealing more than 2,600 identifications of Puerto Rico residents and trying to obtain about $19 million in false U.S. tax return claims, federal officials said Thursday. ...read full article July 20, 2012 Identity theft and vital records: What to do about a lost or stolen social security cardHave you lost your wallet or purse, or worse, had it stolen? If so, read this article to learn how to protect yourself from identity theft immediately. ...read full article July 20, 2012 Local author wanted for fraud, ID theftNEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) - Newport News Police say a local woman forged checks, obtained property by false pretenses and engaged in aggravated identity theft leaving behind scores of victims. ...read full article July 20, 2012 Buy a dead person's identity from Social Security for $10NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- For $10, identity thieves can access the full name, Social Security number and other personal information of a dead person through a list of millions of deceased Americans, known as the Death Master File. ...read full article July 20, 2012 $19 Million Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Conspiracy Charged in AlaskaA grand jury sitting in Anchorage, Ala., returned a 90-count superseding indictment yesterday against 11 defendants, the Justice Department announced. The superseding indictment included a conspiracy charge to defraud the United States involving a scheme to use stolen Puerto Rican identities to file tax returns and obtain fraudulent income tax refunds. A number of the defendants had previously been charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine, cocaine distribution and international money laundering. ...read full article July 20, 2012 Two Foreign Nationals Plead Guilty to Trafficking the Identities of Puerto Rican U.S. CitizensThe guilty pleas were announced today by Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney Rosa E. Rodríguez-Vélez for the District of Puerto Rico; Director John Morton of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which oversees Homeland Security Investigations (HSI); Chief Postal Inspector Guy Cottrell of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS); Scott P. Bultrowicz, Director of the U.S. State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service (DSS); and Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Chief Richard Weber. ...read full article July 20, 2012 3 Lessons from PATCO Fraud RulingAttorney Highlights Takeaways from Appellate Court's ReversalThe PATCO Construction Inc. case, recently reversed by a U.S. appeals court, is seen as a victory for fraud victims. But what are the key takeaways for banking institutions? Attorney Joe Burton offers insight. ...read full article July 20, 2012 Pinterest Starts Locking Accounts of Hacked UsersStarting with July 10, Pinterest representatives have been busy publishing Account Security notices. The decision comes after a number of accounts have been hacked and abused by cybercriminals. ...read full article July 20, 2012 Phishing websites reach all-time highNew detection technnology accounts in part for the rise, which shows how cybercriminals are still hard at workIDG News Service - The number of phishing websites detected reached an all-time high earlier this year, a sign that making fake websites spoofing real ones is still a lucrative trade for cybercriminals. ...read full article July 19, 2012 Online identity theft is up 300% on 2010, warns ExperianFraudsters exchanged 12 million pieces of personal information online in the first quarter of 2012, an increase of 300% since 2010, according to credit-checking firm Experian. ...read full article July 19, 2012 1,200 Usernames, Passwords Leaked from Yale UniversityThe newly founded hacker collective NullCrew has been very busy in the past few days. After they hacked the systems of ASUS and the ones of a South African ISP directory, they turned their attention to Yale University. ...read full article July 19, 2012 Bulgaria Official: Blast Suspect Had Fake Michigan Driver's LicenseBulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borisov today said the explosion on a bus full of Israeli tourists was likely carried out by a suicide bomber who had a fake Michigan driver's license. ...read full article July 19, 2012 Hacker gets 7 years in thefts of more than 240,000 credit card numbersWashington (CNN) -- An Estonian man was sentenced to seven years in prison on Thursday for his role in stealing more than 240,000 credit card numbers. ...read full article July 19, 2012 $6 (€5): The Price of 500 Compromised Facebook AccountsHave you ever wondered how much your email or social media account is worth? If you ask cybercriminals, they would say that it’s not much, not much at all. ...read full article July 19, 2012 Nike hacker steals over $80,000Summary: Brad Stephenson went on a five-month shopping spree after he found a loophole in one of Nike's website. When the Secret Service caught up with him, he had stolen $81,419.58 in Nike merchandise. ...read full article July 19, 2012 Scams Surround London OlympicsIn 2009, I alerted our readers about malicious campaigns exploiting the FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Important sport events continue to attract spammers and scammers, so you can guess which big event is now on their radar. The Olympic Games in London have inspired emails such as ...read full article July 19, 2012 Massive identity theft spree linked to single Salt Lake couple on the runSALT LAKE CITY — Hundreds of stolen ID's and stolen items have been found, all linked to a single couple who managed to escape custody. ...read full article July 19, 2012 Bankers in ID theft ring sentencedTwo former bankers who were part of a large identity theft ring that stole more than $50 million were sentenced Wednesday for their crimes. ...read full article July 19, 2012 2.4 million Ontario voter records missingTORONTO (AP) — A privacy breach involving as many as 2.4 million voters after memory sticks containing their personal information vanished from an elections warehouse is "deeply disturbing" and could lead to identity theft on a massive scale, Ontario's privacy commissioner said Wednesday. ...read full article July 19, 2012 POLICE: Identity theft suspect foiled by Papa John's pizza orderLOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Louisville Metro Police say a woman who trafficked in stolen identities made a big mistake when she tried to use one of her stolen credit cards at a Papa John's pizzeria. ...read full article July 18, 2012 ID Thief Faces up to 30 Years in the Big HouseHOUSTON (CN) - A Chinese national who pleaded guilty in an identify theft scam that stole $980,000 from a victim's accounts faces up to 30 years in federal prison and a $1 million fine, the U.S. Attorney's Office said. ...read full article July 18, 2012 Ex-Syracuse star pleads guilty to ID theft, stealing government moneyTwo men – including former Syracuse star Louis Gachelin – have pleaded guilty to their roles in fraudulently cashing income tax refunds, federal court records show. ...read full article July 18, 2012 Police: Oregon identity-theft suspect runs into victim while trying to cash fraudulent checkMEDFORD, Ore. — Police say an Oregon man tried to cash a check from another man's account, only to run into his victim at the bank. ...read full article July 18, 2012 Manchester Resident Falls Victim to Identity Theft Bank Account ScamManchester detectives are investigating after a man received a letter from a bank telling him that his account was overdrawn.The following information was supplied by the Manchester Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction where an arrest was made. According to the Manchester Police Department, a resident from the 2800 block Carman Woods Drive reported the apparent scam on July 2. ...read full article July 18, 2012 No ground gained in data theft warThere have been more than 200 cases of lost or stolen personal data affecting 8.5 million Americans during the first half of this year, according to a San Diego research group, as a new wave of political and amateur hackers commit data breaches such as last week’s theft of 450,000 e-mail passwords from the Internet content company Yahoo Inc. ...read full article July 18, 2012 Identity theft hits prison serviceThe Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has tasked its accountants to dig deeper into its books after discovering that the identities of some employees had been stolen. ...read full article July 18, 2012 I.D. thief accused of stealing more than $100K from bank customersORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — An identity thief is on the run and Wells Fargo customers are his target, WFTV learned on Friday. ...read full article July 18, 2012 Medical identity theft growingBrandon senior citizen Cullie Hanna avoided being a victim of medical identity theft, a growing trend across the country. ...read full article July 18, 2012 SF man held, accused of identity theftA man in Michigan has a "huge criminal record" in California - including years served in state prison - even though he's never set foot in the state, San Francisco police said. ...read full article July 18, 2012 Marion Man Sentenced on Charge of Aggravated Identity TheftKenneth Batton, 38, of Marion was sentenced to 46 months in prison, 3 years supervised release, and ordered to pay $11,959 in restitution after being convicted on wire fraud and aggravated identity theft charges in federal court. ...read full article July 18, 2012 Clovis police seek ID theft suspectClovis police are looking for a 40-year-old transient who is a suspect in making counterfeit money, burglaries and identity theft that could involve as many as 100 victims. ...read full article July 18, 2012 Calif. lobbyist believes his attempt to buy sports team sparked identity theft schemeSACRAMENTO, Calif. — California power broker Darius Anderson made a splashy, public attempt to buy the Sacramento Kings last year — and wound up a victim of identity theft. ...read full article July 18, 2012 Authorities should help clear identity theft victim's nameDonae Antoinette Richmond is not Antoinette Yvonne Jackson, who authorities said has an extensive rap sheet of criminal history. ...read full article July 18, 2012 Wilton Police arrest third suspect in identity theft ringWILTON — Wilton Police have made a third arrest in connection with an October 2011 investigation, where more than $1,400 was stolen from a Wilton woman’s bank account. ...read full article July 18, 2012 IT Wall Street Hacked, 50,000 Accounts LeakedOne of the members of the Team GhostShell hacker collective claims to have breached the systems of IT Wall Street – a website dedicated for those in search of an IT job in the financial services industry – to show his support for Occupy Wall Street. ...read full article July 18, 2012 Malware Tied to Blackhole Exploit Kit Appears as Facebook Tag AlertIf you find some random person says they've tagged a Facebook photo with you, think twice before you investigate further. SophosLabs has discovered malware infecting machines by getting users to open a malicious link in a fake Facebook e-mail notification. ...read full article July 17, 2012 Online ID OD: Illegal Web Trade in Personal Information SoarsLONDON, July 17, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Experian CreditExpert's identity web monitoring service reveals more than 12 million pieces of personal information traded online globally between January and April 2012 ...read full article July 17, 2012 Skype glitch sends messages to the wrong contactsThe company says the problem will be fixed in an imminent updateIDG News Service - Skype, a division of Microsoft, confirmed on Monday that a glitch in its software has led to instant messages being shared with unintended parties. ...read full article July 17, 2012 Rapper Arrested for Card FraudAlleged Fraudster Linked to POS Hacking SchemeA California rap artist has been arrested for his alleged connection to an international carding fraud and point-of-sale hacking scheme that involved thousands of debit and credit accounts. ...read full article July 17, 2012 Flaw in Artema Hybrid Terminals Allows Hackers to Collect Payment Card DetailsVeriFone’s Artema Hybrid point of sale (POS) devices – which are highly popular in Germany – have been found to contain a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows an attacker to execute malicious code and steal payment card details, including their PINs. ...read full article July 17, 2012 Dutch Authorities Knock Out Grum Botnet C&C ServersDutch authorities have knocked out two of the command-and-control servers for one of the top spam-producing botnets, known as Grum. The action was not a complete knockout though, as there are still two other C&C servers at work, but researchers are optimistic that the volume of spam will drop as a result. ...read full article July 17, 2012 FACT: One in five Microsoft logins controlled by hackersAbout 20 percent of Microsoft Account logins are found on lists of compromised credentials in the wake of hack attacks on other service providers, Eric Doerr, Group Program Manager for Microsoft's Account system said. ...read full article July 17, 2012 Religious-themed Madi malware hitting select targets in Iran, IsraelSummary: The ongoing operation has a specific mission: monitor communications on infected machines, hijack documents and upload sensitive files to remote servers controlled by the attackers. ...read full article July 17, 2012 Data Breach Reports Remain Spotty, Study FindsIn a twist on Tolstoy's famous observation that "all happy families are alike," the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) is warning that the public is being told that 'all data breaches are alike,' as corporations paint a worryingly bland portrait of breaches and other data loss incidents affecting their customers. ...read full article July 17, 2012 Mitigating Online FraudFS-ISAC: New Tech Investments Cutting LossesFinancial losses linked to incidents of corporate account takeover are down. But Bill Nelson, president and CEO of the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center, says more work is needed. ...read full article July 17, 2012 “Security Update” Phishing Scam Targets O2 CustomersCustomers of British telecoms company O2 are advised to be on the lookout for poorly written emails that urge them to perform a security update. ...read full article July 17, 2012 Nvidia investigates claims that its online stores were hackedNvidia investigates whether a successful hacker attack against several of its websites also affected its online storesIDG News Service - Graphics chip manufacturer Nvidia is investigating claims that hackers have compromised its online stores as part of a larger attack that affected several of its websites. ...read full article July 17, 2012 HSBC allowed money laundering, Senate saysBut bank’s Hong Kong-listed shares rise anywaySAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — HSBC Holdings PLC allowed drug traffickers, terrorists and rogue states to launder several billions of dollars because of poor controls, the Senate Subcommittee on Investigations said in a statement late Monday. ...read full article July 13, 2012 NSTIC’s $2.5 million grant for oversight chief goes to SISummary: NIST names system integrator Trusted Federal Systems to oversee the Steering Group that will build policies and guidelines for the National Strategies for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace initiative ...read full article July 13, 2012 Thousands Fall Victim to Utility Payment ScamAs much as President Barack Obama wants your vote, he's not actually offering to pay your monthly bills. ...read full article July 13, 2012 Yahoo breach: Swiped passwords by the numbersCNET breaks down the most commonly used passwords, from 123456 to startrek, exposed in the recent Yahoo hacking.If there's one thing to learn from the recent security breach at Yahoo, it's that we need to be more creative with our passwords. ...read full article July 13, 2012 Scheme is identity theft scamAttempt to offer aid paying utility billsSAN ANGELO, Texas — Authorities and consumer advocates are warning about a new identity theft scam that attempts to gather sensitive information by offering federal aid on utility bills. ...read full article July 13, 2012 Sacramento man indicted for identity theft, fraudA 28-year-old Sacramento man was indicted today by a federal grand jury for aggravated identity theft, wire fraud, bank fraud and access device fraud. ...read full article July 13, 2012 Friend of Oakland A’s outfielder found guilty of fraud, ID theft for using Crisp’s credit cardLOS ANGELES — A longtime friend of Coco Crisp was convicted Thursday of 14 counts of fraud and identity theft for running up about $30,000 on the Oakland Athletics outfielder’s credit card without his permission. ...read full article July 13, 2012 ID theft risk low in Eugene school data breach, police sayOfficials say student files were posted on a private online site for only about an hourThe 16-year-old who police suspect of illegally accessing private student information on the Eugene School District’s computers didn’t “hack” the system but accessed it using an employee’s user name and password, police said. ...read full article July 13, 2012 Met Police arrest man in Tuleta hacking investigationSummary: A man has been arrested at his home in Cardiff by officers from Operation Tuleta, which is looking at computer hacking in relation to the UK phone-hacking scandalA 55 year-old man has been arrested in Cardiff in connection with Operation Tuleta, the investigation into computer hacking in relation to the UK phone-hacking scandal. ...read full article July 13, 2012 FBI Arrests 3 More Individuals Accused of Carding CrimesLast month, UK authorities apprehended a number of 24 individuals suspected of being involved in payment card information trafficking. As a continuation of the operation, the FBI announced the arrests of three more suspects, bringing the number of defendants to 27. ...read full article July 13, 2012 Targeted Attacks on Small Businesses Increase in 2012In the first six months of 2012, 36 percent of targeted attacks focused on small businesses of fewer than 250 employees, and there were an average of 58 attacks per day, according to a new research report. At the end of 2011, small businesses were on the receiving end of only 18 percent of such attacks. ...read full article July 13, 2012 New 'Warp' Trojan Poses As A Network RouterAttack uses ARP-spoofing to intercept traffic, propagate throughout the networkResearchers have found a new Trojan out of China that mimics a router in order to intercept traffic and spread throughout the network. ...read full article July 13, 2012 Online Android forum hacked, user data accessedUsers have been advised to change their passwords since TuesdayIDG News Service - Android Forums, an online forum for Android users, was the target of a hacker attack that could have led to user information including passwords getting compromised, its operator Phandroid.com said on Thursday. ...read full article July 13, 2012 California couple arrested for ID theftsPLYMOUTH, Minn. -- Authorities in a Twin Cities suburb say a California couple charged with stealing credit card identities from gas stations in Minnesota may be part of a more wide-spread criminal operation. ...read full article July 13, 2012 Bangor woman gets 3 ½ years for identity theftBANGOR, Maine (AP) — A Bangor woman has been sentenced to 3 ½ years in federal prison for stealing checks and credit cards from other people's mail boxes and using them to fuel her gambling and drug habits. ...read full article July 12, 2012 Chinese man pleads guilty in nearly $1M ID theftHOUSTON (AP) — A Chinese man who faked being someone else to steal nearly $1 million from accounts at a Houston bank has pleaded guilty. ...read full article July 12, 2012 450K Yahoo Voice passwords posted onlineThe affected accounts appeared to belong to Yahoo's VOIP serviceA previously unknown hacker group has posted online the details of 450,000 user accounts and passwords it claims to have taken from a Yahoo server. ...read full article July 12, 2012 'Friend' enters guilty plea for ID theft from woman, 87A 33-year-old homeless woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to identity theft and burglary charges after she befriended an 87-year-old woman and used the woman's credit card. ...read full article July 12, 2012 Protect your identity: theft of smart phones are an epidemicDENVER — AT&T is setting up a new system to make sure your stolen smart phone doesn’t make its way on to the black market. ...read full article July 12, 2012 Stolen Credit Card Linked to Identity Theft Ring(Press Release) The Madera County Sheriff’s office believes a stolen credit card used to rent a room in Oakhurst may be connected to an identity theft ring operating in Central California. ...read full article July 12, 2012 Dark Comet RAT Tailored For Attacks On Gamers, GovernmentsResearchers analyzing the Dark Comet remote access Trojan (RAT) program say that data from more than 400 campaigns suggests the malicious program is being used for a wide range of jobs, from attacks on online gamers, to hacks of air force bases and government Web sites. ...read full article July 12, 2012 Group protests committee interest in SOPA provisionA draft bill would expand an intellectual-property attache program, but Public Knowledge questions the legislative processIDG News Service - The House Judiciary Committee is moving toward passage of a small portion of the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act, raising concerns among SOPA opponents. ...read full article July 12, 2012 Unidentified Trojan Served Via Fake USPS Postal NotificationFailed delivery notifications purporting to come from “USPS Mail Service” are making the rounds once again, carrying nasty pieces of malware.MX Lab researchers have discovered a series of emails, apparently coming from mail.service@birmingham.com, which warn recipients that their parcels haven’t been delivered because the “fee isn’t paid.” ...read full article July 12, 2012 Stealing Documents Through Social Media Image-SharingInnocent-looking vacation pictures on Facebook could conceivably traffic exfiltrated documents, Black Hat researchers warnSecurity researchers will unveil at Black Hat USA a new method of hiding sensitive information in the encoding of seemingly safe images shared on social media sites to avoid security mechanisms. The method employed by a new tool they developed called SNScat can not only be used to exfiltrate data off networks without detection , but to also run covert botnets through the type of social media network traffic allowed by most businesses today. ...read full article July 12, 2012 Bank Sues Customer Over ACH/Wire FraudCounterclaim Alleges Business is to Blame for $440K LossIn another legal wrangling over liability linked to ACH and wire fraud, a bank is taking action against a former commercial customer, claiming the customer, not the bank, is liable for losses and damages, as well as legal costs. ...read full article July 12, 2012 Japanese IT glitch leaves foreigners' ID cards incompleteIssued without signatureA computer error has been blamed after countless foreign residents in Japan received new ID cards this week without the key addition of an electronic signature designed to prevent counterfeiting. ...read full article July 12, 2012 Federal Jury Indicts 32 Individuals for Participation in International Loan Fraud SchemeAfter an investigation of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), a federal grand jury in Buffalo has indicted a number of 32 individuals. They’re all accused of participating in an international loan fraud scheme that earned them around $2.7 million (2.1 million EUR). ...read full article July 11, 2012 Cross-dressing transient jailed for ID theftMan stole south county woman’s identity and racked up more than $100,000 worth of medical care over a 13-year period, authorities say.SANTA ANA – A transient male cross-dresser has been sentenced to one year in jail for stealing a south county woman's identity and using it to get more than $100,000 worth of medical care at emergency rooms over a 13-year period. ...read full article July 11, 2012 Woodbury Facebook hacker sentenced on 13 identity theft countsA case that prosecutors said is emblematic of the hazards of sharing information online has led to jail time and thousands in fines for a Woodbury man.A case that prosecutors said is emblematic of the hazards of sharing information online has led to jail time and thousands in fines for a Woodbury man. ...read full article July 11, 2012 Java-based Web attack installs backdoors on Windows, Linux, Mac computersSecurity researchers identify Web-based malware attack that targets Windows, Linux and Mac OS X users alikeIDG News Service - A new Web-based social engineering attack that relies on malicious Java applets attempts to install backdoors on Windows, Linux and Mac computers, according to security researchers from antivirus vendors F-Secure and Kaspersky Lab. ...read full article July 11, 2012 U.S. Medical ID Theft Cost Jumps To $41 BillionNew Ponemon study finds that half of medical identity theft victims know the person who stole their IDs, and victims end up footing the bill in many casesIf you are the victim of medical identity theft, then chances are you will foot the bill for the fraudulent charges, a new survey finds. ...read full article July 11, 2012 Wilton Police arrest Bridgeport woman for identity theftWILTON?--?A?35-year-old Bridgeport woman is facing identity theft charges for allegedly using a Wilton woman's personal information to pay her bills. ...read full article July 11, 2012 Belleville man sentenced to 5 years for role in identity theft ringFormer Belleville resident Dayron Rendon was sentenced last week to five years in state prison for his role in a credit card information theft ring. ...read full article July 11, 2012 Palm Springs doctor admits to identity theft, forgery againDr. Lisa Barden convicted first time in 2010PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - A former doctor with a laundry list of convictions for identity theft and forgery connected to a years-long addiction to painkillers pleaded guilty Tuesday to committing the same type of crime again. ...read full article July 11, 2012 Wife of alleged ID-theft leader gets 2nd chanceSaying "the really bad guys are gone," the judge gave her probation. Two others weren't as lucky.Three Nigerian immigrants were sentenced Tuesday for their parts in a sophisticated Twin Cities-based identity theft ring with connections to their homeland and Ukraine. ...read full article July 11, 2012 Sentencing postponed in identity theft caseChild abuse trial for former teacher also moved backMARTINSBURG -Sentencing for a former Spring Mills Middle School teacher who pleaded guilty to stealing her daughter's identity was postponed Monday after a judge ordered that she undergo a 60-day psychological evaluation. ...read full article July 11, 2012 State warns of identity theft scamPresident Barack Obama is NOT going to pay the utility bills of Delaware residents who have been solicited, state officials warn. It’s just a scam to obtain personal information. ...read full article July 11, 2012 Privacy groups hail Google, FTC settlement over Apple Safari trackingLikely $22.5M settlement largest ever levied by FTC on single companyComputerworld - Privacy advocates today welcomed news of a possible Google proposal to settle Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges related to its surreptitious tracking of Apple Safari users. ...read full article July 11, 2012 #OpPedoChat - Alleged Child Porn Sites : Anonymous Hackers New TargetThe hacktivist group Anonymous has launched a new action called Operation PedoChat ( #OpPedoChat ) to eliminate pedophile sites all over the world. ...read full article July 11, 2012 Trojan Hides on Google Play as “Super Mario” and “GTA 3 Moscow City”Security experts have identified a couple of shady Russian applications that have been advertised on Google Play as “GTA 3 Moscow City” and “Super Mario Bros.”According to Symantec, the rogue apps masqueraded a Trojan called Android.Dropdialer and somehow managed to remain undetected from June 24 until recently. In the meantime, they’ve been downloaded tens of thousands of times by unsuspecting Android users. ...read full article July 10, 2012 Identity Theft Scam Rings up $6,000-Plus BillWould-be thieves use Lake Bluff resident's address to deliver goods hoping she wouldn't be homeA case of identity theft left a Lake Bluff resident with more than $6,000 in credit card charges and nothing to show for it. ...read full article July 10, 2012 IRS Employee Accused of Identity TheftThe Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has been ramping up its efforts to protect taxpayers from identity theft. I’m guessing that IRS didn’t expect to have to protect taxpayers from identity theft from its own employees. However, that’s exactly what federal investigators allege happened in Philadelphia. ...read full article July 10, 2012 Gangs choose ID theft, cyber crimes more oftenGang members are more frequently trading in their guns and masks for laptops and card skimmers, as authorities have seen an increase in the number of gangbangers committing identity theft and more Internet-based crimes. ...read full article July 10, 2012 Identity Theft Suspect Happens To Already Be In JailA Caledonia man discovered that someone had taken $309 from him, but the suspect happens to already be in jail. How does that happen?Police are investigating a report of an identity theft and if their suspect is indeed who committed the crime, he won’t have to go far after he’s convicted. ...read full article July 10, 2012 Man arrested for identity theftNEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) - Police say a 37-year-old Newport News man was arrested at his home for identity theft. ...read full article July 10, 2012 U.S. law enforcement sought mobile user data more than 1.3 million times in 2011Carriers told Rep. Ed Markey that law-enforcement requests for mobile data are risingIDG News Service - Federal, state and local law enforcement agencies in the U.S. made more than 1.3 million requests for cellphone records in 2011, according to carriers' responses to a congressman's investigation. ...read full article July 10, 2012 Securing your data: Full disk hardware encryption -- part 1Summary: The best way to protect the data on a desktop or notebook system is to replace the existing drive with a solid-state drive featuring full disk encryption.Data loss is bad enough, but having that data fall into someone else's hands -- especially if they happen to be the wrong hands -- can be disastrous. While in an ideal we shouldn't be losing data in the first place, we should always hope for the best but plan for the worst. ...read full article July 10, 2012 Man-in-the-Mobile Attacks Target the Bank Accounts of Android UsersMan-in-the mobile (MITMO) attacks powered by pieces of malware such as Tatanga and SpyEye (SPITMO) have been spotted targeting users from Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands and Germany. ...read full article July 10, 2012 New Android Malware Family Infects 100,000A new family of malware has infected some 100,000 Android devices via malicious application downloads on nine separate third-party markets in China, according to researchers at the mobile security provider TrustGo. ...read full article July 10, 2012 Inside the PATCO Fraud RulingCourt Decision Details Flaws in Bank's Security PlanOne cannot overstate the significance of a federal appeals court's recent decision favoring PATCO Construction Inc. over the former Ocean Bank in a dispute resulting from ACH/wire fraud. (See PATCO ACH Fraud Ruling Reversed.) ...read full article July 10, 2012 Best Buy: Hackers Are Using Stolen Credentials to Access Customer AccountsBest Buy has started sending out notification emails to alert customers that hackers may be attempting to access their accounts. ...read full article July 9, 2012 Obama paying utility bills? Scam victims nationwide think soScammers committing a particularly painful form of identity theft appear to have hit on just the right formula to trick thousands of victims: A punishing heat wave, large utility bills, a bad economy and a good story. ...read full article July 9, 2012 Alagasco, BBB warn of identity theft scam in AlabamaBIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- A scam that hit much of the country in June has now reached utility customers in Alabama, natural gas company Alagasco and the Better Business Bureau of Central Alabama said today. ...read full article July 9, 2012 Former PNC janitor faces another ID theft chargeLOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A janitor accused of stealing personal information from customers at a PNC Bank is facing even more charges. ...read full article July 9, 2012 Couple Victims of Tax Refund ID TheftIRS says false claims for tax refunds is a fast growing crime.A resident of Green Valley Drive, in Green Brook, field a report of identity theft at 7:06 p.m. July 2, following up on news received earlier this year when he and his wife attempted to file their income tax return for 2011. ...read full article July 9, 2012 Alert IRS, others if tax ID theft is suspectedTax refund theft is increasing. If tax ID theft is suspected, contact the IRS. You may also put security freezes on your credit reports at all three bureaus. ...read full article July 9, 2012 Traffic Stop Leads to Identity Theft, Counterfeiting BustCharges against three suspects nabbed on suspicion of identity theft and counterfeiting were to have been turned over to the District Attorney's Office on Friday. ...read full article July 9, 2012 State police looking for identity theft suspectSILVER CITY — New Mexico State Police is looking for a suspect who is wanted for identity theft which occurred in Silver City. ...read full article July 9, 2012 Bulgarian Hackers Group arrestedBulgarian authorities say that after months of investigation they have busted the “most powerful hacker group” in the country, the Cyber Warrior Invasion. The operation was conducted by Bulgaria’s Sector for Computer Crimes, Intellectual Property and Gambling and the territorial units of the Chief Directorate for Fight with Organized Crime in the municipalities of Pleven, Shumen, Plovdiv, Burgas, Haskovo, Stara Zagora and Kyustendil. ...read full article July 9, 2012 Craigslist Facebook Scheme Combines Phishing with Survey ScamsPhishing scams are not new and neither are fake surveys that promise fabulous prizes to anyone willing to click on a few links. However, a new scheme seen on Facebook combines the two in an attempt to steal login credentials and redirect unsuspecting users towards websites that earn the fraudsters a commission. ...read full article July 9, 2012 Fraudsters Rely on Digital Economy Act to Convince Users to Pay UpThe UK’s anti-piracy bill known as the Digital Economy Act (DEA) has given fraudsters new ideas on how to dupe unsuspecting individuals into handing over their money. Shortly after OFCOM released the Initial Obligations Code, users started seeing suspicious emails landing in their inboxes. ...read full article July 9, 2012 Two Britons jailed for £1.5m phishing scamsTwo Britons responsible for phishing scams that stole over £1.5m from UK students have received jail sentences totalling almost ten years. ...read full article July 9, 2012 Machines Still Infected With DNSChanger Pose DangersNo surprise, but the DNSChanger server shutdown today didn't cause significant disruption on the Net -- but the threat is not over yet, security experts sayWhen the FBI today shut down the temporary DNS servers keeping users infected with the DNSChanger Trojan online, only a tiny fraction of users still harbored the malware and some ISPs had established their own DNS backup servers for those stragglers. ...read full article July 6, 2012 Thieves targeting Cardiff rubbish bags for clothes and identity theftRubbish bags in parts of Cardiff are being targeted by thieves hunting for clothes to sell and even identities to steal. ...read full article July 6, 2012 Identity theft victim led police to suspect, E.C. officials sayEAST CHICAGO | A man using a stolen identity to work in the city was arrested Tuesday after the real resident tracked him down at a South Side factory, police said. ...read full article July 6, 2012 Officials seek ID's in credit card theftAiken Public Safety investigators said a credit card that was stolen from a gas station in the city earlier this month has been used to make unauthorized purchases. ...read full article July 6, 2012 KPN closes portal after finding most corporate customers use default passwordUse of the default password, the same for many users, combined with an easily-guessed username, left corporate data at riskIDG News Service - KPN closed a self-service portal for corporate ADSL customers on Tuesday after it discovered that 120,000 of its 180,000 business clients were still using default passwords, all variants of "welkom01," a company spokesman said Friday. ...read full article July 6, 2012 Dalai Lama's Birthday Used As Bait In Targeted AttacksFollowers and supporters of Tibetan Buddhist leader the Dalai Lama were the targets of an e-mail borne attack that used news of the spiritual leader's birthday to trick recipients into installing a surreptitious monitoring program on their computers. ...read full article July 6, 2012 Seemingly Insignificant SQL Injections Lead To Rooted RoutersBlack Hat researcher to show how vulnerable databases with temporary router information can lead to root-level access of Netgear routersLow-priority databases containing temporary network workload information could be a perfect vector for simple SQL injection attacks, which can lead to outright domination of WiFi routers given the right chain of attack. So warns a Black Hat presenter who, in a few weeks, will show how he used SQL injection attacks to put together attacks that lead to remote takeovers of SOHO routers. ...read full article July 6, 2012 Tackling Emerging Mobile RisksCommunication Is Key to Addressing Security Gaps and ThreatsThe proliferation of mobile, particularly as it applies to mobile banking, has opened new revenue streams and enhanced customer and member experiences and convenience. But it also has opened new doors for fraud, and staying on top of those vulnerabilities is critical. ...read full article July 6, 2012 Cybercriminals Recruit Money Mules by Sending Job Offer EmailsEmails that offer too-good-to-be-true job opportunities can sometimes hide something really malicious, as experts from Solutionary highlight.It’s not uncommon for users to receive links that point to a shady website that advertises work-from-home jobs. However, this is not the only method preferred by fraudsters and in some cases they’re looking for much more than someone who’s willing to pay a small fee for the key to success. ...read full article July 6, 2012 Internet will vanish Monday for 300,000 infected computersUsers must wipe DNSChanger malware from PCs and Macs before 12:01 a.m. ET July 9Computerworld - As many as 300,000 PCs and Macs will drop off the Internet in about 65 hours unless their owners heed last-minute calls to scrub their machines of malware. ...read full article July 6, 2012 Appeals Court Calls Bank’s Security “Commercially Unreasonable”The United States Court of Appeals on Tuesday reversed a lower court’s decision, ruling that the IT security system used by a domestic bank was not “commercially reasonable” to protect its customers. ...read full article July 6, 2012 Hingham: Woman indicted for mortgage fraud, identity theftA Hingham woman has been indicted on mortgage fraud charges approximately four months after police filed charges against her in District Court alleging that she has been using several different identities. ...read full article July 5, 2012 Malware May Knock Thousands off Internet on MondayThe warnings about the Internet problem have been splashed across Facebook and Google. Internet service providers have sent notices, and the FBI set up a special website. ...read full article July 5, 2012 Bank Trojan crooks trouser £800k from 30,000 BritsHow the crims outran anti-virus sniffer dogsAnalysis Trustwave SpiderLabs has revealed how criminals stole more than £800,000 (€1m) from UK bank accounts using the Zeus Windows PC malware. ...read full article July 5, 2012 Louisville man charged with identity theft for allegedly ordering iPods in the name of PNC Bank customersA Louisville man who worked for a cleaning crew at PNC Bank placed online orders in the names of bank customers, then waited outside their homes to pick up the goods when they were delivered, police said. ...read full article July 5, 2012 Lithuanian admits ID theft plotA Lithuanian national admitted on Tuesday in federal court in Pittsburgh to selling information to an undercover FBI agent that could have compromised the personal information of 10,000 people. ...read full article July 5, 2012 LMPD: ID theft suspect obtained info while workingLOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) – Louisville Metro Police have arrested a man who they said used information he stole while working to order items under the names of other people and wait at their home for the items to be delivered. ...read full article July 5, 2012 Identity theft scam targets utility customersSouth Carolina Electric and Gas is warning utility customers of a scam that has already victimized “dozens of local customers.” ...read full article July 5, 2012 Wikileaks releases Syria Files, 2.4 million government related emailsWikileaks says its latest release shines a light on the inner workings of Syria's government and on Western hypocrisyIDG News Service - Whistle-blowing site Wikileaks on Thursday released the Syria Files, a database of more than 2.4 million emails to and from Syrian political figures, ministries and associated companies, dating from August 2006 to March 2012. ...read full article July 5, 2012 Painesville woman indicted on identity theft, wire fraud chargesA 44-year-old Painesville woman has been indicted by a grand jury on one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft. ...read full article July 5, 2012 Branchburg man faces identity theft chargesSOMERVILLE — A Branchburg man has been charged with attempted identity theft after allegedly trying to obtain a car loan and an American Express credit card by using a Social Security card belonging to someone else. ...read full article July 5, 2012 Twitter Transparency Report Shows Huge Interest From U.S. Law EnforcementPrivacy advocates and security experts often warn users about the consequences of handing over so much of their personal data to Web sites or social networks, saying that they never know how it's going to be used or sold. But it's rare that users ever see examples of that in action. Twitter is giving people that chance with its decision to begin releasing reports on law enforcement requests for user data and content takedowns. ...read full article July 5, 2012 Android Botnet Used to Advertise Shady Pharmacy Sites, Experts FindAs it turns out, mobile malware that targets Android devices is not used only to steal sensitive information and send SMS messages to premium rate numbers. A number of experts have found a spam botnet that’s made of infected Android phones and tablets. ...read full article July 3, 2012 Owners of Woodbridge Home Health Business Indicted for Health Care Fraud, Aggravated Identity TheftALEXANDRIA, VA—The owners of a Woodbridge, Virginia-based home health care business have been indicted for allegedly submitting numerous false claims for Medicaid reimbursement for services they did not provide. ...read full article July 3, 2012 Twitter loses fight to withhold activist's account informationJudge rules that Twitter messages are not protected by law in the same way as emails and private messagesIDG News Service - Twitter has lost a fight in which it challenged a court order to turn over public but now deleted Twitter messages written by an Occupy Wall Street protestor without being served a search warrant. ...read full article July 3, 2012 Brit anti-terror hotline hacker teen pleads guiltyTeaMp0isoN lad also snaffled Blair contact list off GMailA teenage computer crook faces prison after admitting hacking offences, including breaking into former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's electronic address and phone book. ...read full article July 3, 2012 FBI Credit Card Ring Bust Exposes PCI ChallengesSome experts say existence of complex credit card fraud black market a sign that PCI isn't effectiveThe publicity around the FBI sting that nabbed dozens of criminals in an international credit card fraud ring provides a good opportunity to reflect on the sophistication of today's data theft black market and the importance of organizations to look beyond the baseline security levels set by compliance regulations such as PCI, security experts say. ...read full article July 3, 2012 Former Citi VP Sentenced$22 Million Embezzlement Scheme Defrauded Bank, CustomersGary Foster, the former vice president at Citigroup Inc.'s treasury finance department, has been sentenced to 97 months in prison for fraud related to his embezzlement of more than $22 million from Citigroup and its customers. (See Citi Case Exposes Insider Risks.) ...read full article July 3, 2012 Phisher Convicted in Massive SchemeAttacks Aimed at Chase, BofA Highlight Increasing RisksAn Atlanta man has been convicted for the role he played in a massive phishing and fraud scheme that targeted Chase Bank, Bank of America, Branch Bank & Trust Co. and payroll processor ADP. Authorities say the scheme defrauded the banks and ADP of $1.5 million (see Phisher Guilty of $1.3 Million Scam). ...read full article July 3, 2012 Microsoft Reveals Names of Two Individuals in ZeuS Botnets CaseMicrosoft’s Digital Crimes Unit continues the battle against ZeuS botnets. The firm has not only uncovered new evidence which they've handed over to the FBI, but they've also learned the identities of two suspects. ...read full article July 2, 2012 Police: Identity theft crimes most likely committed by someone victim knowsFor many, the phrase "identity theft" automatically invokes images of distant hackers and shady scam artists stealing information anonymously and racking up thousands of dollars in bills. ...read full article July 2, 2012 Sex Offender Suspected in Identity Theft Shopping SpreeThis thief racked up $3,500 in credit card charges before the bank contacted the victim. After a background check, it turns out the suspect is a registered sex offender.An Indiana man is being investigated by Fox Point police for racking up $3,500 in credit card charges on a Fox Point man's MasterCard. ...read full article July 2, 2012 Ex-worker at Tulsa McDonald's pleads guilty in identity-theft ringA former McDonald's employee pleaded guilty Friday to taking part in a conspiracy in which account numbers were stolen from diners' credit and debit cards, telling the court that the crimes started when a drive-through customer asked if he wanted to make some extra money. ...read full article July 2, 2012 Trio arrested for identity theft, burglary chargesThree Mitchell residents were arrested Thursday on identity theft, drug and car burglary charges.Three Mitchell residents were arrested Thursday on identity theft, drug and car burglary charges. ...read full article July 2, 2012 ID theft can take many forms, but victims can spend 300 hours clearing their nameTAMPA - The IRS estimates one third of the tax refund fraud takes place in Florida but it is not the only big-money rip-off involving identity theft. ...read full article July 2, 2012 Piedmont Natural Gas Issues Alert About Bill-Payment Scam That May Expose Customers To Risk Of Identity TheftOffer Claims Government Will Pay Bill, Asks For Customers' Social Security NumberCHARLOTTE, N.C., June 29, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Piedmont Natural Gas PNY +1.03% is warning customers not to be fooled by a nationwide bill-payment scam that promises the federal government - in fact, President Obama himself - will pay their utility bill. The scam is asking people to share sensitive personal information that could lead to identity theft. ...read full article July 2, 2012 Woodbridge Home Health Care Business Owners Indicted For FraudThe owners of a home health care business in Woodbridge allegedly submitted many claims for Medicaid reimbursement for services they never provided.The owners of Bright Beginnings Healthcare Services have been indicted for health care fraud after allegedly submitting many claims for Medicaid reimbursement for services they never provided, reported Neil MacBride, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. ...read full article July 2, 2012 Beware of Shady “Red Cros” Donation RequestsFraudsters don’t necessarily have to rely on malware to steal money from unsuspecting internauts. They can simply ask them to make a donation to the American Red Cross. ...read full article July 2, 2012 LinkedIn Breach: Leading CISOs Share 9 Protection TipsIn the wake of LinkedIn's high-profile data breach, could your company suffer a similar fate? Leading chief information security officers share their techniques for building a better security program. ...read full article July 2, 2012 U.S. Congress Hears Of Growing Cyber Espionage Threat To U.S.Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives' Homeland Security Committee painted a grim picture about the problem of cyber espionage against U.S. companies and interests. ...read full article July 2, 2012 Judge considers hearing on improper Megaupload seizureCustomers of the file-sharing site should be treated as creditors and wait until the DOJ's copyright case is resolved, a DOJ lawyer saysIDG News Service - A U.S. judge may hold an evidentiary hearing to determine whether the U.S. Department of Justice acted improperly in blocking Megaupload customers' access to their files when seizing the file-sharing service's domain name and servers in January. ...read full article July 2, 2012 Mac-based Trojan targets Uyghur activistsHuman rights attacked onlineSecurity researchers have intercepted a Mac-based Trojan attack targeting Uyghur human rights activists. ...read full article June 29, 2012 Scammers Improve National Lottery Commission Scam, Experts FindExperts have found a new variant of the classic National Lottery Commission scam and, as it turns out, those who send them have put some effort into making them more legitimate-looking. ...read full article June 29, 2012 Texas Cancer Center Alerts Patients to Personal Data Theft -- Almost Two Months LaterA University of Texas cancer center today began notifying almost 30,000 patients that their personal data was stolen after someone swiped an unencypted laptop from a physician's home almost two months ago. ...read full article June 29, 2012 Dutch government unprepared for SSL hack, report saysGovernment bodies depend too much on IT departments when it comes to the acquisition of SSL-certificates, says Safety BoardIDG News Service - The Dutch government was unprepared to handle an SSL hack that caused the its communication infrastructure to be vulnerable for months, the Dutch Safety Board said in a report on Thursday. Because the government was unable to replace the certificates immediately, citizen and company data was left unsecured, the board said. ...read full article June 29, 2012 U.S. and Canada Announce the Release of the Beyond the Border: Statement of Privacy PrinciplesWASHINGTON—The United States and Canada today announced they are delivering on key commitments under the U.S.-Canada Beyond the Border Action Plan by releasing a joint Statement of Privacy Principles. These principles reflect the commitment of the United States and Canada to protecting privacy, and underscore the importance of information sharing to the security of both nations. ...read full article June 29, 2012 FBI Takedown Won't Curb Card FraudThe Real Problem is Malware and Outdated Payments TechIn the wake of what federal authorities have called the biggest international carding-crime takedown in history, industry experts say the bust, while positive, won't have any long-term impact on card fraud. ...read full article June 29, 2012 'Evil' hacker gets two and a half years in the slammercyber crime motivated by ego and unemploymentAustralia’s most notorious country town, truck driving, cyber criminal David ‘Evil’ Cecil has been handed a two-and-a-half year prison sentence after being arrested nearly a year ago. ...read full article June 29, 2012 Automated robbery: how card skimmers (still) steal millions from banksSkimming costs less than ever, but a new generation of credit cards might stop it.In January 2011, a pair of Bulgarian-born Canadians named Nikolai Ivanov and Dimitar Stamatov took a road trip from their home in Quebec to New York City. Their five-day visit to Manhattan’s East Village and Astor Place wasn’t your typical tourist trek, though; instead of Statue of Liberty souvenirs, the pair collected the card data and personal identification numbers for over 1,100 ATM cards. Ivanov and Stamatov were "skimmers." ...read full article June 29, 2012 Witness in Identity Theft and Tax Trial Sentenced in Alabama to 15 Months in Prison for Perjury and Lying to a Federal AgentNacretia Lewis was sentenced today to 15 months in federal prison for perjury and lying to a federal agent, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. She was also ordered to serve one year of supervised release following her release from prison. ...read full article June 29, 2012 Colton police make arrest in identity theft caseCOLTON - police reported the arrest of a suspect in an identity theft case after officers reportedly discovered evidence at a residence. ...read full article June 29, 2012 Congress Probes Tax Prep Fraud and Identity TheftThe House Judiciary Committee’s Crime Subcommittee held a hearing Thursday on the growing problem of identity theft and income tax preparation fraud. ...read full article June 29, 2012 Teens take risk of identity theft when they order fake IDs from ChinaA fake driver's license made in China works as well as the real thing. ...read full article June 29, 2012 4 face healthcare fraud, identity theft chargesMcALLEN — Four people tied to a defunct Pharr durable medical equipment supplier face charges in a 22-count indictment that they tallied millions in fraudulent bills paid for medical equipment that on some occasions was supposedly delivered to patients who were dead. ...read full article June 29, 2012 Two Norwalk realtors slammed with 102 Felony Counts of Grand Theft, Identity TheftTwo Norwalk real estate agents have been arrested on 102-felony counts of grand theft and criminal fraud on Thursday afternoon. ...read full article June 29, 2012 Scholarly woman pleads not guilty to stalking ex, identity theftThis Stanford graduate might have been better off at a school of higher yearning. ...read full article June 28, 2012 Medical identity theft: Not just a financial problemThe Experian/Ponemon study on medical identity theft, released on June 26, found that half of the 757 interviewed victims knew the person who used their medical identity. In fact some had allowed the second person to use their medical insurance card for treatment, healthcare products or pharmaceuticals without realizing the consequences. This might account for the 45 percent of respondents that actually paid the healthcare provider or insurer for services obtained by the thief. ...read full article June 28, 2012 Identity Theft Suspect Nabbed $40K: Police26-year-old Christopher Polley was charged with multiple counts Source: Identity Theft Suspect Nabbed $40K: PolicePolice arrested a 26-year-old man on Wednesday morning for allegedly stealing $40,000 from members of a local fitness club. ...read full article June 28, 2012 Identity Theft Suspect ArrestedOn June 26, 2012, detectives from the San Diego Police Department Economic Crimes Unit initiated a search warrant at 1632 Monmouth Drive, in the Pacific Beach area. While at the residence, detectives contacted and arrested Christopher Polley, 26, for two counts of identity theft, possession of a controlled substance, possession of over ten personal profiles and theft-related charges. During the execution of the search warrant, numerous items and membership applications from the Wave House Athletic Club were discovered linking Polley to the crimes. ...read full article June 28, 2012 Cyber thieves trapped by FBI stingOn June 26 the U.S. Justice Department released documents from “Operation Card Shop,” a two-year international cybercrime investigation and sting. It resulted in the arrest of 26 people including one from the San Diego area. Among other crimes the cyber thieves are accused of trafficking more than 411,000 stolen credit and debit card accounts. ...read full article June 28, 2012 Darby Woman Charged With Conspiracy, Identify Theft Following Tax Scam Dating Back To 2009DARBY, Pa. (CBS) - A Darby woman is charged with selling the identities of children in a tax scam that stretched back to 2009. That’s the finding of a federal grand jury, in what’s called a ‘superseding indictment.’ ...read full article June 28, 2012 FTC Takes On Wyndham For Security LapsesLawsuit alleges deceptive practice in privacy policy following three breaches in two yearsIn another sign that it is cracking down heavily on businesses that put consumer privacy at risk by failing to protect their sensitive data, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) launched a lawsuit against hospitality company Wyndham Worldwide. The FTC accuses Wyndham of deceptive practices in the claims it made in its privacy, using three different breaches Wyndham suffered in the course of two years as evidence of failure to live up to promises to protect customer information. ...read full article June 28, 2012 Zemra Botnet Leaked, Cyber Criminals performing DDoS AttacksThe Zemra DDoS Bot is currently sold in various forums for about 100 € and detected by Symantec as Backdoor.Zemra. Zemra first appeared on underground forums in May 2012. ...read full article June 28, 2012 London Olympics-Themed Spam: Prize Notifications, Awards and Visa LotteriesAs the London 2012 Olympics approach the numbers of spam messages and malicious operations launched by cybercriminals grow. Experts have come across at least three new scam versions that currently make the rounds. ...read full article June 28, 2012 The Tale of an Accused HackerWhat a Suspect in a Fraud Scheme Told an Undercover CopJarand Moen Romtveit thought John Leo Jr. was the site administrator of a carding forum when the accused 25-year-old hacker from Norway shared his computer screen with the FBI undercover agent last Feb. 9 to demonstrate a program he claimed to have developed to decrypt databases. ...read full article June 28, 2012 Assange's Asylum In The Balance, Researcher Warns Ecuador's Deliberations Are Vulnerable To Online SnoopingWith Wikileaks founder Julian Assange anxiously awaiting word from the government of Ecuador on his request for political asylum, a security researcher warns that the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which is handling the Assange asylum request, is using a video conferencing system that is vulnerable to online snooping. ...read full article June 28, 2012 New Zealand judge rules Megaupload search warrants were illegalNew Zealand police violated the law by allowing the FBI to send copies of seized data to the U.S.IDG News Service - Warrants used to seize external hard drives, laptops and phones from Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom's mansion in January are illegal, a New Zealand High Court judge ruled on Thursday. ...read full article June 27, 2012 24 arrested in international online 'carding' crackdownOperation called the largest coordinated action against operations that traffic in stolen credit card, financial informationComputerworld - A total of 24 people from 13 countries, including 11 from the United States, were arrested on Tuesday on charges related to the theft and misuse of credit card data, bank account information and other financial data. ...read full article June 27, 2012 Fallen Soldier’s Picture Used In ScamAn Oregon father was angered to find an image of his son, a fallen soldier, had been posted on Craigslist as part of a scam to collect money for a fictitious wounded soldier. ...read full article June 27, 2012 New Fraud Ring 'Operation High Roller' Targets the RichA recent fraud ring through which attackers raided high-value bank accounts, nicknamed Operation High Roller (.PDF), employed attacks that were quick, required no human interaction and have already affected several tiers of credit unions, regional banks and large global banks, over the last several months. ...read full article June 27, 2012 Analysis of Leaked eHarmony Passwords: 10,000 of Them Full of “Love”Trustwave researchers have analyzed the 1.5 million passwords leaked by hackers after compromising eHarmony’s database. The results are in and they’re certainly interesting. ...read full article June 27, 2012 FTC Sues Hotel Chain for Card BreachesBanks Should be Concerned About Card Fraud, PhishingThe Federal Trade Commission has filed a suit against the hotel chain Wyndham Worldwide Corp. and three of its subsidiaries in connection with three security breaches that exposed stored card details for nearly 670,000 accounts. ...read full article June 27, 2012 LulzSec duo plead guilty to DDoS against CIATwo members of the computer hacking group LulzSec pleaded guilty to launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) in the United Kingdom and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the United States. ...read full article June 27, 2012 New Forensics Method May Nab Insider ThievesBlack Hat presentation features a new methodology that has already produced real-world resultsOne of the biggest challenges of forensics investigations into insider theft is that the markers computer forensics investigators use to detect most attacks are typically not present in insider cases where an employee or other authorized user has legitimate access to sensitive data. Next month at Black Hat USA in Las Vegas, a presenter will bring forward a new methodology that compares normal file access patterns against patterns present when files are copied to detect when insiders have copied data inappropriately. ...read full article June 27, 2012 RSA SecurIDs Get Cracked In 13 MinutesMajor corporations, government agencies, and small businesses all hand out RSA SecurID fob keychains to employees so that they can log in to their systems for security reasons and If you’re used to seeing a device like this on a daily basis, you probably assume that it’s a vital security measure to keep your employer’s networks and data secure. A team of computer scientists beg to differ, however, because they’ve cracked the encryption it uses wide open. ...read full article June 27, 2012 Anonymous turns ire on Japan after anti-piracy law passesKey sites get a good DDoS-ingIt was only a matter of time – hacktivist group Anonymous has taken aim at the web sites of political parties and government departments in Japan in retaliation for a tough new anti-piracy bill passed last week. ...read full article June 27, 2012 The 'great airline ticket giveaway' that just won't go awayThe letter warned the recipient that she still hadn't responded to that great offer from "US Airlines" of two free airline tickets, and time was running out. Call the toll-free number now! it urged. ...read full article June 27, 2012 Warning: Burglars read the obituaries, tooLosing a loved one is painful enough. Imagine the horror of coming home from the funeral to find your home burglarized. ...read full article June 26, 2012 More people aware of medical identity theft but do little to protect themselves from itCOSTA MESA, Calif., June 26, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Medical identity theft is a crime of opportunity that can strike close to home. In fact, according to the Ponemon Institute®'s "Third Annual National Study on Medical Identity Theft(1)," commissioned by Experian's ProtectMyID®, half of all survey respondents indicate that they know the person responsible for stealing their identity. Further, more respondents (increased by 5 percent from 2011), reported they actually permitted family members to use their personal identification to obtain medical services including treatment, healthcare products or pharmaceuticals. ...read full article June 26, 2012 Towards Employment warns clients of data breach, possible identity theftCLEVELAND, Ohio -- Towards Employment, a Cleveland non-profit agency that has helped more than 100,000 low-income residents and ex-convicts find jobs over the past 36 years, is warning its clients that they are at risk for identity theft. ...read full article June 26, 2012 Identity thieves target disabled woman while she was at hospitalMUKILTEO, Wash. — Everett police have broken up what they say was a major identity theft ring that victimized at least 64 people, including a disabled Mukilteo woman whose home was burglarized while she was at the hospital. ...read full article June 26, 2012 Identity Theft Suspect Behind Bars in Bulloch CountyAn investigation into a case of identity and check fraud started with a traffic stop in May. ...read full article June 26, 2012 California attorneys at risk of identity fraudWhen a person uses the identity of an attorney to defraud the public, more than one person is hurt. The consumer loses money and the real attorney, whose name was used, faces a possible reputational issue. That is what happened to at least 13 attorneys so far this year. ...read full article June 26, 2012 Sacramento deputy pleads no contest to drug, identity theft chargesA Sacramento County sheriff's deputy has pleaded no contest to felony drug possession and identity theft charges after she befriended an elderly victim and refilled his prescription drugs without his knowledge, according to authorities. ...read full article June 26, 2012 Credit card 'cloning' is a growing form of identity theftLexington, Kentucky, financial crimes detective Gene Haynes swiped a credit card through an innocuous black card reader known as a "skimmer." Less than a second later, two lines of illuminating text showed up in a Microsoft Word document on his computer screen. The mishmash of numbers and symbols was the visual representation of all the information stored on the card's magnetic strip. ...read full article June 25, 2012 Colorado Mother and Daughter Charged in Online Dating Scam With Fake Military MembersA mother and daughter in Colorado were indicted for their role in a "Nigerian internet romance scam" in which associates in Nigeria posed as members of the U.S. Armed Forces and stole over $1 million from 374 victims. ...read full article June 25, 2012 Scammers Assume Identities of California Lawyers Using Online InformationAs many as 111 California lawyers may have fallen victim to identity thieves in the past decade, according to the state bar. ...read full article June 25, 2012 Financial Crimes: Credit card 'cloning' is a growing form of identity theftLexington financial crimes detective Gene Haynes swiped a credit card through an innocuous black card reader known as a "skimmer." Less than a second later, two lines of illuminating text showed up in a Microsoft Word document on his computer screen. ...read full article June 25, 2012 Three charged with identity theft, other felonies following traffic stopThree people were charged Thursday with buying and receiving stolen property and other felonies a day after a California Highway Patrol officer stopped their vehicle and arrested them on Highway 29 near Highway 221. ...read full article June 25, 2012 Smartphone And Tablet Users At Risk Of Identity TheftLos Angeles, California – Nearly half of the cell phone users in the United States now use a smartphone for their mobile communications. Portable tablets with Internet connectivity are also becoming more and more popular. While smartphones and tablets have many outstanding features, they can also put users at increased risk of identity theft. ...read full article June 25, 2012 Sewickley woman charged with ID theftA Sewickley woman was indicted last week by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of identity theft, the office of U.S. Attorney David J. Hickton said in a statement. ...read full article June 25, 2012 Iowan must pay triple damages in check forgeriesKEOSAUQUA, Iowa — A southeast Iowa man convicted of forging checks totaling more than $20,000 has been ordered to pay the victim more than $60,500. ...read full article June 25, 2012 ID theft in Richland on the riseRICHLAND – It’s a crime that's nearly impossible to stop, and it keeps happening here in the Tri-Cities. Richland police say identity theft is on the rise and it's growing exponentially and KEPR uncovered why it's so difficult for police to stop these thieves. ...read full article June 25, 2012 Goukasian Found Guilty of Identity TheftMan found guilty of skimming tens of thousands of credit cardsAfter deliberating for three hours, a jury has found Aleksandr Goukasian guilty on all charges. ...read full article June 25, 2012 Fraud and identity theft suspects arrested near TerrellTerrell, Texas- The Kaufman County Sheriff's Office released information today about a call their deputies handles on June 21, 2012 at 10:30 a.m. The deputies responded to a suspicious person call at a storage facility in the 3800 block of Highway 80, just outside the Terrell city limits. ...read full article June 25, 2012 Thieves disguise wireless camera to swipe ATM PINsCameras disguised as speakers on ATMs were used to rip off 800 victims at a cost of $112,478 to JPMorgan Chase, the U.S. Attorney's Office said. ...read full article June 25, 2012 ID theft suspect arrested, brought to courtA suspect allegedly responsible for a slew of identity thefts in Sterling faced a hearing on advisement Wednesday in Logan County District Court. ...read full article June 22, 2012 Woman pleads guilty to aiding ID theft ringA 43-year-old St. Paul woman, who was a former employee of the Minnesota Board of Psychology, pleaded guilty Thursday, June 21, to aiding an identity theft ring by stealing clients' personal information. ...read full article June 22, 2012 Man's identity theft alert lands brother in jail, Corpus Christi police saidCORPUS CHRISTI — A 33-year-old man may pay more than he expected after applying for jewelry credit with his brother’s information Wednesday, police said. ...read full article June 22, 2012 Wisconsin experiment suggests voter identity theftSome states require state-issued picture identification to register to vote and to vote, while other states accept unsubstantial documentation such as utility bills, lease agreements, birth certificates, and other documents that can be faked. A vote cast by a surrogate using the identity of another person is identity theft. ...read full article June 22, 2012 Couple sentenced for Idaho bank fraud, identity theft schemeA federal judge has sentenced two people convicted for running a bank fraud and identity theft scheme in northern Idaho. ...read full article June 22, 2012 Iran targeted by 'massive cyberattack,' official claimsIranian state television says the country's nuclear facilities are the target of a cyberattackIDG News Service - Iran's intelligence minister has accused the U.S., the U.K. and Israel of planning a "massive cyberattack" against his country after talks this week over Iran's nuclear program failed to reach an agreement, Iranian state TV reported on Thursday. ...read full article June 22, 2012 Twitter Denies Hacktivists Behind Severe OutageTwitter officials say it was a "cascading bug" and not the handiwork of hacktivists that brought down the microblogging site today in two separate outages. ...read full article June 22, 2012 Trojan.Milicenso - Printer Trojan cause massive printingA Trojan that sends printers crazy, making them print pages of garbled nonsense until all the paper has been used up, has seen a spike in activity.Symantec detected the Trojan.Milicenso across various countries, but the worst hit regions were the US and India followed by regions in South America and Europe, including the UK. ...read full article June 22, 2012 Fake BancorpSouth Emails Lure Users to Blackhole Exploit KitBancorpSouth customers are advised to be on the lookout for suspicious emails that purport to originate from the financial institution. ...read full article June 22, 2012 The Intersection Between Cyberespionage And CybercrimeChinese cyberspies and traditional cybercriminals are relying on some of the same malware tools -- and some cyberspies even appear to be moonlightingTraditional cybercriminals increasingly are using the same hacking tools that cyberespionage attackers employ in order to maintain a stealthy foothold inside a victim organization so they can maximize their spoils and profits. ...read full article June 21, 2012 Industrial Espionage: Chinese Malware Steals Tens of Thousands of AutoCAD FilesA worm written in AutoLISP, identified as ACAD/Medre.A, has caught the attention of ESET researchers after it attempted to steal tens of thousands of AutoCAD files from companies in Peru and a few neighboring countries. ...read full article June 21, 2012 Face.com iOS flaw could have allowed Facebook, Twitter account hijackingow-patched Face.com vulnerability that could have let attackers to hijack the Facebook and Twitter accounts of its customersIDG News Service - Facial recognition start-up Face.com patched a vulnerability in its KLINK iOS app that could have allowed attackers to hijack the Facebook and Twitter accounts of its users, according to Ashkan Soltani, the independent security researcher who claims to have found the flaw. ...read full article June 21, 2012 6 Biggest Breaches Of 2012 So FarNow that we're just about at the halfway point of the year, it is just as good of a time as any to take stock of the data breach environment and start gathering lessons from others' missteps. ...read full article June 21, 2012 FDA: Software Failures Responsible for 24% Of All Medical Device RecallsSoftware failures were behind 24 percent of all the medical device recalls in 2011, according to data from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which said it is gearing up its labs to spend more time analyzing the quality and security of software-based medical instruments and equipment. ...read full article June 21, 2012 Lessons From Fraud SettlementExperts Analyze Implications of ACH Fraud Case OutcomeThe out-of-court settlement reached in a dispute between Village View Escrow Inc. and California-based Professional Business Bank shows it's getting more difficult for banks to avoid liability, even when commercial customers' lax security controls make them vulnerable to fraud, experts say (see Settlement Reached in ACH Fraud Case). ...read full article June 21, 2012 ID theft scam reported by bankOfficials with The Citizens Bank of Philadelphia are warning its customers this week about ongoing reports of attempted identity thefts. ...read full article June 21, 2012 Dedham flower shop closed; owner charged with larceny and identity theftDEDHAM — Dedham Police arrested an Oakdale shop owner and subsequently shut his business down. ...read full article June 21, 2012 Identity Thief Gets 4 Years in Club FedFour years and six months doesn’t seem like a particularly severe sentence for a thief in Washington state who stole 15 people’s identities, including four police officers, created fake driver’s licenses, washed checks, and used “mules” to steal sensitive documents, make purchases with stolen credit, and sell the merchandise. The thief’s attorneys described him as a “38-year-old drug addict who has had medical and mental setbacks and was living in a motel.” I don’t know what his mental setbacks are, but all the meth he was doing may have been a contributing factor. ...read full article June 21, 2012 New La. law: Sex offenders must list status on Facebook, other social media(CNN) -- A new Louisiana law requires sex offenders and child predators to state their criminal status on their Facebook or other social networking page, with the law's author saying the bill is the first of its kind in the nation. ...read full article June 20, 2012 Several sentenced in ID theft, IRS fraud; Orange Park man the leaderA 33-year-old used car salesman from Orange Park and several cohorts were sentenced in federal court this week including millions in restitution for fraud. ...read full article June 20, 2012 Feds charge Kings County nurse in identity theft schemeJaishree Arbuckle-Pierre accused of selling Social Security numbers of nearly 60 employeesThe feds have charged a nurse with stealing the Social Security numbers of nearly 60 employees of Kings County Hospital in an identity theft scheme, the Daily News has learned. ...read full article June 20, 2012 Crackdown on ATM “Skimming” and Identity TheftSAN FRANCISCO -- Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced the outcomes of two cases investigated by her office’s eCrime Unit in which defendants “skimmed” credit card information of Chase Bank customers across the state. ...read full article June 20, 2012 Former Police Chief Accused of Wire Fraud and Identity Theft Appears in CourtCOVINGTON—A former northern Kentucky police chief, arrested Friday on wire fraud and identity theft charges, will appear in court today for a detention hearing. ...read full article June 20, 2012 Freeze your credit to fight off ID theftLarry Skidmore, a 67-year-old Air National Guard retiree - after 26 years in uniform - lost his wallet May 21 while bicycling in his Jenks housing addition. Noticing it missing on returning home, he peddled back along his route, but it was gone. ...read full article June 20, 2012 Disguises add new twist in identity theft casesStealing an identity isn't always as simple as snatching a purse or pilfering a credit card. Sometimes, it requires a disguise. ...read full article June 20, 2012 U.S., Israel developed Flame computer virus to slow Iranian nuclear efforts, officials sayFlame was developed at least five years ago as part of a classified effort code-named Olympic Games, according to officials familiar with U.S. cyber-operations and experts who have scrutinized its code. The U.S.-Israeli collaboration was intended to slow Iran’s nuclear program, reduce the pressure for a conventional military attack and extend the timetable for diplomacy and sanctions. ...read full article June 20, 2012 Hackers Leak Data from AmeriCash Advance After Company Refuses to Pay UpA hacker collective called Rex Mundi has leaked a large file that contains information they have stolen from the systems of AmeriCash Advance, a company that provides payday loans and cash advances. ...read full article June 20, 2012 Syrian Dissidents Hit By Another Wave of Targeted AttacksOne of the attackers who has been targeting Syrian anti-government activists with malware and surveillance tools has returned and upped the ante with the use of the BlackShades RAT, a remote-access tool that gives him the ability to spy on victims machines through keylogging and screenshots. ...read full article June 20, 2012 LinkedIn hit with lawsuit over massive data breachA lawsuit seeking class-action status said the company failed to implement 'industry standard' security measuresIDG News Service - LinkedIn has been hit with a potential class-action lawsuit alleging it failed to meet "industry standard" security practices in connection with a massive data breach earlier this month, according to court documents. ...read full article June 20, 2012 Kayak.com investigates after customers discover security breachHe was trying to clarify a line on his credit card bill, but ended up accessing scores of strangers’ personal information. ...read full article June 20, 2012 Researcher Explains Why Scammers Say They Are from NigeriaNigerian scams, or 419 scams (419 is the number of a section in Nigeria’s criminal code), are encountered almost daily by most internauts and we can safely argue that by now a large percentage of users are able to identify and avoid them. ...read full article June 19, 2012 Phony bill payment scheme poses identity-theft riskAKRON - FirstEnergy Corp., parent company of Met-Ed, is warning customers of its 10 electric distribution companies to be wary of bogus claims that President Obama will help pay utility bills for residential customers through a special federal program. ...read full article June 19, 2012 Fla. man gets prison for sealing Pa. soldier's IDPITTSBURGH -- A Florida man has been sentenced to one year in federal prison for stealing the identity of a western Pennsylvania soldier while the soldier was serving in Iraq. ...read full article June 19, 2012 Internet Search Engines Surpass E-Mail in Online Scam ThreatsConducting an everyday search using internet search engines poses more threat for web surfers than e-mail accounts, according to an analysis conducted by Blue Coat Security Lab. With e-mail users smartening up to phishing scams, thieves are now searching for new ways to take money, spread viruses and implement online identity theft. ...read full article June 19, 2012 Online credit card complaint database to debutWASHINGTON (CNNMoney) -- A new online database devoted to cataloging consumer complaints against credit card companies launched Tuesday. ...read full article June 19, 2012 LinkedIn Victims Do Not Connect With Legitimate NotificationsThe company sent an important e-mail notification with special coding (DKIM) and addressed the recipient by name. It also didn't include any links in the actual message. And yet LinkedIn did not connect with some 250,000 of its users, who flagged the legitimate alert as spam. ...read full article June 19, 2012 When Will End Users Stop Being Fooled By Online Scams?Despite millions of dollars in security tools and hours of awareness training, many organizations still find themselves breached by phishing and old-school social engineering attacks. Is there a way to build a better, smarter user? ...read full article June 19, 2012 Trust fined £225k for leaving patient files in abandoned hospitalIs there a secret NHS sweep on who can blow most data?Belfast Health and Social Care Trust has been fined £225,000 by the Information Commissioner's Office for leaving patient and staff files in an abandoned hospital. ...read full article June 19, 2012 CyberZeist Claims to Have Gained Access to Hundreds of Federal AccountsCyberZeist, the hacker who has recently left the UGNazi collective, has leaked a few hundred login credentials that he allegedly obtained by launching a spear phishing attack on US federal employees. ...read full article June 19, 2012 Data in possible credit card breach appears to be oldThe data, linked to from Pastebin, includes, names, addresses and emailsIDG News Service - A batch of names, addresses, emails and phone numbers of credit card customers around the world released on Monday indicates a breach of a payment processor, but the data appears old. ...read full article June 19, 2012 Cybercriminals Upgrade Banking Malware to Include Automatic Transfer SystemsAs if ZeuS and SpyEye haven’t been causing enough damage on their own, security researchers from Trend Micro have found that more recently cybercriminals have begun using Automatic Transfer Systems (ATS) to enhance the information-stealing capabilities of their pieces of malware. ...read full article June 18, 2012 BYOD exposes the perils of cloud storageComputerworld - The dangers of using consumer cloud storage systems became clearer earlier this month, when a hacker claimed that he accessed presidential candidate Mitt Romney's Dropbox storage and email accounts using an easily cracked password. ...read full article June 18, 2012 Pennsylvania Man Indicted For Hack of Department of Energy NetworkA Pennsylvania man was arrested yesterday after a Massachusetts grand jury issued a four-count indictment alleging that he hacked into computer networks belonging to the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) and the University of Massachusetts and tried to sell access to a DoE supercomputer for $50,000 to an undercover FBI agent. ...read full article June 18, 2012 Six in Tokyo slammer after Android smut scamMalware was distributed through adult siteSix men including three IT executives have been arrested in Tokyo in connection with an Android malware scam which netted them over 20 million yen (£160,740). ...read full article June 18, 2012 Indictment: Former chief took $115k from police departmentHIGHLAND HEIGHTS, KY (FOX19)- A former police chief who is facing charges for stealing money from his police department will be released from jail on Monday. ...read full article June 18, 2012 Police seek suspect in Elections NB laptop theftThe Fredericton Police Force is asking for the public's help in identifying a suspect in the theft of two Elections New Brunswick laptops. ...read full article June 18, 2012 Internet security company Omniquad warns about DVLA Email Phishing Scam – Identity Theft WarningOmniquad is issuing a warning about emails that appear to come from the DVLA, threatening that people will need to retake their driving license unless they update their details, including credit card details with CVV number, within two weeks ...read full article June 18, 2012 Ex-Employee Charged with ID Theft on Bank AccountsPolice said one of the accounts used belonged to the woman's deceased relative.A former Commerce Bank employee was charged May 31 with two counts of identity theft. ...read full article June 18, 2012 Crack down on SLO County identity theft ringsThe San Luis Obispo County operators of two high-tech bank scam operations that ripped off hundreds of Chase Bank customers over the last three years are winding their way through the court system as the result of a crackdown by Attorney General Kamala Harris’ newly created eCrime Unit, according to a press release. ...read full article June 18, 2012 Five charged with ID theftFive men were charged Friday with multiple counts of identity theft after they allegedly used re-encoded credit cards to buy and resell gas for profit, police said. ...read full article June 18, 2012 Scammers indicted for identity theft and real estate fraudAccording to a FBI press release three Southern California men have been indicted for identity theft and running real estate scams. The men were arrested on June 14 after a grand jury decision to proceed with prosecution. ...read full article June 18, 2012 3 Indicted In $10M Short Sale, Identity Theft ScamsLOS ANGELES (CBS) — Federal authorities say three Southern California men have been indicted for allegedly running a scam involving short sales that caused more than $10 million in losses. ...read full article June 18, 2012 Cromwell man charged with identity theftCROMWELL – A 38-year-old Cromwell man has been arrested and charged with looting an elderly woman’s bank account to pay his everyday personal bills. ...read full article June 18, 2012 Alleged International Credit Card Trafficker “Badb” Extradited from France to the United StatesWASHINGTON – Vladislav Anatolievich Horohorin, aka “BadB” of Moscow, an alleged international credit card trafficker thought to be one of the most prolific sellers of stolen credit card data, has been extradited from France to the United States to face criminal charges filed in the District of Columbia and in the Northern District of Georgia. ...read full article June 18, 2012 Man charged with workplace ID theftA Naperville man faces trial for allegedly stealing the identities of nine people from his workplace in Downers Grove, and then using some of their credit and bank debit card accounts to pay his bills and buy luxury items, including jewelry and tickets to concerts and sporting events. ...read full article June 18, 2012 Oahu entrepreneur becomes identity theft victimIf you haven't filed your taxes yet, someone else may have beaten you to the punch. ...read full article June 18, 2012 Text Messages Can Lead to Identity TheftJefferson City, Mo. –Attorney General Chris Koster today warned Missourians about recent activity by identity thieves to steal information by offering fake prizes like Walmart or Costco gift cards. ...read full article June 15, 2012 Banks: Hackers more aggressive in attacking customer accountsNetwork World - A survey of large financial institutions shows they faced more attacks by hackers to take over customer banking accounts last year than in the two previous years, and about a third of these attacks succeeded. ...read full article June 15, 2012 Pennsylvania Man Arrested on Computer Hacking ChargesWASHINGTON – Charges were unsealed this morning against a Pennsylvania man, alleging that he hacked into computer networks in Massachusetts and around the country and then sold unauthorized access to those networks. ...read full article June 15, 2012 Software Update Site For Hospital Respirators Found Riddled With MalwareUPDATE: A Web site used to distribute software updates for a wide range medical equipment, including ventilators has been blocked by Google after it was found to be riddled with malware and serving up attacks. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is looking into the compromise, Threatpost has learned. ...read full article June 15, 2012 Panetta: Urgency Needed to Defend Against Cyber AttacksThe increasing threat of cyber attacks against the nation’s computer networks requires a commensurate growth in resources dedicated to protecting them, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta told Congress. ...read full article June 15, 2012 ATM Skimmer Gets Jail TimeBank Fraud Scheme Targeted 500 AccountsA woman who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud for her role in a New England ATM skimmingcase that targeted more than 500 bank accounts has been sentenced to 45 months in prison (see ATM Skimmer Pleads Guilty). ...read full article June 15, 2012 The Wikiboat and Anonymous have leaked Defense.gov files after hackThe Wikiboat and Anonymous have attacked the Defense.gov website and have leaked some files of the website. ...read full article June 15, 2012 German police searched homes of more than 100 alleged cyber-attackers of anonymous actionFrankfurt ( hf ) - On Tuesday, officials of the Federal Criminal Police Office conducted 106 raids nationwide. The raid is part of the investigation into a hacker attack last year. On 17 December had called the cyber-collective Anonymous to a distributed denial of service attack (DDoS) on the side of the GEMA. The aim was to put the lame website. ...read full article June 15, 2012 New Grad Looking For a Job? Pentagon Contractors Post Openings For Black-Hat HackersMikko Hypponen enjoys his position as the chief research officer at the Helsinki-based security firm F-Secure. He has no intention of leaving. But lately, he’s been spending a lot of time looking at job openings. ...read full article June 15, 2012 Miley Cyrus Tumblr Tape Scam Leads to Shady Video PlayerExperts have come across a Tumblr post that advertises an adult tape featuring Miley Cyrus. The goal of this scheme is to convince unsuspecting users to install a shady-looking video player. ...read full article June 15, 2012 Tax Return Identity Theft Hotline announcedIf you think someone used your identity to file a fraudulent tax return and snatch your refund, call the new Tax Return Identity Theft Hotline. ...read full article June 14, 2012 One in 10 Children Are Victims of Identity Theft, Report Finds(NEW YORK) -- Children are increasingly becoming the preferred target of identity thieves, authorities say. ...read full article June 14, 2012 Troy woman charged in ID theft of 800 peopleFederal agents recently arrested a Troy woman on felony charges for allegedly stealing the identities of 800 people while working at an area hospital as part of a government tax fraud scheme. ...read full article June 14, 2012 Scam Text Messages Could Lead To Identity TheftJefferson City, Mo. (KMOX)– Beware of scam text messages that could affect cell phones with malware and make personal information accessible to thieves. ...read full article June 14, 2012 Woodbury man accused for third time of identity theftFor the third time in little more than a year, a Woodbury man has been charged with stealing someone's identity. ...read full article June 14, 2012 Ham Lake woman pleads guilty to bank fraud, identity theftA 25-year-old Ham Lake woman pleaded guilty June 6 in U.S. District Court in St. Paul to two felony charges for her role in a large-scale identity theft ring. ...read full article June 14, 2012 LinkedIn bolsters security while some users ignore breachAfter LinkedIn sent out millions of emails urging users to update their account information following last week's data breach that resulted in some 6.5 million compromised passwords, many of the messages were mistakenly designated as spam. ...read full article June 14, 2012 LulzSec Reborn aims to keep hacking movement aliveReal danger from federal officials who 'continue to pooh-pooh' cybercrime, police investigator saysCSO — About three months ago, following the arrests of five members of an Anonymous spinoff hacker group, an FBI official declared: "We're chopping off the head of LulzSec." ...read full article June 14, 2012 Expect A Surge In Breaches Following MySQL VulnerabilityVulnerability is so easily attacked and so prevalent that we're bound for a bump in database exposuresAn unusual password vulnerability that makes hundreds of thousands of MySQL and MariaDB databases vulnerable to simple brute-force attacks is likely to soon start a ripple effect of increased data breach activity online, security experts predict. ...read full article June 14, 2012 FTC Bares Teeth, Levies $800k Fine Against Data Brokerage FirmIn a first-of-its-kind ruling, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) told data brokerage firm Spokeo it has until tomorrow to hand over $800,000 to the Treasurer of the United States. ...read full article June 14, 2012 Alleged Lulzsec member, Ryan Cleary, indicted in U.S.Cleary, already charged in the U.K., is accused of attacking Sony Pictures and Fox EntertainmentIDG News Service - A U.S. federal grand jury has indicted Ryan Cleary, a British citizen, accusing him of orchestrating a hacking rampage last year that victimized Sony Pictures Entertainment, Fox Entertainment Group and others. ...read full article June 14, 2012 Comcast Refuses to Hand Over the Identities of Suspected PiratesComcast has asked an Illinois District Court to quash subpoenas obtained by copyright holders that want to learn the identities of individuals who allegedly download their materials from BitTorrent websites. ...read full article June 13, 2012 Oregon Woman Gets $2.1M Fraudulent Tax Refund on Debit CardOregon's Attorney General's office says a woman will be charged today with obtaining a fraudulent $2.1 million tax refund on a debit card, the biggest fraud refund case in the state's history. ...read full article June 13, 2012 Girlfriend gets 8 years for hiding 'Whitey' Bulger(CNN) -- The girlfriend of James "Whitey" Bulger was sentenced to eight years in federal prison Tuesday for identity fraud and helping the reputed mob boss avoid capture for 16 years. ...read full article June 13, 2012 2 Russians accused of ID theft for smartphone buysBATON ROUGE, LA -- Two Russian women living in New York state used fake IDs to get dozens of $500 iPhones for about $200 each in Texas, Tennessee, Arkansas and Oklahoma by taking out long-term contracts under other people's names. ...read full article June 13, 2012 IRS warns taxpayers of scamRolla, Mo. — The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is warning taxpayers to be cautious of a new, email-based phishing scam that targets Department of Defense military members, retirees and civilian employees. ...read full article June 13, 2012 Leader of Staten Island ID theft ring gets 2 to 6 years in prisonSTATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A Bulls Head man was a ringleader in a Staten Island-based gang that stole as much as $5 million from borough residents and others, including soldiers who were deployed in Afghanistan and Iraq while they were being ripped off. ...read full article June 13, 2012 Merchant information may have been stolen from Global PaymentsHackers had access to servers hosting personal information of merchant applicants, Global Payments saidIDG News Service - Hackers might have stolen the personal information of individuals who applied for a merchant account with card payment processor Global Payments. ...read full article June 13, 2012 The Importance Of Interviews In Insider InvestigationsExit interviews speed up investigations, prove intent, and cover your legal basesWhether it is an exit interview upon termination or resignation, or just a simple question-and-answer session during an investigation, employee interviews are critical to handling insider incidents, IT forensics experts say. ...read full article June 13, 2012 Attacks Targeting US Defense Contractors and Universities Tied to ChinaResearchers have identified an ongoing series of attacks, possibly emanating from China, that are targeting a number of high-profile organizations, including SCADA security companies, universities and defense contractors. The attacks are using highly customized malicious files to entice targeted users into opening them and starting the compromise. ...read full article June 13, 2012 James Bond-style malware targets firm that secures industrial systemsMalicious e-mail tries to siphon data related to US critical infrastructure.To get a sense of just how advanced some malware-based espionage campaigns have become, consider one recently perpetrated against Digital Bond, a security consultancy that specializes in safeguarding computer systems used to control dams, gasoline refineries, and other critical infrastructure against attack. ...read full article June 13, 2012 Study: Few Aware of Risk of Medical ID TheftNationwide Insurance consumer survey shows need to educate, take precautions to protect your credit and your healthCOLUMBUS, Ohio, Jun 13, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- While it's the fastest-growing type of identity theft, a new Nationwide Insurance survey reveals few people know what medical identity theft is or how devastating it can be to your credit and your health. ...read full article June 12, 2012 Dutch Citizen Charged With Fraud, Identity Theft in Hacking CaseA 21-year-old Dutch citizen has been charged with allegedly selling credit card numbers collected from Boeing's employee credit union and stealing card numbers from other illegal online data markets. ...read full article June 12, 2012 ID thefts paid for cell scamFederal agents: Two women had 81 cellphones, 27 IDsTwo Russian nationals took a road trip through four Southern states, using other people’s identification to purchase discounted smartphones under long-term wireless contracts, federal officials alleged Monday in Baton Rouge. ...read full article June 12, 2012 Va man sentenced to more than 6 years in federal prison for identity, benefits theftNORFOLK, Va. — A Norfolk man has been sentenced to more than six years in prison for using another man's identity to obtain federal government benefits. ...read full article June 12, 2012 Robbery Victim Now Fighting Identity TheftLocal man survives ATM armed robbery, says he's a victim againSPARTANBURG, S.C. -- Struggling to recover, a local man survived an armed robbery at a bank ATM, and now he says he's a victim again. This time he's fighting to pay his bills and prove his identity. ...read full article June 12, 2012 LinkedIn Claims Vulnerable Passwords Have Been DisabledBusiness social network LinkedIn issued more information and advice to its users over the weekend, in the wake of a massive cyber attack in which 6.5 million passwords were stolen. ...read full article June 12, 2012 Six-Member Identity Theft Ring Sentenced in UKRingleader Jason Place was sentenced to six years and nine months in prison.Six men were recently sentenced at the UK's Southwark Crown Court for their involvement in the "design, production and sale of fake identities and the management of online forums where clients were coached in how to commit fraud," according to London's Metropolitan Police Service. ...read full article June 12, 2012 LifeLock General Counsel Confronts Challenges By Going BigAfter Clarissa Cerda accepted the general counsel position at LifeLock, Inc., she did something a little unusual: she attacked the company’s biggest problems by teaming up with her boss. The Phoenix-based identity theft protection company was facing 14 class-action suits, and a competitor lawsuit, on top of an ongoing government inquiry. There were times when Cerda, already a veteran GC, joked with the company’s chief executive that she didn’t know if she’d been hired just in the nick of time or a day too late. ...read full article June 12, 2012 Identity thieves reach into local accountsApproximately 15 million U.S. residents have their identities used fraudulently each year with financial losses totaling about $50 billion, according to the Bureau of Justice statistics. The bureau's data suggests about 7 percent of all adults have their identities misused with each instance resulting in about $3,500 in losses and Greene County residents have fallen victim to identity theft as well ...read full article June 12, 2012 Tumblr Users Should Beware of Cookie ThievesTwo researchers say they've found a security hole in Tumblr, one of the most popular sites on the Internet, that could steal users' authentication cookies to break into their accounts. ...read full article June 12, 2012 'Conclusive' Link Found Between Stuxnet And FlameResearchers say Flame predates Stuxnet and shares some source code with first-generation version of StuxnetA new twist in the mystery that is Stuxnet/Duqu/Flame: Researchers now say Flame came first and has direct ties to Stuxnet, the targeted attack reportedly launched by the U.S. and Israel against an Iranian nuclear facility. ...read full article June 12, 2012 Building a Culture That Values PrivacyA Three-Step Approach to Managing ChangeA successful effort to build a corporate culture that values privacy should be built on ideas that come from the rank-and-file staff in all departments, not just upper management, says Jan Hillier, a specialist in managing change. ...read full article June 12, 2012 Emails from “Amazon.com” Fool Users into Visiting Malware-Serving SitesWe’ve recently reported that Amazon has started warning its customers after they’ve identified a large number of malicious emails that relied on the company’s name and reputation. Today, GFI experts provide a sample email that’s making the rounds, attempting to lure users onto compromised websites. ...read full article June 12, 2012 Passwords pillaged from League of Legends wand-strokersEuro gamers' very private jewels sniffed by hackersPasswords, email addresses, dates of birth and other sensitive data have been plundered from the player databases of fantasy strategy game League of Legends. ...read full article June 11, 2012 Multimillion-pound cyberfraud gang jailed for selling identity theft kitsConfidential Access's 'platinum' products cost £5,500 and came complete with instructions on how to defraud companiesMembers of a gang who provided fake identities and documents to thousands of customers have been jailed following a two-and-a-half-year investigation into their multimillion-pound operation. ...read full article June 11, 2012 Two Suspects Arrested On Charges Of ID TheftA man and a woman were arrested Thursday on charges of identity theft and other theft charges after allegedly stealing a purse from a worker at a Hermiston doctor's office. ...read full article June 11, 2012 ID-theft victim regrets errorFARMINGTON — If Kelsey Ross had put a lock on her Social Security number after a burglary in November, she could have been in the market to buy a house this summer. ...read full article June 11, 2012 UK cops hunt for thousands who bought identity fraud 'packages' onlineLONDON -- An extensive search is underway in the UK for thousands of individuals who used an online service that helped people commit identity theft and mortgage fraud. ...read full article June 11, 2012 2 men sentenced for ID theft, to be deportedTwo men have been sentenced to federal prison terms for conspiracy to commit identity theft and sale of fraudulent Social Security cards. ...read full article June 11, 2012 Trappe Man Struck By Identity TheftA 60-year-old Trappe man was victimized by identity theft last month, Pennsylvania State Police said Friday. ...read full article June 11, 2012 Another Case of Identity Theft in WestlakeA Wakefield Lane couple is dealing with the mess that identity theft creates. ...read full article June 11, 2012 Police: Woman arrested near Walmart had fake I.D.Two women were arrested Friday night near the Walmart in American Canyon, one for alleged possession of stolen property and one on suspicion of identity theft, police said. ...read full article June 11, 2012 Police: Man impersonated physician on phone to pharmacyNEW HARTFORD, N.Y. (WKTV) - New Hartford Police arrested a Utica man after he allegedly called a pharmacy, impersonating a local physician, to prescribe and obtain medicine. ...read full article June 11, 2012 Survey Shows 85 Percent of Small Business Owners Convinced a Data Breach UnlikelyIf a newly released survey is any indication, publicized data breaches aren't enough to prompt small businesses to better protect their customer or employee data. ...read full article June 8, 2012 “t0pp8uzz” and “GM” Sentenced to Jail for Running Fraud WebsiteJay Moore, known by his online moniker as t0pp8uzz, and his accomplice Damian Horne, aka GM, have been sentenced to jail after investigators accused them of running a fraud website worth an estimate of £26.9 million ($41 million or 33.2 million EUR). ...read full article June 8, 2012 UK court requires Facebook to hand over troll identitiesIn the first case of its kind in the United Kingdom, a woman has won the approval of courts to force social networking giant to reveal the identities of cyberbullies who allegedly incited a hate campaign against her. ...read full article June 8, 2012 How Charles Dickens helped crack your LinkedIn passwordResearchers are using words from classic novels to crack the LinkedIn password hashesIDG News Service - Kevin Young, a computer security expert who studies passwords, is nearly at a loss for words. Literally. ...read full article June 8, 2012 Report: North Korea Accused Of DDoS Attack On South Korean AirportNorth Korean agents have been linked to a malware attack on a South Korea's Incheon International Airport, according to a report from the JoongAng Daily, a South Korean paper. ...read full article June 8, 2012 FTC Highlights P-to-P Network Risks2 Settlements in Cases That Exposed Data on 100,000The Federal Trade Commission has reached settlement agreements with a debt collector and an automobile dealership charged with exposing sensitive consumer information on peer-to-peer file-sharing networks. ...read full article June 8, 2012 Flame: Developed by Expert Cryptographers, Comes with “Suicide” SwitchThere are a couple of new reports about the now-infamous Flame that we thought of sharing with our readers. One group of researchers has stated that the malware may have been developed by world-class experts, while Symantec has revealed that the threat comes with a “suicide” functionality. ...read full article June 8, 2012 Last.fm Confirms They Were Hacked, Change Your Passwords NowAfter this week’s LinkedIn fiasco, it appears the latest tech giant to fall to bored hackers is Last.fm. Music-streaming website Last.fm is the latest organisation to urge its users to change their passwords immediately. ...read full article June 8, 2012 Mobile devices bring cloud storage -- and security risks -- to workCorporate policies alone won't address the use of cloud storage services by employeesComputerworld - Dropbox made headlines this week when Gawker.com was the first to report that an unnamed hacker broke into Mitt Romney's hotmail account with the same password used for a Dropbox account also associated with the GOP presidential candidate. ...read full article June 8, 2012 Cybercrime 'much bigger than al Qaeda'Security experts confirm concern outlined by DHS Secretary in recent speechJune 07, 2012 — CSO — It is unlikely that Americans will ever again see commercial jets crashing into skyscrapers, piloted by terrorists. But Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano believes that malicious computer code generated by groups like al Qaeda are just as big a threat to the security and stability of the nation. ...read full article June 8, 2012 Suspect in ID theft case sentencedThe final suspect in custody following a federal investigation into an identity theft ring that allegedly served the Hattiesburg and Laurel area was sentenced to five years in prison. ...read full article June 8, 2012 Man gets prison for posing as SEAL in ID theft caseA former sailor who posed as a SEAL chief to persuade other sailors to turn over their personal information was sentenced Wednesday to a little more than seven years in prison for bilking a credit union out of nearly $182,000. ...read full article June 8, 2012 Ham Lake woman pleads guilty to bank fraud, identity theftA 25-year-old Ham Lake woman pleaded guilty June 6 in U.S. District Court in St. Paul to two felony charges for her role in a large-scale identity theft ring. ...read full article June 8, 2012 Scarsdale Police Arrest Two On ID Theft, Grand Larceny ChargesSPD arrested a Mount Vernon woman and Bronx man yesterdayScarsdale Police detectives have had a busy week. SPD arrested a Bronx man and a Mount Vernon woman yesterday on charges of identity theft and grand larceny, after the two attempted to fraudulently withdraw money from a Chase Bank in Scarsdale. ...read full article June 8, 2012 Arrests made in thefts from online bank accountsFourteen people were indicted in an alleged cyber bank fraud scheme that took money from the accounts of Bank of America customersStealing victims’ identities was the first step toward pilfering from their online banking accounts, according to a cyber bank fraud indictment announced Thursday. ...read full article June 8, 2012 Son Turns in Feasterville Dad for Identity TheftA Lower Southampton man is facing identity theft charges following his son telling police that he was using a stolen identity to avoid legal problems in Virginia. ...read full article June 8, 2012 Richmond woman charged with Social Security fraud, identity theftA Richmond woman was indicted Thursday on charges of using another person's Social Security number, adding to charges she already faces, including tax evasion and bank fraud. ...read full article June 8, 2012 ID theft sting nabs state employeeALBANY - An employee of the New York State Office of Children and Family Services is accused of selling personal information to an outside person. ...read full article June 8, 2012 Police flush ID theft schemeBRANDON -- Deputies have made two arrests in what they said is a stolen identities scheme that wound its way from South Florida to Hillsborough County. ...read full article June 7, 2012 Phantom Debt Collectors From India Harass Americans, Demand MoneyHundreds of thousands of cash-strapped Americans have been targeted by abusive debt collectors operating out of overseas call centers suspected of links to organized crime in India, law enforcement officials told ABC News. ...read full article June 7, 2012 Microsoft's reaction to Flame shows seriousness of 'Holy Grail' hackCompany's fast, sweeping response proves how critical it considers Windows UpdateComputerworld - The exploit of Microsoft's Windows Update system by the sophisticated Flame cyber espionage malware was a "significant" event in the history of Windows hacking, experts said today. ...read full article June 7, 2012 Like LinkedIn, eHarmony is hacked; 1.5 million passwords stolenEHarmony, the popular online dating site, was the target of a password hacking attack that resulted in 1.5 million stolen passwords, most of which have been cracked. ...read full article June 7, 2012 LinkedIn Confirms Password BreachNearly 6.5 Million May Have Been CompromisedLinkedIn has confirmed that a breach of its network compromised passwords connected to accounts. While LinkedIn has not yet confirmed how many passwords were affected, some reports estimate nearly 6.5 million could have been compromised. ...read full article June 7, 2012 Survey Shows Consumers Still Openly Risking ID TheftA new survey conducted by a credit card comparison Web site indicates consumers continue to be lax when it comes to guarding against identity theft. ...read full article June 7, 2012 CloudFlare Details How AT&T Systems Were Bypassed by HackersA few days ago we reported that CloudFlare representatives reached the conclusion that UGNazi hackers managed to breach their systems by first compromising AT&T. Today, the company’s CEO Matthew Prince has returned with additional details. ...read full article June 7, 2012 Siemens Enhances Security In Post-Stuxnet SCADA WorldFirewall, VPN features now embedded in some products as Siemens gradually beefs up its security strategyStuxnet was not only bad news for Iran, but also for Siemens, whose process control systems were targeted in the attack that disrupted a nuclear facility in Iran. Since then, Siemens has quietly made several security moves in the wake of Stuxnet's discovery two years ago -- most recently, new industrial control products that come with built-in security features. ...read full article June 6, 2012 6.5 Million Alleged LinkedIn Password Hashes Dumped OnlineA 271-megabyte file containing hashes was published on a Russian forum a couple of days ago. The data allegedly represents encrypted passwords that belong to LinkedIn customers.According to a Norwegian publication, dangensit.no, a total of 6.5 million LinkedIn password hashes are in the file. ...read full article June 6, 2012 Indian ISPs targeted in Anonymous censorship protestTheir websites have been attacked as blocks on some file-sharing sites continueIDG News Service - The websites of Indian government-run communications company Mahanagar Telephone Nigam and the Internet Service Providers Association of India faced DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks from Anonymous on Wednesday as some Internet service providers continue to block file-sharing websites following a court order. ...read full article June 6, 2012 Hacker Says He Accessed Pair Of Presidential Hopeful Romney's Online AccountsBreach suggests Mitt Romney--or his aides--used same password across multiple Web services ...read full article June 6, 2012 Google starts warning users of state-sponsored computer attacksUsers targeted by government-involved campaigns may see advisory bannersGoogle unveiled a service that automatically displays a warning to users who may be the target of state-sponsored phishing or malware attacks. ...read full article June 6, 2012 Identity theft victim fights to clear his name after deadly crashFORT WORTH, TX - A Texas man is trying to clear his name after his identity was stolen. ...read full article June 6, 2012 Two indicted for ID theft, tax fraudEdwin Bonannee, Sabrina Balkman-Bradwell are accusedA 32-year-old Hollywood man is one of two people indicted for identity theft in a tax fraud scheme, according to U.S Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer. ...read full article June 6, 2012 Suspect sentenced in identity theft caseOnly one suspect remains to be sentenced following the arrest of 10 in a federal investigation of an identity theft ring in Laurel last year. ...read full article June 6, 2012 Woodbury man accused of stealing co-worker's identityWashington County prosecutors allege a Woodbury man convicted last year of identity theft was back at it again this year.Washington County prosecutors allege a Woodbury man convicted last year of identity theft was back at it again this year. ...read full article June 6, 2012 Bronx man arrested after stealing Darien identitiesA FedEx driver's vigilance helped Darien Police arrest a Bronx man who tried to buy nearly $7,000 worth of computers after stealing identities from at least two Darien residents. ...read full article June 6, 2012 Urbana woman charged with aggravated ID theftURBANA — An Urbana woman who allegedly stole the identity of an elderly Champaign County Nursing Home resident to pay two bills has been charged with aggravated financial identity theft. ...read full article June 6, 2012 Empowering the IRS in Combating Identity TheftThe National Taxpayer Advocate, Nina Olsen says the main reason people go to her office is to seek help because their identities have been stolen. Identity theft is a growing crime that results in stolen tax refunds and fraudulent tax claims. In response, the IRS has taken steps to curb the menace. Out of the approximately 100 million tax returns the IRS processes each year, the agency has detected 940,000 fraudulent tax returns in 2010 and avoided paying out $6.5 billion to suspected identity thieves. ...read full article June 6, 2012 ID Theft in Backyard of Texas Attorney GeneralLAREDO, Texas (CN) - An identity thief who used her position in the Texas Attorney General's Office to claim other people's tax refunds will serve 2 1/2 years prison. ...read full article June 6, 2012 Anonymous Again Crusading Against Child PornographyMembers of the hactivist collective Anonymous resurfaced this week with a new campaign to expose suspected pedophiles on Twitter and get the site and its users to help root out other accounts linked to child pornography. ...read full article June 6, 2012 New Bern man pleads guilty to ID theft schemeRaleigh, N.C. — A New Bern man pleaded guilty Monday to stealing the identities of dozens of people and filing fraudulent tax returns in their names to obtain refunds, authorities said. ...read full article June 5, 2012 Financial Documents Found In Bank Trash BinOildale Woman Victim Of Identity TheftOILDALE, Calif. -- A family contacted 23 ABC after they said a local bank did not shred documents appropriately and that led to identity theft. ...read full article June 5, 2012 Commission candidate faced ID theft charge in 2008Linda K. Armstrong, a candidate for the Shawnee County Commission, said Monday that her having received diversion on an identity theft charge filed in 2008 “is a moot point, because it’s not a conviction.” ...read full article June 5, 2012 Police: Man working in Cinnaminson using woman's identityCINNAMINSON — A man from Cherry Hill who is an undocumented immigrant was working in the township by using a woman’s identity, police said Friday. ...read full article June 5, 2012 Police search for man who stole $10,000 in Carlisle area identity theft caseA suspect in an identity theft stole nearly $10,000 from a Carlisle man in May, according to state police at Carlisle. ...read full article June 5, 2012 Police say woman used fake ID at Sears store in MeridenMERIDEN — A Bronx woman faces charges after police say she tried to purchase $2,200 worth of merchandise from the Sears store at Westfield Meriden mall using stolen information. ...read full article June 5, 2012 Manteca man sentenced for ID theft and fraudSACRAMENTO - A Manteca man found guilty of defrauding more than 50 individuals, banks and financial institutions by using victims' personal information to obtain credit cards and make phony driver's licenses was sentenced in Sacramento federal court. ...read full article June 5, 2012 Stockton Man Sentenced to Nearly 5 Years for Identity Theft(Source: FBI) - SACRAMENTO, CA—Michael Garcia, 39, of Stockton, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. to 57 months in prison for fraud in connection with computers and in connection with an access device, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. ...read full article June 5, 2012 Dominican national used personal ID of dead man for decade, feds sayA Dominican national who has been living in Winter Springs was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison Friday for aggravated identity theft and making a false statement on a passport application. ...read full article June 5, 2012 Plea agreement filed in identity theft caseA sentencing date has been set for a Linden woman accused of using another woman’s identity to establish utility and credit card accounts. ...read full article June 5, 2012 Restaurant Chain Reports Card BreachMethod of Attack, Which Affected 43 Sites, Is UnclearPenn Station Inc. has confirmed that 43 of its 235 U.S. restaurants may have been affected by a payments breach that exposed credit and debit details. ...read full article June 5, 2012 State of California Site Hacked, Sensitive Data LeakedAfter breaching the State of Rhode Island website yesterday, today The Unknowns return with another target from the same category. This time the victim is the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, a subdomain hosted on ca.gov. ...read full article June 5, 2012 SwaggSec claims China Telecom data breachHacktivists not happy with China 'screwin with the Pentagon'Hacktivist group SwaggSec is claiming the scalps of China Telecom and Warner Brothers after apparently taking advantage of poor security to infiltrate their networks and steal a sizeable booty of sensitive data. ...read full article June 5, 2012 Famed 'credit zombie' resurrected, with lessons for anyone with a SSNJudy Rivers isn't dead after all. And, as anyone who's had a maddening run-in with the nation's credit system would agree, her "resurrection" is miraculous. ...read full article June 4, 2012 Experian Data Breach Resolution and Ponemon Institute study indicates consumer confusion following a data breachNew survey reveals 72 percent of respondents were disappointed in the way they were notified of a data breachCOSTA MESA, Calif., June 4, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- A business's ability to protect personal information and communicate the circumstances of a data breach can impact customer loyalty and an organization's trustworthiness and reputation, according to a recent study by Experian Data Breach Resolution and the Ponemon Institute. In fact, according to more than 700 survey respondents, 72 percent of people who received notification of a data breach were dissatisfied with the communication and often felt the need for more information. ...read full article June 4, 2012 Bend Man Charged With Theft From Elderly VictimBEND, Ore. -- A 56-year-old Bend man was arrested Friday on more than 100 theft, ID theft and fraud charges, accused of stealing over $180,000 from an 83-year-old Bend resident over the past six months, police said Saturday. ...read full article June 4, 2012 BHPD Chief Alleged Victim of Identity TheftDavid Snowden's personal information was allegedly stolen in an effort to shut off the electricity at his homeBeverly Hills Police Department Chief David Snowden is one of the alleged victims named in the case against Steven Grant Almeida, who pleaded not guilty Friday to charges that he stole the identities of people in the local justice system and used their personal identifying information to try to shut off the electricity at their homes. ...read full article June 4, 2012 Federal blunders enable ID theftTAMPA -- Thousands of names, Social Security numbers and birth dates accidentally are released to the public every year by the U.S. government. ...read full article June 4, 2012 Offices need to lock up IDs to prevent theftWith South Florida leading the nation in identity theft, companies especially need to safeguard employees' and clients' personal information from being taken by dishonest co-workers. ...read full article June 4, 2012 Utah CTO steps down following data breachComputerworld - The executive director of Utah's Department of Technology Services has resigned over a data breach that exposed the Social Security numbers and other personal data of about 280,000 Medicaid recipients. ...read full article June 4, 2012 Thrift Savings Plan Notifies Customers of Breach 10 Months After the IncidentData breaches have become more and more common in the past few years and if most companies are capable of handling the effects of such incidents, there are some that appear to be failing at the task. Such is the case of the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP), which alerted customers only 10 months after hackers gained unauthorized access to their systems. ...read full article June 4, 2012 Five Sentenced for Their Roles in Stolen Identity Refund Fraud SchemeFahim Suleiman and Muuad Salem were sentenced to prison today by U.S. District Court Judge James S. Gwin in connection with their roles as co-conspirators in a scheme to defraud the United States by obtaining false and fraudulent U.S. Treasury tax refund checks, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. According to documents filed with the court, the two participated in a conspiracy with others to file false United States income tax returns using personal identifying information, including names and Social Security numbers, of deceased taxpayers in order to obtain false tax refund checks that were subsequently sold and negotiated. Suleiman was sentenced to 64 months in prison, including a 24 month mandatory minimum sentence for aggravated identity theft. Salem was sentenced to 27 months in prison. ...read full article June 4, 2012 Companies See Business In 'Doxing' The AdversaryIt's not a malware problem -- it's an adversary problem: More security firms are focusing on the people behind the keyboards in order to stymie attacks ...read full article June 4, 2012 Microsoft certificate used to sign Flame malware, issues warningSummary: Microsoft has issued a security advisory warning and a high-priority update after parts of the Flame malware were signed with Microsoft-issued certificates. ...read full article June 4, 2012 Small banking Trojan poses major riskSecurity researchers have discovered a tiny, but highly capable banking Trojan. ...read full article June 4, 2012 'Spy' contacted defense firms / Police plan to investigate, question those courted by diplomatA Chinese diplomat allegedly engaged in espionage contacted officials at several defense companies while he was in Japan, according to investigative sources. ...read full article June 4, 2012 'SwaggSec' claims hack of China Telecom, Warner Bros.The alleged data haul includes internal documents and administrator login credentialsIDG News Service - A hacking group is claiming to have breached the networks of Warner Bros. and China Telecom, releasing documents and publishing login credentials. ...read full article June 4, 2012 Malicious PowerPoint Presentations Exploit Flash Vulnerability to Drop BackdoorIt’s not uncommon for internauts to come across shady-looking emails that bear .exe, .zip, or .pdf files which hide some sort of malicious plot. However, it’s rather unusual to find a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation that embeds a Flash file which hides an exploit. ...read full article June 1, 2012 IRS Aims High to Crack Down on Identity TheftThe IRS is ramping up its efforts to crack down on personal identity thefts involving illegally procured tax return information. ...read full article June 1, 2012 Four Arrested in Federal Identity Theft Investigation(Source: Richmond County Daily Journal, Rockingham, N.C. (MCT) — Four people have pleaded guilty in connection to identity theft charges after a joint federal investigation by the United States Secret Service and the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office. ...read full article June 1, 2012 Fort Bragg police: Two boys posing as officers in ID theft scamUkiah Daily Journal -- Two teenaged boys are possibly going door-to-door in Fort Bragg posing as police officers who are investigating identity theft to get personal information, according to the Fort Bragg Police Department. ...read full article June 1, 2012 Philly Woman Charged with Credit Card, Identity Theft in Toms RiverA Philadelphia woman is charged with credit card theft and identity theft, in incidents within Monmouth and Ocean counties, police said. ...read full article June 1, 2012 Hackers Not Attracted to Small Businesses? FalseSmall business owners may think the size of their company precludes them from being targets of identity theft, not realizing they are more at risk than the larger companies. ...read full article June 1, 2012 Tenafly man sentenced for role in bank fraud ringA Tenafly man, described as an essential cog in a scheme to build up credit scores for a Bergen County identity theft and bank fraud ring that catered to Koreans, was sentenced Thursday to two years in federal prison. ...read full article May 31, 2012 Suspect in multi-state ID theft ring in custody in MilfordMILFORD — Police from several states are investigating an elaborate identity theft ring in which suspects are stealing drivers’ licenses and attempting to withdraw large sums of cash from banks. ...read full article May 31, 2012 FL Woman Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud & Identity Theft(Source: FBI) - TAMPA—Arswaya Ralph (33, Riverview) pled guilty today to filing a false claim with the Internal Revenue Service and identity theft. She faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison for the false claim charge and 15 years in federal prison for the identity theft charge. ...read full article May 31, 2012 St. Paul man pleads guilty in $2M ID theft ringA St. Paul man has admitted to being part of group from the Twin Cities whose identity-theft, bank-fraud and money-laundering activities covered more than a dozen states and earned the suspects at least $2 million. ...read full article May 31, 2012 2nd Fla. man in ID theft scheme sentenced in Conn.HARTFORD, Conn. -- A federal judge in Connecticut has sentenced a Florida man to 22 years in prison for participating in what authorities say was a multi-state identity theft scheme in which he and another man targeted purses in cars. ...read full article May 31, 2012 Tips on Preventing Tax-Refund Identity TheftThe New York Times recently wrote about increasing tax refund identity fraud. That’s when a thief uses your name, Social Security number and birth date to file a fake tax return with fabricated income and tax-withholding data to collect an improper refund — often, on an easy-to-use prepaid debit card, sent to a specially chosen address. ...read full article May 31, 2012 ID thief gets at least three years for putting skimming devices, cameras on ATMsA Bulgarian national will spend at least three years in prison for a technically clever identity theft in which he affixed skimming devices and cameras to Chase ATMS in Union Square and Astor Place last year. ...read full article May 30, 2012 Serco: 'Sophisticated' Attack On U.S. Govt. Pension Plan Nets Info On 123kSerco Inc., a well-known contractor working with the U.S. government, announced that it was the target of a sophisticated attack that exposed data on 123,000 civil employees of the Federal government and their families, including names, addresses and social security numbers taken from the company’s system. ...read full article May 30, 2012 Romanian authorities dismantle hacker group targeting government websitesRomania's organized crime prosecutors detained 12 individuals suspected of hacking into official websitesIDG News Service - Twelve individuals were detained by Romanian authorities on Tuesday, suspected of being members of a cybercriminal group that hacked into the websites of various Romanian and foreign public institutions and government agencies. ...read full article May 30, 2012 Flame Cyber Attack: Israel Behind Largest Cyber Spy Weapon Ever?A top Israeli official hinted today that his country could be behind the most sophisticated cyber espionage program ever developed, known as Flame, which infiltrated and has spied on computer systems throughout the Middle East, including those in Iran, for the past two years. ...read full article May 30, 2012 Hospital agrees to pay $750,000 over data breach allegationsA Massachusetts hospital has agreed to settle in court to the sum of $750,000 over allegations concerning its failure to protect sensitive patient data. ...read full article May 30, 2012 New Jersey mayor, son, arrested on charges they nuked recall websiteThe father and son used a low tech hack—password recovery—to take down the site.The mayor of a small New Jersey hamlet has been arrested, along with his son, on federal charges that they shut down a website advocating the mayor's recall after breaking into the online accounts of political foes. ...read full article May 29, 2012 Click here to find out more! By Agency staff Comments 29 May 2012 02:00 Jailed for five years: £800,000 fraudster who faked his death... but left fingerprints on his own cremation certificateHis plan began to unravel when ex-employers HMV called police with concerns about a life insurance policy they'd paid outA man who faked his death and started a new life in Australia so his wife could cash in a life insurance policy and write off debts has been jailed for five years. ...read full article May 29, 2012 Dentist indicted on prescription, fraud charges; Identity theft also among allegationsAn Oakton dentist has been indicted on charges of illegally distributing prescription pills to patients, professionals and paramours over the past five years and also assuming another dentist's identity to bill more than $160,000 in claims for work he performed on his family. ...read full article May 29, 2012 Man indicted for wire fraud, identity theft in scheme involving PayPal accountsNEW ORLEANS — A man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for one count of wire fraud and one count of identity theft, according to U.S. Attorney Jim Letten. ...read full article May 29, 2012 Identity theft scam bustedThree Mississauga residents are facing numerous charges in connection with an alleged identity theft scam, through which victims in Oakville, Mississauga, Brampton and other GTA cities lost thousands of dollars. ...read full article May 29, 2012 Print Email Font Resize Alleged ID theft ring dismantled after routine traffic stop in Diamond BarDIAMOND BAR - Five people were charged with 19 felony counts of identity theft and counterfeiting Friday after a routine traffic stop in Diamond Bar earlier in the week led to their arrests, authorities said. ...read full article May 29, 2012 Rent scam results in identity theft for North mumA Whangarei mum thought she had escaped being duped in a rental property scam but 15 months later realises she's become a victim of identity theft. ...read full article May 29, 2012 Linden job-seekers duped in ID-theft scamDozens of Linden-area residents who thought they were applying for work might end up with a full-time “job” they didn’t seek and certainly don’t want: retrieving and repairing their financial identities. ...read full article May 29, 2012 Man faces sentencing for ID theft schemeHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Florida man faces sentencing for participating in what federal authorities say was an extensive identity theft scheme in which he and another man targeted purses in cars. ...read full article May 29, 2012 Port Barre residents victims of identity theftThe Port Barre Police Department has received two separate complaints from elderly citizens who say they received a phone call from a man claiming to be representative of a sweepstakes company. The incidents are a reminder for citizens to be wary of identify thieves. ...read full article May 29, 2012 Car theft ring also involved in identity theftAs a border town, San Diego has always been plagued by auto theft. Many cars are resold in Mexico or chopped up for parts that end up throughout the country. Last year the San Diego Regional Auto Theft Task Force (RATT) launched “Operation Last Judgment” along with the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (ABF) and the San Diego Police Department Gang Unit as a response to increasing concerns. ...read full article May 29, 2012 Identity thieves targeting travelersDENVER - Earlier this week representatives from Lifelock Identity Theft Prevention services made a stop in Colorado. ...read full article May 29, 2012 Could business ID theft put you out of business?Washington, DC - Identity theft hits millions of Americans each year. What many business executives don’t know is that ID thieves are using a variation on the crime to prey on legitimate companies. ...read full article May 29, 2012 N.J. Senate to vote on bill aimed at stopping ID theft via copiersTRENTON — A bill aimed at preventing identity theft through digital copy machines used in banks, doctors' offices and other businesses is headed to the New Jersey Senate. ...read full article May 29, 2012 Village Warns Residents of Identity Thieves and Jury Duty ScamsThreat has been reported in 11 states and involves a caller asking for personal information after stating you missed jury duty.The village of Buffalo Grove recently sent out a bulletin warning residents of yet another type of identity theft threat; the jury duty scam. ...read full article May 25, 2012 Texas man gets 20 years in prison for trying to give al-Qaida drone, GPS documentsHOUSTON — A Texas man convicted of trying to sneak out of the U.S. to give al-Qaida restricted military documents, GPS equipment and money was sentenced on Thursday to 20 years in prison — the maximum punishment he could receive. ...read full article May 25, 2012 Arrest made in Facebook identity theft caseJOHNSTON COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) -- A Johnston County mother said she's been living a nightmare after her Facebook identity was stolen and used against her in a child custody dispute. ...read full article May 25, 2012 Unidentified man found guilty of identity theft and fraud involving Mayport Naval Station and JAXPORTJACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- An individual who can only be identified as John Doe has been found guilty of seven counts of aggravated identity theft, six counts of falsely representing a social security number, and one count of passport fraud, according to U.S. Attorney Robert E. O'Neill. ...read full article May 25, 2012 Data Breach and Identity Fraud: How to Proactively Mitigate Fraud LossThe growth of online shopping increased risks associated with consumer identity theft and fraud. These concerns escalated in the early 2000s with some high profile “break-ins.” Today, identity fraud has reached a new level of concern. Consumers no longer speculate whether or not they will become a victim of identity fraud, but rather when and how often their personal information will be obtained and used fraudulently. ...read full article May 25, 2012 China arrests suspects as ID theft crackdown continuesBeijing authorities have arrested 160 individuals on charges of stealing personal information, according to the Chinese news site Sina. ...read full article May 25, 2012 Whiting Man Indicted on Identity Theft ChargesA Whiting man faces charges accusing him of impersonating another man in order to take out two credit cards that he used to buy goods. ...read full article May 25, 2012 Identity theft cases in the Rochester region reached 683Finger Lakes, N.Y. — In 2011, the U. S. Federal Trade Commission fielded 4,162 instances of fraud and other consumer complaints from the Rochester region. In addition, last year the FTC also received 683 reported cases of identity theft from the Rochester area. ...read full article May 25, 2012 Westborough woman charged with identity theftFRAMINGHAM — A Westborough woman stole the identity of her former employer and ran up thousands of dollars in unpaid credit card bills and rent, a prosecutor said yesterday in Framingham District Court. ...read full article May 25, 2012 California Woman Indicted for Allegedly Impersonating a Congressional AideWASHINGTON – An Atwater, Calif., woman was charged today in a one-count indictment filed in the Eastern District of California for impersonation of an officer or an employee of the United States, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. |
