Tag Archives: identity theft

Kevin Bollaert gets 18 years in prison for revenge porn site extortion

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USA Today is reporting that Kevin Bollaert, a San Diego man who operated a "revenge porn" site, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for 21 counts of identity theft and 6 counts of extortion.The...

Data breach exposes 4.5 million patients information to Chinese hackers

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Information was released today that 4.5 million Community Health Services patients’ data over the past five years was breached in April and June by Chinese hackers.The company serves rural hospitals...

New States Study Data Breach Involving Experian Unit

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US states of Iowa and North Carolina have joined other states studying a subsidiary of consumer credit history provider Experian Plc, over a data breach that exposed the social security numbers of...

Identity theft tops the FTC’s fraud complaint list again

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As the digital age continues to grow at a blinding speed, threats over the Internet are also on the rise. According to a new report published by the Federal Trade Commission, identity theft is still...

Could Your Organization Fall Victim To Phishing? 5 Tips For Reducing The Risk

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A decade after the first appearance of “phishing” (the practice of infiltrating or infecting a network by sending emails disguised to look like ordinary mail from a co-worker or familiar organization...

SANS Institute Report on Cyberthreat To Healthcare Industry

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In light of last weeks cyber-attack on Forbes (here), the release of new cyberthreat report yesterday specifically for healthcare was both timely – and sobering. Maliciously disrupting the...

Credit Card Protection Tips

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Let’s face it. It is the age of smart money and easy communication over long distances via email and Skype. But it is precisely here that the criminal element is waiting in tow. It is ready to pounce...

Secure Your POS and Avoid a Target-Style Disaster

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An estimated 70 million consumers were affected by a data breach impacting Target’s POS systems over the holidays. For Target, this signals the beginning of a gradual rebuilding of trust between...

The Mormon Who Creates Billions of Fake Identities Every Month

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Suspicious NSA and FBI agents have contacted Jacob Allred about his websites, and Social Security Administration investigators, waving badges, have showed up at his door. Businesses have cursed him....