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Attorney General Kamala D. Harris recently presented the California Department of Justice’s new unit, purposed to investigate and prosecute technology crimes. The eCrime Unit will rely on the latest innovations to make sure the number of cyberfraud incidents will drop.
“Today's criminals increasingl... |
15 December 2011
05:12 GMT |
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At the end of November we saw how 20 supermarkets belonging to the Modesto-based Save Mart chain were discovered to host modified credit card readers that were actually set up to function as skimming devices.
As it turns out, at least 80 of their customers and employees reported compromised account data or attempts... |
8 December 2011
09:55 GMT |
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A recent security incident that involves a Massachusetts financial institution called Jeanne D’Arc Credit Union shows that it’s not necessary for hackers to be involved for data leaks to occur.
More precisely, one of their employees that left the company in December 2010, took with her some files that c... |
8 December 2011
09:22 GMT |
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A 23-year old coordinator of the Jewish Community Services of South Florida office in North Miami was arrested after an undercover police informant was offered the personal information of 30 Holocaust survivors for the sum of $1000 (€700).
According to the Miami Herald, Crystal Thorne offered a sample of five i... |
23 November 2011
03:57 GMT |
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The Wine Library website owned by Gary Vaynerchuk was affected by a data breach as a result of which their customers may be exposed to credit card fraud. It's not certain how it happened, but a letter sent to the potential victims reveals that the breach might have taken place sometime in October, TechCrunch re... |
22 November 2011
10:22 GMT |
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Lebanon Internal Medicine Associates (LIMA) patients might be exposed to identity fraud after renovation contractors disposed without permission of a server computer that was damaged by flood waters.
After being flooded with 100,000 gallons of water, the institution was forced to call in a renovation contractor to r... |
21 November 2011
03:29 GMT |
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A McDonald's employee in Oak Park stole the credit card details belonging to 100 of the establishment's customers by using a hand-held skimming device, which she used just outside the view of the victims. Detroit Free Press reports that Teresa Pulliam was discovered stealing the information after a store m... |
17 November 2011
10:03 GMT |
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A former police officer, once employed at the Clayton County Police department, sold his car but forgot to remove notebooks that were filled with information he'd gotten from victims during his investigations.
WSBTV reports that the former law enforcement officer was laid off his job after his superiors discove... |
16 November 2011
09:14 GMT |
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A 44-year old resident of Jersey City admitted to his role in a bank fraud scheme as a result of which a number of four financial institutions are counting losses that total around $1 million (€ 700,000).
For his involvement in the scheme, Syed Rehman faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and a fine ... |
12 November 2011
05:28 GMT |
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A McDonald's staff member was caught after using the credit cards of her customers in an online shopping spree to buy shoes, food, clothes and electronics.
Pjstar reveals that 23-year-old Ericka Hendon who worked at the McDonald's located in Peoria Heights was arrested after allegedly stealing 21 identitie... |
7 November 2011
05:45 GMT |
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At the end of October, Lawrence Memorial Hospital representatives learned that a large quantity of sensitive information belonging to their customers was inadvertently published on the internet by Mid Continent Credit Services.
According to 6 News Lawrence, the data was made public between September 20 and October... |
5 November 2011
06:00 GMT |
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A Maryland man could be sentenced to seven years in prison after he was caught as being the mastermind of an identity fraud operation.
The Star Democrat shows that 26-year old Jain Vivek received a list of names, social security numbers and birth dates of about 1,200 citizens from an accomplice, Amiee "Mike" Arora, ... |
4 November 2011
15:41 GMT |
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A laptop that contained social security numbers of customers was stolen from Maloney Proprieties. The data was needed to ensure eligibility for federal and state housing subsidies.
According to a letter posted on the US Attorney General's website, the company sent a notice to each one of the clients that might ... |
3 November 2011
15:31 GMT |
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The Brazilian Banks Federation warns customers that cybercriminal operations are on the rise, recent reports showing that total losses reached $460 million (322 million EUR) in just the first half of this year.
According to FICO, compared to last year, electronic criminal activities recorded a 36% increase, which me... |
3 November 2011
11:21 GMT |
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A box that contained files filled with sensitive information on the employees of a security company called Archangel was discovered at Frankfield Industrial Estate in Ireland by someone who was walking by.
The Irish Independent informs us that the Data Protection Agency (DPA) has started an investigation to determin... |
31 October 2011
09:25 GMT |
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The Walla Walla Police Department arrested a student that attended the courses of Whitman College after allegedly forging ID cards that would give him access to restricted areas.
The Pioneer informs us that Simon Van Neste was apprehended by the police after an automated alert message indicated that a staff member&#... |
31 October 2011
06:03 GMT |
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What at first seemed to be just another Indian credit card cloning case, later revealed itself to be a massive operation that made victims at tens of financial institutions from about ten countries, including Thailand, Mexico, Chile, Switzerland and the US.
According to The Times of India, on October 5 a Sri Lanka c... |
31 October 2011
04:44 GMT |
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A former manager of a Wells Fargo bank and a Best Buy clerk are charged with stealing the identities of nine people, purchasing $29,000 (20,000 EUR) worth of products.According to My Central Jersey, 21-year old Tinaud Garcon who worked at Best Buy would receive credit card information from Thomas Alexis who was emplo... |
29 October 2011
15:01 GMT |
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A 40-year-old man from Los Angeles, California, was found guilty and sentenced to jail after authorities discovered a number of 300,000 profiles in his possession, which he utilized to forge credit cards and IDs.
According to CNET, Robert Delgado was captured after a US Postal Inspector began an investigation as a ... |
27 October 2011
09:58 GMT |
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After an industrial complex in north Modesto went bankrupt, the US Environmental Protection Agency came and cleaned out all the toxic residues but no one took the time to take care of the personnel files that were lying around.
According to The Modesto Bee, initially the paperwork was stored in containers but once t... |
26 October 2011
07:22 GMT |
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Bank account phishing seems to be at an all time high, the names and reputations of many institutions being used in the latest schemes. MalwareCity discovered another hoax that replicates almost perfectly the official website of Nedbank, one of the largest banks in South Africa.It looks as the banks customers are fac... |
19 October 2011
11:15 GMT |
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The safety if your personal savings account is again put to the test by hackers who devised a fake AOL Billing Center that requires the user to supply tons of sensitive data.According to Zscaler Research, a website that offers supposedly free services links you to a place that greets you with a message about how the... |
19 October 2011
09:43 GMT |
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Because identity theft is a highly serious matter that can turn any individual into a victim, the Metropolitan Police joined forces with Fellowes Europe and others in order to stop the phenomenon that makes 4 million casualties each year in the UK alone."Stealing an identity is just the beginning for a fraudster. Wit... |
17 October 2011
07:56 GMT |
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A sophisticated cybercrime was recently uncovered by UK law enforcement officials in which a German electronics engineer was arrested for helping out an organized crime network in the process of cloning cards.The Metropolitan Police informs that Thomas Beeckmann, aged 26, was involved in an intricate operation in whi... |
15 October 2011
06:06 GMT |
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A new study released by a web security company called Barracuda Networks revealed the experiences of users from 20 countries in relation to security aspects regarding social media. The report also outlines deficiencies that should be handled by providers to make their customers fell more secure.
The figures show t... |
13 October 2011
06:16 GMT |
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Smishing makes a glorious comeback after reports revealed that the phenomenon recorded a decrease in popularity among cybercriminals.
The term refers to a form of phishing that utilizes text messages to gain the trust of the victims in the attempt to get their personal information.
According to The Herald, it al... |
11 October 2011
04:51 GMT |
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University officials discovered recently a thing that left them speechless. A file containing a large quantity of sensitive information belonging to employees that worked at the institution in 2002 was hosted on a public server.
According to Athens Patch, the file contained things like social Security number, name... |
11 October 2011
04:14 GMT |
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Members of five criminal groups and their accomplices are indicted by a Queens county court for allegedly stealing $13 million (€9.1 million) in a period of less than two years, mostly by copying the credit cards of unsuspecting victims.
According to Wired, the main operation started at regular employees of r... |
11 October 2011
03:20 GMT |
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A Newcastle man received a 15-month jail sentence after he admitted stealing money from bank accounts whose passwords he guessed using information shared on Facebook.According to The Telegraph, Iain Wood, 33, spent up to 18 hours per day online trying to figure out passwords to other people's accounts.Wood targe... |
16 August 2011
10:33 GMT |
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A 26-year-old man from Brooklyn, New York, admitted to instrumenting a credit card fraud operation that resulted in fraudulent charges totaling over $770,000.Jonathan Oliveras, 26, pleaded guilty in the Eastern District Court of Virginia on Wednesday to one count of wire fraud and one of aggravated identity theft.Acc... |
11 August 2011
06:04 GMT |
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A Georgia man who used to be in the business of trafficking stolen credit cards was sentenced to ten years in prison on Friday. His actions are said to have caused losses of $36 million.Rogelio Hackett, Jr., 26, was arrested in 2009 after being identified as one of the sellers of stolen credit card details on undergr... |
25 July 2011
01:04 GMT |
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A hacker whose dealings in stolen credit card information resulted in losses of $36 million, pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated identity theft and one of access device fraud today.Rogelio Hackett, Jr., 26, was arrested in 2009 after he was caught selling stolen credit card details on underground forums and on ... |
21 April 2011
14:01 GMT |
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The Federal Trade Commission reports that the most common type of complaints received last year were about identity theft and amounted to 19% of the total.FTC's 2010 Top Consumer Complaints list is based on categorizing 1,339,265 reports received last year from individuals.A number of 250,854 of those were relat... |
9 March 2011
02:39 GMT |
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A 26-year-old Belarusian pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and credit card fraud in relation to his role in an operation that assisted identity thieves to defraud banks.Dmitry M. Naskovets admitted co-founding and running CallService.biz, a website that helped fraudsters bypass the security... |
24 February 2011
08:54 GMT |
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Earlier this week the FBI arrested 74 members and associates of the Armenian Power (AP) gang, for being involved in a variety of crimes including identity theft, bank fraud, credit card skimming and check counterfeiting.The majority of arrested suspects are named as defendants in two indictments returned by federal j... |
19 February 2011
04:58 GMT |
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A California man was sentenced to seven years in prison for his activity as the leader of a credit card fraud ring that stole over $100,000 from eighteen financial institutions.Jonathan Edward Vergnetti, 39, of Alhambra, CA, was arrested along with five other co-conspirators back in May 2010 after obtaining multiple ... |
11 February 2011
11:58 GMT |
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The Manhattan District Attorney announced that 27 people have been indicted for offences in connection to cybercriminal operations that involved purchasing electronic equipment from Apple Stores across the country using counterfeit credit cards.One identity theft ring was allegedly ran as a family business by a man n... |
2 February 2011
12:52 GMT |
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A 23-year-old California man admitted causing severe emotional distress to tens of women by hacking into their personal email accounts and using risque photos found inside to blackmail them.George Samuel Bronk, 23, of Citrus Heights, CA, pleaded guilty to seven felony charges of computer intrusion, false impersonatio... |
17 January 2011
02:33 GMT |
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Federal agents from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security are currently investigating two foreign-exchange students from Winona State University (WSU) who are suspected of being members of a Vietnamese identity theft ring.The investigation is part of a larger probe into money muling activities and Vietnamese cyber... |
3 January 2011
06:14 GMT |
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The arrest of two men in Upper Darby, PA, for possession and use of stolen credit cards, led authorities to a much larger counterfeiting operation based in Philadelphia.Sheik Fofanah, 29, of Yeadon, PA, and Conde Mamady, 28, of Bladensburgh, MD, were arrested by Upper Darby police officers who responded to a report o... |
29 November 2010
08:11 GMT |
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Two former University of Central Missouri (UCM) students were indicted by a federal grand jury in Kansas City for infecting university computers with a trojan and stealing the personal information of thousands.Joseph A. Camp, 26, and Daniel J. Fowler, 21, of Kansas City, were charged with one count of computer intrus... |
23 November 2010
12:55 GMT |
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A Nigerian national extradited to US in June was sentenced to 102 months in prison for fraudulently acquiring thousands of airline tickets using stolen credit card details and reselling them for profit.Ademola Ismaila Adegoke, 43, of Accra, Ghana, was arrested on May 5 by the Ghanian police, following an investigatio... |
25 October 2010
04:58 GMT |
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Seven people were arrested in Vancouver last week under suspicion of being members of an identity theft gang, that bought items from online auction sites using stolen credit card details.An investigation was launched by the Combined Forces Identity Theft Team (CFITT) of the Surrey Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)... |
25 October 2010
02:27 GMT |
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A New York man accused of leading a multi-national identity theft and fraud operation, which involved stealing money from home equity lines of credit (HELOC) accounts, was sentenced to 69 months in prison.The DOJ announced [pdf] that Hakeem Olokodana, 43, of Queens, New York, was sentenced in the U.S. District C... |
11 October 2010
04:19 GMT |
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Russian authorities arrested fifty people suspected of being members of an identity theft and credit card counterfeiting gang, who stole almost $2 million from local and foreign banks.The case was handled by "Department K" of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which specializes in the investigation of cybercrimes and ... |
4 October 2010
11:53 GMT |
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The creator and owner of a service used by identity thieves to defraud US banks, has been extradited from the Czech Republic to the United States in order to face the charges pending against him.Dmitry M. Naskovets, 26, of Belarus, who was brought in the country on Friday and appeared before a judge in the U.S. ... |
21 September 2010
07:07 GMT |
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Interpol Secretary General Ronald K. Noble revealed that criminals created fake Facebook profiles in his name to try and obtain confidential information on fugitives.According to AFP, the announcement was made during his keynote speech at the Interpol Information Security Conference in Hong Kong on Friday.The confere... |
20 September 2010
07:10 GMT |
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Fifty-three individuals were charged on Thursday with identity theft and fraud offenses in connection with a sophisticated criminal operation coordinated from Bergen County, New Jersey.Fourty-three were accused in a single criminal complaint of being directly implicated in the organization, dubbed the "Park Criminal ... |
17 September 2010
15:26 GMT |
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Two fraudsters who ran a credit card counterfeiting business out of an flat in North London have been sentenced to a total of over five years in prison.Gabriel Yew, 39, and Cheng Chee Weng, 28, were arrested earlier this year following an investigation by the Dedicated Cheque and Plastic Crime Unit (DCPCU) and the We... |
17 September 2010
01:20 GMT |
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Cybercriminals have launched phishing campaigns to try and profit from the news that up to six million people have overpaid or underpaid their taxes for the past two years in UK.It was recently uncovered that taxation blunders have lead to 1.4 million UK taxpayers paying less money in taxes and 4.3 million paying in ... |
6 September 2010
02:45 GMT |
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