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5 Brutal Cases of Stolen Identities

Downed economy means higher crime. Not surprisingly cases of stolen identity are on the rise. Here are 5 of some of the worst cases reported. read more »
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Girl Scout Leader Gets Badge for Credit Card Theft

The Boynton Beach Police Department has arrested Magaret Ann Willett, a volunteer for the Girl Scouts of America, on suspicion of credit card fraud a[...] read more »
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Data Theft: Another Hit to Shareholder Value

Lapses in Information and Data Security caused by budget cuts and layoffs- these are as real a threat to National Security as the attacks of 9/11...[...] read more »
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Take Action to Prevent Your Identity Theft

Hackers regularly break security codes that protect corporate databases to gather personal information they use to take over identities. This isn’t t[...] read more »
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ISR News: Top 10 Threats from 2008

A municipal network held hostage, the hacking of a public official’s private e-mail account, court battles to gag security researchers, and dire warn[...] read more »
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Facebook has settled!

Much speculation about the settlement that Facebook has agreed to in order to make the case of theft of intellectual property go away finally. read more »
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ISR News: Terrorists Take Aim for Online 9/11

“Other than a nuclear device or some other type of destructive weapon, the threat to our infrastructure, the threat to our intelligence, the threat t[...] read more »
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Bad Economy Spurs Increase In Cyber-Scams

The boom in cyberthreats that occurred during the last three months of 2008 could accelerate, especially if the economy continues to falter, security specialists say. Organized cybercrime groups have become increasingly efficient at assembling... read more »
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Worried About Losing Dollars? You Better Watch Your Data Too…

What of the dozens of boxes of personal financial information, credit reports, social security numbers and other sensitive information that was found[...] read more »
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Calling 911 For the Theft of $5? How far is too far?

Latreasa called 911 because McDonalds took her $5 and wouldn't give it back after she found out that chicken nuggets were not available. The cashier[...] read more »
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► ISR News: Joe Knows Too Much

“At some point later that evening, he logged in and set all the modems in the POP to autodial 911 repeatedly. None of our customers could use the bro[...] read more »
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The #1 Way Criminals Steal Your Identity

Identity fraud increased substantially in 2008, reversing a four-year trend of decreasing incidents. Researchers say identity fraud increased by 22 p[...] read more »
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Employee Arrested for ID Theft

Hospitals’ increasing reliance on computerized record-keeping has provided new avenues for identity theft and invasions of medical privacy...[...] read more »
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ISR News: 35 Million Records Breached in 2008

More than 35 million data records were breached in 2008 in the U.S., a figure that underscores continuing difficulties in securing information, accor[...] read more »
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2009 a Year of Records: World's Biggest Data Breach

Heartland Payment Systems, a credit card payment processing firm, may have been the victim of the largest data breach to date. The Princeton, N.J.-b[...] read more »
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