Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Computer Identity Theft - Wed Mar 21, 2012


Tip leads Mounties to major ID theft
The Province
By Susan Lazaruk, The Province March 21, 2012 Two alleged thieves who police say stole thousands of pieces of mail, credit cards and passports to set up a credit-card factory were in the end thwarted by a suspicious computer techie.
ID theft raid turns up weapons, Post uniform
CTV.ca
Five replica guns, a Taser, a Canada Post uniform and at least 88000 credit card numbers are just a small sampling of the bounty RCMP have uncovered from an identity theft operation in Burnaby. Officers raided an 11th-floor condo near Metrotown Centre ...
Senate panel quizzes IRS on tax-return identity theft
News & Observer
By ERIKA BOLSTAD - McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON -- The IRS and federal investigators say they've redoubled their efforts to combat tax fraud from identity theft, a crime they call "epidemic" in Florida that's spreading nationwide.
Get CryptBox 2012 for free, but hurry!
BetaNews
Identity theft is a serious problem, and if your personal details fall into the wrong hands, there is no way of knowing just how it will be used. CryptBox 2012 is an immensely powerful encryption tool that can be used to secure your data and you can...

Safety and the Internet
Taunton Daily Gazette (blog)
By Steve Snider Spam, viruses, spyware, malware, trojans, Stuxnet, identity theft, keyboard logger: the threats in the Internet world go by many names, seemingly bent on hurting people for no reason. For convenience, let's just call all of these ...
Wednesday's police log: El Segundo and the beach cities
Daily Breeze
By Stephanie Walton Staff Writer - Identity theft (not on map). Reported March 12. The victim's credit card was used without authorization. - Identity theft (not on map). An online report was taken March 13 from the 200 block of Sierra Street.
Yet Another NASA Laptop Stolen; Contains NASA KSC Employee Information
DailyTech
We do not believe that the PII contained in the files on the laptop computer was the motive for the theft. In addition, because the laptop computer was password protected, we also believe the probability is low that the information will be acquired and ...


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