Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Two West Haven women are accused of operating an extensive identity theft and mail theft scheme that resulted in a loss of more than $50,000 to banks and the victims, according to authorities. Jamila Williams-Stevenson, 36, and Lorena Coburn, 42, both…
The Rise of Identity Theft on Steemit.
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans You may remember in my last post here, I had a brief message on how our community has the potential to degrade if we do not do something to stop the rampant abuse. I mentioned only briefly the case of identity…
Keep Students Safe From Identity Theft
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans It’s time to turn high school seniors into college freshmen, but state officials say it’s also time for those freshmen to get ready to deal with the dangers of identity theft. Consumer protection spokesman Jerad Albracht says students need to closely…
Woman pleads guilty to identity theft
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Friend’s name, Social Security number used in bankruptcy to recover car TEXARKANA — A Malvern woman who tricked a lawyer into filing bankruptcy under another woman’s name and Social Security number so she could keep her car pleaded guilty in federal…
New solution to beat identity theft
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Some experts call biometrics the answer to identity theft. Biometric verification is a process of identity authentication that is used to confirm identity through uniquely detectable biological traits and may be an effective tool in the war on crime. With the…
IRS’ tax ID theft filters pose added filing problems
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Tax identity theft continues to be a major challenge for both the Internal Revenue Service and taxpayers. But the efforts by the tax agency to stop tax-related identity theft fraud also are posing added burdens to taxpayers. That’s the assessment of…
Stolen government laptops could expose taxpayers to identity theft
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans You’d think government auditors would be smart enough to secure their laptops, but they weren’t and now taxpayers’ personal information may be at risk after the computers were stolen. The Pennsylvania Revenue Department announced Tuesday that it is mailing letters to…
Report: China’s Technology Espionage and IP Theft Will Doom the World
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans It turns out the world’s addiction to cheap Chinese goods, which in part drives China’s huge contribution to global climate change, will not doom the world after all. Instead, it will be the country’s penchant for hacking, accelerated cyber warpath and…
IDENTITY THEFT IN THE U.K. MORE THAN DOUBLES IN A YEAR
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The number of victims of identity theft in the U.K. aged 30 and under rose by 52 percent in 2015, figures released Tuesday revealed. Fraud prevention organization Cifas collated data from 261 companies across Britain. In 2015, just under 24,000 people…
Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn become ‘hunting grounds’ as identity theft surges by 57%
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The number of people falling victim to identity theft in the UK has risen by 57% during 2015, according to new figures released by fraud prevention service Cifas. Based on data gathered from 261 companies in the UK, Cifas has found…
