Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans SOUTH BEND — When Mary Johnson asked how many present had experienced identity theft, people seemed uncertain how to respond. But once the U.S. postal inspector explained that theft includes any incident in which personal information is leaked like in the…
IRS Offers Tax Guidance On Free Identity Theft Protection Services
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans There’s no question that identity theft is a problem in the United States. A 2015 study released by Javelin Strategy & Research found that there were 12.7 million victims of identity theft in the U.S. 2014. That works out to a…
Identity theft defendant sentenced to 17 years, ordered to pay $568,625
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A Miami man convicted in a fraud case involving identity theft and income tax refunds was sentenced to 17 years in prison and ordered to pay $568,625 in restitution Tuesday. Eddie Blanchard, 37, was convicted by a federal jury in May…
A woman in Illinois was busted for identity theft
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans You’ve probably been hearing a lot about identity theft on the news recently. There was even a major movie out a couple years ago called “Identity Thief.” That movie may have been a comedy, but the subject matter is actually very…
Hack of dating sites signals an end to promiscuous use of online identity
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans If anybody is still labouring under the mistaken belief that anything online can remain private and secure, this week should have seen them finally admit defeat. In the US, UCLA Health reported) that 4.5 million health records had been compromised. UCLA…
Identity of card fraud suspect is sought in Opelika
The Opelika Police Department needs the public’s help in identifying a woman who used a stolen credit card after it was taken from a car on Nov. 19 in downtown. Moments after the car was entered at 8:30 p.m. and […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
New breed of identity thieves targeting your medical records
There’s a new breed of identity thieves. They’re not after just a credit card number. They want your medical records. But are medical providers doing enough to protect those records? These days, patients are counting on their medical providers to […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
FBI task force deputy director to join panel on identity theft
CARLISLE — Adam Karcher, deputy director for the FBI’s National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force in the Office of Data Exploitation, will take part in a panel discussion on fraud and identity theft at 6 p.m. Thursday at YWCA Carlisle, […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
How To Check Your Identity Hasn’t Been Sold To Hackers
Database breaches, in which giant corporates such as Adobe, eBay, or Sony lose track of copies of their user and billing databases, are becoming almost weekly news items in late 2014. Sometimes this is given a hacker spin, other times […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
8 Ways to Protect Your Identity While Online Shopping
The recent hacking of celebrity nude photos demonstrated that we are often more vulnerable to privacy breaches than we think. And as we move into the most frenzied shopping season of the year, scam artists will be on the prowl […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…