Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Winnipeg police are investigating after a person broke into a downtown apartment building and stole mail. It happened at 265 Portage Avenue on Sunday. Residents were notified the next day by building management. Residents were given a notice advising them of…
Grand Theft Auto V, Zumba Fitness and LEGO Jurassic World are this week’s Deals with Gold
Microsoft’s Larry Hryb (also known as Major Nelson) has revealed just what will be made available for consumers to enjoy this week as part of the Deals with Gold promotion. There are only a few entries for Xbox One owners, while those rocking the Xbox 360 will be able to…
Five Ways To Protect Yourself From Identity Theft And Hackers
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Identity theft occurs on a daily basis and is everywhere. Doing a quick Google search about it, will yield millions of results on how to prevent it from happening. And there are even movies like Identity Thief, which paints the picture…
Centier Bank offers identity theft assistance
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…
Weeks later, services for cyber theft victims still a work in progress
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Beth Cobert comes to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) carrying good will from federal labor leaders developed during her days just a few blocks away at the Office of Management and Budget. President Obama sent her to be OPM’s acting…
Americans most anxious about financial data theft
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans According to a new study, US consumers would rather be robbed or have their email account hijacked than see their financial information and social security details stolen or compromised. More than three in four (77%) Americans say that having their financial…
Manahawkin man met with 22 counts of credit card theft and fraud
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Office Robert Mullin of the Stafford Township Police Department arrested Manahawkin resident Barry Wilbur Jr., 37, on Sunday, March 15 at his Stafford Township home for fraudulent use of a credit card and theft. Wilbur Jr.’s arrest resulted in 22 counts…