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BrandPost: Aligning security and business strategies

CSO Magazine

During the 2008–2009 Global Financial Crisis (GFC) and subsequent recession, researchers noted that cybercrime rates increased dramatically. Their report focused exclusively on financial cybercrime, including identity theft.

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Spam Kingpin Peter Levashov Gets Time Served

Krebs on Security

One was Alan Ralsky , an American spammer who was convicted in 2009 of paying Severa and other spammers to promote pump-and-dump stock scams. In this paid ad from 2004, Severa lists prices to rent his spam botnet. Early in his career, Severa worked very closely with two major purveyors of spam.

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Experts found 20 Million tax records for Russian citizens exposed online

Security Affairs

The experts found an unprotected Elasticsearch cluster that was containing personally identifiable information on Russian citizens spanning from 2009 to 2016. “The first database contained more than 14 million personal and tax records from 2010 to 2016, and the second included over 6 million from 2009 to 2015.”

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How to Cancel IdentityIQ

Identity IQ

However, we strongly recommend that you do not leave yourself unprotected from identity theft. Safeguarding your identity is more critical than ever with one in four Americans falling victim to identity theft, according to the AARP. IDIQ has been offering IdentityIQ services since 2009. Is IdentityIQ a Scam?

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DHS offers program to recruit and retain talent in Cybersecurity

CyberSecurity Insiders

And it includes identity theft, online criminal activity, threats related to internet routing, and other online incidents. In the year 2009, DHS opened the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center that protects computer networks and networked infrastructure.

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Is IdentityIQ a Scam?

Identity IQ

BestCompany has rated IdentityIQ identity theft protection No. Since 2009, IDIQ has offered the IdentityIQ product for industry-leading identity theft protection and credit report monitoring. IdentityIQ services provide identity theft protection and credit report monitoring. Identity Theft Protection.

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PII Belonging to Indian Citizens, Including their Aadhaar IDs, Offered for Sale on the Dark Web

Security Affairs

billion Aadhaars issued by the UIDAI since this ID service launched in 2009, this system represents one of the largest biometric ID programs on the planet, according to a report published by think tank Brookings Institution. With roughly 1.4