Krebs on Security

MAY 4, 2021

Fly was the administrator of a Russian-language identity theft forum at the time, and as a secret lurker on his forum KrebsOnSecurity watched his plan unfold in real time.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Exposed data, some of which go back to 2013, include sensitive information and credit card details. The availability of such kind of data could expose hotel guests to a wide range of malicious activities, including identity theft, phishing attacks, scams, malware attacks, and reservation takeover. According to the experts.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The WBSC, headquartered in Switzerland, was established in 2013 and currently has 141 countries as members located in Asia, Africa, the Americas, Europe, and Oceania. According to the team, having passport data exposed puts individuals at risk of identity theft.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

More greatest hits from Experian: 2022: Class Action Targets Experian Over Account Security 2017: Experian Site Can Give Anyone Your Credit Freeze PIN 2015: Experian Breach Affects 15 Million Customers 2015: Experian Breach Tied to NY-NJ ID Theft Ring 2015: At Experian, Security Attrition Amid Acquisitions 2015: Experian Hit With Class Action (..)

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 15, 2024

The breach, which allegedly occurred in April 2024, has raised significant concerns about data security and identity theft risks. The scale of this breach, if confirmed, would rival or exceed other notorious data breaches in history, such as the 2013 Yahoo breach that affected an estimated 3 billion accounts.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 18, 2022

UniCC opened shop in 2013, and specialized in credit card fraud and the sale of card details to criminals, collectively called carding. Such details can also be resold for cash, used in identity theft or the making of a synthetic identity, or used to further cash out cryptocurrencies gained from other online crimes.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Going deep into the incident, it’s revealed that hackers infiltrated a database storing archived personal information related to National Genetic Testing Organization, now a part of DDC since 2013. DDC has notified those who were affected by the cyber incident.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

As a result, all 143 million US victims are at greater risk of identity theft, and will remain at risk for years to come. And those who suffer identify theft will have problems for months, if not years, as they work to clean up their name and credit rating. The company's incident response after the breach was similarly damaging.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

From 2011 to 2013, the Silk Road hosted 1.2 2013: The End of the Silk Road Authorities were able to trace the pseudonym back to Ulbricht thanks to the efforts of an IRS investigator who was working with the DEA on the Silk Road case in mid-2013. The FBI shut down the Silk Road in October 2013. billion in value.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Evaldas Rimasauskas was sentenced to five years of prison for stealing $120 Million from Google and Facebook employees with business email compromise (BEC) attacks carried out between 2013 and 2015. He pleaded guilty to wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and three counts of money laundering. ” .

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 17, 2022

In 2021, cyber-attacks exposed nearly seven billion data records according to Identity Theft Resource Centre. They’re not only left with a false sense of security, but massive amounts of information (like emails, confidential documents, and other sensitive information) are at risk of being exposed and falling into the wrong hands.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The combination of prominent media-reported mega breaches and less famous identity thefts have promoted the industry to adopt passwordless authentication methods. This has become more popular through the adoption of FIDO2 (FastIDentity Online 2.0) authentication technologies.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 24, 2021

Additionally, Johnson, from 2014 through 2017, stole and sold nearly 90,000 additional (non-UPMC) sets of PII to buyers on dark web forums, which could be used to commit identity theft and bank fraud. The scheme resulted in approximately $1.7 million in false tax return refunds.".

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Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2021

It was founded in 2013 and operates worldwide but mainly in Ukraine and Russia. Identity Theft: Leaked personally identifiable information (PIIs) can be used to access accounts on other websites, leading to further information leaks and outright identity theft. The leak has since been secured. What’s Happening?

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Troy Hunt

JUNE 10, 2019

Back in 2013, I was beginning to get the sense that data breaches were becoming a big thing. The prevalence of them seemed to be really ramping up as was the impact they were having on those of us that found ourselves in them, myself included. " by @troyhunt is now up and running.

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Security Affairs

JULY 31, 2020

The motion picture acquisition agreements, tax ID requests, and contract addendum scans all date between 2013 and 2016. Acquiring someone’s social security number or employer identification number is one of the first steps toward committing identity theft. Disclosure.

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Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2021

Many states now require drivers license numbers as a way of verifying an applicant’s identity. In 2013, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news about an identity theft service in the underground that programmatically pulled sensitive consumer credit data directly from a subsidiary of Experian.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Identity theft is the number one crime in America, a crime that claims an average of more than a million new victims every 30 days. Earlier this month, a firm called Javelin Strategy and Research released its annual Identity Theft Fraud Report. Here’s just a sample: There were an estimated 13.1

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

A company called Javelin Strategy and Research claims that one out of every four consumers who receive a notice that they’ve been a victim of a data breach will become a victim of identity theft.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2020

Screenshot from the latest forum discussion about RepWatch in 2013: The CSV files appear to have included the same set of 350 million unique emails, separated into three groups: hashed, hashed and salted, and unencrypted files.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Additionally, Johnson, from 2014 through 2017, stole and sold nearly 90,000 additional (non-UPMC) sets of PII to buyers on dark web forums, which could be used to commit identity theft and bank fraud. The scheme resulted in approximately $1.7 million in false tax return refunds.".

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

In 2013, for example, the FIDO Alliance was created to solve the world’s password problem by replacing login technology. For years the tech industry has promised a shift toward a passwordless future. Google, Paypal, and Lenovo were among the original FIDO founding members. By 2015, Microsoft joined, and in 2020, Apple followed.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

One of the most notorious one being the BlackPOS spyware that compromised the data of over 40 million Target customers in 2013. Cybercriminals can utilize the botnet to carry out malicious activities, such as phishing, identity theft and bypassing security to access private networks. Ransomware. Less common types.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 31, 2021

One of the most notorious one being the BlackPOS spyware that compromised the data of over 40 million Target customers in 2013. Cybercriminals can utilize the botnet to carry out malicious activities, such as phishing, identity theft and bypassing security to access private networks. Ransomware. Less Common Types of Malware.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

The Safe and Secure Federal Websites Act was first introduced as a bill in 2013 and was finally passed into law in July of this year. Malware is now the favorite weapon for all kinds of attackers, from state sponsored cyber war, to industrial espionage, fraud, identity theft and just about any other cybercrime you can think of.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 13, 2021

Founded: 2013. Cybersecurity product categories: Advanced threat protection, managed services , endpoint security , encryption , web gateway , email security, network security, cloud security, antivirus, identity theft protection, website security, mainframe security. Headquarters: Cambridge, UK. Annual Revenue: $278 million.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

The next notification I received was for an earlier intrusion, the 2013 compromise of 2.4 Unfortunately such monitoring only notifies you after a change in your credit file occurs, meaning a possible instance of identity theft may have already occurred. million student records from the local community college system I attend.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

This is valuable personal data that can be used for anything from targeted advertising to identity theft in extreme cases. In 2013, Yahoo was the target of what is still the largest breach of data in history, with over 3 billion accounts getting compromised.

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The Security Ledger

APRIL 27, 2021

In this episode of the podcast (#212), Brandon Hoffman, the CISO of Intel 471 joins us to discuss that company’s latest report that looks at China’s diversified marketplace for stolen data and stolen identities. Data leaks, data breaches and data dumps are so common these days that they don’t even attract that much attention.

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BH Consulting

AUGUST 31, 2023

Those risks include: Fraud, spam or virus attacks Falling prey to online scams, resulting in data or identity theft Potential for negative comments from employees about the organisation Legal consequences if employees use these sites to view or distribute objectionable, illicit or offensive material.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2023

Yahoo also recorded a breach that affected 1 billion accounts in 2013, where names and passwords were stolen. Customers of companies that are the victim of a breach may suffer identity theft and financial loss, leading to both reputational damage and economic losses due to lawsuits and fines.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

In April 2013, I received via U.S. When I first encountered now-31-year-old Sergei “Fly,” “Flycracker,” “MUXACC” Vovnenko in 2013, he was the administrator of the fraud forum “thecc[dot]bz,” an exclusive and closely guarded Russian language board dedicated to financial fraud and identity theft.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 26, 2021

I first encountered consumer VPNs back in 2013, when I interviewed the founders of Hotspot Shield and TunnelBear for this news story. VPN subscriptions surge every time there’s a Facebook/Cambridge Analytica scandal or a headline-grabbing identity theft caper, like the unemployment payments hacks that swept across the U.S.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 18, 2022

Cybercrime statistics from Dataprot states that 60 million Americans have experienced identity theft, highlighting the importance of destroying data completely. It isn’t simply a matter of data security. A data breach will cost a company vital revenue and client trust.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

March 2013 Multiple celebrities and political figures, including Kim Kardashian, Ashton Kutcher, Jay-Z, Joe Biden, and Hillary Clinton, were the victims of doxing their financial details. The US DOJ detailed the string of attacks in 2013 against dozens of victims. Read more : Best Identity and Access Management (IAM) Solutions.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 30, 2021

Identity theft topped the list for both groups at 51%, with fake vaccine cards that could be used to hack smartphones (Americans 45%, British 44%) and data breaches (Americans 44%, Brits 45%) close behind. Among key findings: 80% of Americans and 76% of those in the U.K. Learn more at www.anomali.com.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

The hospital group is now offering affected staffs and patients one year of identity theft recovery services. This government release refers to the economic cost of cybercrime, which includes $29 million from only fraud in 2013. National Security Agency Teaches Students Ethical Hacking, Cybersecurity. million from $94.4

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