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Hacked Data Broker Accounts Fueled Phony COVID Loans, Unemployment Claims

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Hacked or ill-gotten accounts at consumer data brokers have fueled ID theft and identity theft services of various sorts for years. In 2013, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that the U.S. Secret Service had arrested a 24-year-old man named Hieu Minh Ngo for running an identity theft service out of his home in Vietnam.

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FEMA IT Specialist Charged in ID Theft, Tax Refund Fraud Conspiracy

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On June 16, authorities in Michigan arrested 29-year-old Justin Sean Johnson in connection with a 43-count indictment on charges of conspiracy, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. The fraudulent tax refund claims made in the names of UPMC identity theft victims caused the IRS to issue $1.7

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Confessions of an ID Theft Kingpin, Part I

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At the height of his cybercriminal career, the hacker known as “ Hieupc ” was earning $125,000 a month running a bustling identity theft service that siphoned consumer dossiers from some of the world’s top data brokers. Ngo’s former identity theft service, superget[.]info. Secret Service.

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Who Stole 3.6M Tax Records from South Carolina?

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The AP says South Carolina paid $12 million to Experian for identity theft protection and credit monitoring for its residents after the breach. As it happens, Rescator’s criminal hacking crew was directly responsible for the 2013 breach at Target and the 2014 hack of Home Depot. billion in 2013.

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A Light at the End of Liberty Reserve’s Demise?

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In May 2013, the U.S. Federal officials charged that Liberty Reserve facilitated a “broad range of criminal activity, including credit card fraud, identity theft, investment fraud, computer hacking, child pornography, and narcotics trafficking.” Internal Revenue service finally got in touch to discuss my claim.

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Credit Reporting Companies Put Customer Data at Risk

Adam Levin

Experian, 2013 – 2015: Hackers stole a trove of information from T-Mobile customers whose data had passed through Experian to check credit there and open a new account. Use a VPN that you pay for: Having a VPN can make it much harder to steal your data and prevent identity theft.

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Experian API Exposed Credit Scores of Most Americans

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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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