Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

authorities arrested a 19-year-old Florida man charged with wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and conspiring with others to use SIM-swapping to steal cryptocurrency. As it happens, Plex announced its own data breach one day before LastPass disclosed its initial August intrusion. 9, 2024, U.S.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 12, 2022

Department of Justice (DOJ) said today it seized the website and user database for RaidForums , an extremely popular English-language cybercrime forum that sold access to more than 10 billion consumer records stolen in some of the world’s largest data breaches since 2015.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 9, 2023

In that context, even small, unintentional errors that are unrelated to identity theft can have outsized consequences for consumers down the road. Keep in mind that — fair or not — your credit score as collectively determined by these bureaus can affect whether you get that loan, apartment, or job.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 25, 2022

MSF had Jim fill out an affidavit claiming the loan was the result of identity theft, which necessitated filing a report with the local police and a number of other steps. Jim said numerous calls to Bank of America’s fraud team went nowhere because they refused to discuss an account that was not in his name.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 12, 2022

Department of Justice (DOJ) said today it seized the website and user database for RaidForums, an extremely popular English-language cybercrime forum that sold access to more than 10 billion consumer records stolen in some of the world's largest data breaches since 2015.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

On May 2, 2024, a user by the name “ Judische ” claimed on the fraud-focused Telegram channel Star Chat that they had hacked Santander Bank , one of the first known Snowflake victims.

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