Krebs on Security

JULY 27, 2020

This story is about the victims of a particularly aggressive business ID theft ring that’s spent years targeting small businesses across the country and is now pivoting toward using that access for pandemic assistance loans and unemployment benefits. For 2020, the company estimates an overall 258 percent spike in the crime.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 19, 2021

military and government employees and giving it to an Islamic State hacker group in 2015 has been charged once again with fraud and identity theft. He’s charged with one count of aggravated identity theft and one count of wire fraud. A hacker serving a 20-year sentence for stealing personal data on 1,300 U.S.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 8, 2020

The letters are intended to prevent identity theft, but many people are mistaking these vague missives for a notification that someone has hijacked their identity. My first thought when a reader shared a copy of the letter was that he recently had been the victim of identity theft. Bank to the applicant.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 27, 2020

Ngo was recently deported back to his home country after serving more than seven years in prison for running multiple identity theft services. One of the names of his identity theft services was findget[.]me,” He now says he wants to use his experience to convince other cybercriminals to use their skills for good.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 6, 2020

Hacked or ill-gotten accounts at consumer data brokers have fueled ID theft and identity theft services of various sorts for years. 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. The now defunct SSNDOB identity theft service.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 18, 2020

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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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 26, 2020

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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Adam Levin

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

The company has not yet indicated whether it would be providing credit monitoring or identity theft protection to customers affected by the breach. MGM maintains that it alerted residents of states that require reporting of breaches of “phonebook data,” or personal information that would be available via public record.

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Troy Hunt

APRIL 7, 2024

As much as it's hard for the victim of identity theft to say "this happened because of that breach", it's also hard for the corporate victim of a breach to say that identity theft didn't happen because of their breach.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Two young men from the eastern United States have been hit with identity theft and conspiracy charges for allegedly stealing bitcoin and social media accounts by tricking employees at wireless phone companies into giving away credentials needed to remotely access and modify customer account information. Prosecutors say Jordan K.

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Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Reduce your SaaS blast radius with data-centric security for AWS, G Drive, Box, Salesforce, Slack and more.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 9, 2022

Identity-theft. Identity theft can happen online, over the phone, or without the victim’s knowledge by stealing the victim’s information. A criminal exploiting someone’s medical or insurance details to make fraudulent claims is known as medical identity theft.

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Adam Levin

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

In its breach notification to affected customers, ArbiterSports is offering one free year of identity theft protection and is asking users to reset passwords. “The passwords and Social Security numbers were encrypted in the file, but the unauthorized party was able to decrypt the data,” ArbiterSports announced. .

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 15, 2023

It's still a bunch of personal info exposed publicly and that suchs regardless of the nature of the site, but let's be honest, the subject matter did make for some humorous comments 🤣 References Sponsored by: Identity theft isn’t cheap. Get started.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Evans, Elbadawy, Osiebo and Urban were all charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, one count of conspiracy, and one count of aggravated identity theft. Buchanan, who is named as an indicted co-conspirator, was charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft.

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Joseph Steinberg

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

And there is no guarantee that the scammer’s knowledge about you is limited to just what was needed in order to make the particular purchase about which you are aware – so be sure to notify the marketplace from which the items were shipped, and, be sure to stay vigilant about identity theft.

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WIRED Threat Level

APRIL 11, 2024

Privacy-focused company DuckDuckGo is launching a tool to remove data from people-search websites, a VPN, and an identity theft restoration service.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 29, 2021

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that champions taxpayer advocacy issues, said it recently became aware that some taxpayers are receiving 1099-Gs that include reported income due to unemployment insurance identity theft. Another perennial (albeit not directly related) identity theft scourge involving taxes each year is refund fraud.

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Adam Levin

MAY 19, 2021

Use a VPN that you pay for: Having a VPN can make it much harder to steal your data and prevent identity theft. Keep in mind, VPNs are great for logging onto suspicious WiFi systems or transferring information between devices, but these services can’t prevent data theft on an institutional level.

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Troy Hunt

JULY 13, 2023

to identity theft in 2022. Secure your online info with Aura the #1 rated identity theft protection. I especially enjoyed discussing the HIBP domain search progress and as I say in the video, talking through it with other people really helps crystalise things so I think I'll keep doing that as the dev work continues.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 31, 2022

He faces one count of conspiracy to commit computer fraud; one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud; one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, and one count of aggravated identity theft. Sources tell KrebsOnSecurity that Sokolovsky has been consulting with Houston, Tx.-based based attorney F.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

References Sponsored by: Identity theft isn’t cheap. Not from a policy perspective or the intentions of the respective government bodies, but rather it terms of the capabilities and lack of transparency it results in. It's nuts. But hey, it's a good time to be in this industry! Get started.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 31, 2024

A report by the Identity Theft Resource Center found that while the number of small businesses hit by a cyberattack and the amount of losses continues to grow, companies are adopting stronger security best practices and investing more in security and compliance tools.

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The Hacker News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Song Wu, 39, has been charged with 14 counts of wire fraud and 14 counts of aggravated identity theft. A Chinese national has been indicted in the U.S.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 18, 2021

” T-Mobile said it would pay for two years of identity theft protection services for any affected customers, and that it was offering “an extra step to protect your mobile account with our Account Takeover Protection capabilities for postpaid customers, which makes it harder for customer accounts to be fraudulently ported out and stolen.”

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2024

“The leak of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) poses a huge risk to both individuals and organizations, potentially leading to financial losses, identity theft, reputational damage, and increased susceptibility to cyber attacks,” CloudSEK notified relevant authorities and potentially impacted organizations.

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Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2024

SRHS is offering impacted individuals access to credit monitoring services provided by IDX identity theft protection for twelve months at no cost. The company is also providing guidance on preventing identity theft and fraud, including steps to report suspicious incidents and placing fraud alerts or security freezes on credit files.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2024

“While there is no indication of any identity theft or fraud occurring as a result of this incident. This identity theft monitoring includes credit monitoring, fraud consultation, and identity theft restoration. The investigation remains ongoing.” ” reads the notification letter. .”

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

This drives public awareness of the risks associated with identity theft. As a result, many people rush to protect themselves by subscribing to services that offer credit monitoring, identity theft protection, and fraud alerts. There is little doubt that high-profile breaches like this will persist.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Ardit Kutleshi and Jetmir Kutleshi face multiple charges, including identity theft, conspiracy to commit identity theft, aggravated identity theft, access device fraud, and money laundering.

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Troy Hunt

APRIL 6, 2023

References I'll be in New Zealand next Friday, which is the Friday that falls at the end of next week, not the week after (what is wrong with 78% of people?!

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The Hacker News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

by sending iMessages from compromised Apple iCloud accounts with an aim to conduct identity theft and financial fraud. A new large-scale smishing campaign is targeting the U.S.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 29, 2022

In a blog post on Wednesday , Google’s Michelle Chang wrote that the company’s expanded policy now allows for the removal of additional information that may pose a risk for identity theft, such as confidential log-in credentials, email addresses and phone numbers when it appears in Search results.

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Bleeping Computer

APRIL 11, 2024

DuckDuckGo has launched a new paid-for 3-in-1 subscription service called 'Privacy Pro,' which includes a virtual private network (VPN), a personal data removal service, and an identity theft restoration solution. [.]

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Obviously, storing all your passwords in an app that is not trustworthy can get you in all kinds of trouble, including identity theft. Protect your—and your family’s—personal information by using Malwarebytes Identity Theft Protection.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

A Ukrainian national, Mark Sokolovsky, has been indicted for crimes related to fraud, money laundering and aggravated identity theft and extradited to the United States from the Netherlands, the US Attorney’s Office of the Western District of Texas has announced.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 20, 2024

However, the repercussions extend beyond finance, as this data can be used for various fraudulent activities, from identity theft to medical fraud. This highlights another way people might learn about a data breach before the company involved discloses it — through identity theft protection services.

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