Identity Theft

Notorious stolen credential warehouse Genesis Market seized by FBI

Operation Cookie Monster crumbles stolen data-as-a-service vendor

Cyber-crime05 Apr 2023 | 12

Bloke allegedly stole, sold private info belonging to 'tens of millions' globally

If true, was it worth the $500k and prison jumpsuit?

Cyber-crime26 Jan 2023 | 7

JPMorgan, UBS among trio accused of shoddy ID theft protection

SEC extracts pocket change from bankers, wags finger, sends them on their way

Cyber-crime28 Jul 2022 | 2

Jailed crooks told to cough up $600k for COVID fraud

Poetic justice? The virus does love it in some federal prisons

Cyber-crime19 Jul 2022 | 1

Keep an eye on your Experian accounts: Some profiles hijacked using personal info

When identity thieves strike your identity theft monitor

Personal Tech12 Jul 2022 | 8

CrowdStrike offers fully managed identity-threat-detection-as-a-service

The further you move from the office, the more wild the product descriptions

Security03 Mar 2022 | 2

22-year-old Brit avoids US extradition over SIM-swapping conspiracy after judge deems him to be high suicide risk

Accused said to have suffered mental health problems from childhood

Legal25 Jan 2022 | 27

Someone's getting a free trip to the US – well, not quite free. Brit bloke extradited to face $2m+ cyber-scam charges

That's certainly one way to get around COVID-19 travel restrictions

Security01 Sep 2020 | 53

Bad news: So much of your personal data has been hacked that lesson manuals on how to use it are the latest hot property

Cyber-crims bone up on methods for fun and profit, but mainly profit

Security16 Apr 2020 | 16

Facebook loses control of its own Twitter account in hacker attack – and more news

Roundup Including: Why was #RootGoat2020 trending on Twitter? It is as silly as you think

Security10 Feb 2020 | 13

Valuable personal info leaks from Facebook – not Zuck selling it, unencrypted hard drives of staff data stolen

Car smash-and-grab ends with loss of payroll details for 20,000 employees

Security13 Dec 2019 | 58

What a pair of Massholes! New England duo cuffed over SIM-swapping cryptocoin charges

Account takeovers allegedly used to plunder digital wallets

Security14 Nov 2019 | 10

US charges Singapore coin miner with conning cloud firms out of compute time

Man alleged to have faked identity as game developer

Security09 Oct 2019 | 18

Suspected crypto-coin crook collared after emailing apology note to the cops rather than victim – shock claim

Phone nicked at airport, $15k in fun bux drained from wallet

Science04 Sep 2019 | 22

Talk about unintended consequences: GDPR is an identity thief's dream ticket to Europeans' data

Black Hat Revenge plan morphs into data leak discovery

Security09 Aug 2019 | 138

*taps on glass* Hellooo, IRS? Anyone in? Anyone guarding taxpayers' data from crooks? Hellooo?

Could someone slide a note on identity-theft protection under the door? Helloooo?

Security12 Jan 2019 | 46

Marriott: Good news. Hackers only took 383 million booking records ... and 5.3m unencrypted passport numbers

Plus an extra 20m passport digits and 8.6m payment card details, though encrypted

Security04 Jan 2019 | 34

HSBC now stands for Hapless Security, Became Compromised: Thousands of customer files snatched by crims

Bank fesses up: Hackers made off with folks' personal details

Security06 Nov 2018 | 38

PINs and needled: Experian site blabbed codes to unlock credit accounts for fraudsters

Hack to thaw account freezes reported, fixed, hopefully never exploited

Security10 Oct 2018 | 20

ID theft in UK hits record high as crooks shift to more vulnerable targets

Less checked online services bear brunt

Security18 Apr 2018 | 27

What's the price for flinging your workers' private info at crooks? For Seagate, it's $6m

That was one expensive email for the storage specialist

Security28 Jul 2017 |

Crooks can nick Brits' identities just by picking up the phone and lying

No 133t hax0ring needed to hijack accounts, warns fraud watchdog's report

Security10 May 2017 | 52

Northrop Grumman can make a stealth bomber – but can't protect its workers' W-2 tax forms

'Stolen creds' used to swipe data on aerospace giant's staff

Security24 Apr 2017 | 13

Ohi-D'oh! US prison hands inmates' SSNs over to... an identity thief

Convicted fraudster says he was given personal details in records requests

Security08 Mar 2017 | 6

Snail mail thieves feed international identity theft rings say Oz cops

A little bit of social engineering, a little bit of lax physical security and a whole lot of pain

Security23 Nov 2016 | 13

You call it 'hacking.' I call it 'investigation'

Something for the Weekend, Sir? Let's call the whole thing off

Security16 Sep 2016 | 86

Couple in the cooler for sucking $1m out of Uncle Sam via IRS 'Get Transcript' scam

DoJ says pair exploited web tools to file fake returns

Security27 Jul 2016 | 6

WikiLeaks fights The Man by, er, publishing ordinary people's personal information

If you contributed to the Democrats Jan–May, get identity theft protection now

Security22 Jul 2016 | 78

You Acer holes! PC maker leaks payment cards in e-store hack

Lost info includes names, addresses, numbers and security codes

Security17 Jun 2016 | 22

Want a job in security? Lock down US military's supermarkets

American officials fear commissaries will fall to hackers

Security08 Apr 2016 | 10

Hyatt says hackers took card data from 250 of its hotels

'Protecting customer info is critically important,' says company that got pwned in 50 countries

Security15 Jan 2016 | 10

LifeLock didn't live up to their hype, and now they're $100m lighter

FTC exacts its pound of flesh from ID theft preventer

On-Prem17 Dec 2015 | 9

eBay scammer steals identity of special agent investigating him

He might get 20 years to boast about that one

Legal18 Nov 2015 | 46

Fake IT admin tricked Cox rep into handing over customer database – cableco fined $600k

Shocked outfoxed Cox docked

Security06 Nov 2015 | 10

Government Gateway online hack claims 'nonsense', say multiple folk in the know

There's no such thing as the 'crown jewels' of identity theft

Channel29 Oct 2015 | 16

ID theft alert biz LifeLock coughs up $96m to FTC in false ad claim deal

Settlement dumps company into the red

Legal28 Oct 2015 | 9

IRS: Tax-record snaffle scam actually 200% worse than first feared

100,000 people's details slurped? No, what we meant to say was 334,000

Security17 Aug 2015 | 11

Bloke thrown in the clink for hacking SIXTY PER CENT of Americans

Selling pilfered personal info to criminal rackets? That's a no-no, Ngo

Security16 Jul 2015 | 12

Hackers steal files on 4 million US govt workers

Records swiped from Office of Personnel Management

On-Prem05 Jun 2015 | 24

THE TRUTH: IRS 'cyber-hack' exposes 100,000 people whose identities were already stolen

A new low for the Feds – or cyber-journalism? The latter

Security26 May 2015 | 12

Intuit halts TurboTax filings after states spot mass tax fraud scheme

Identity thieves skimming gov't cash via bogus tax returns

Security07 Feb 2015 | 17

Sony sued by ex-staff over daft security, leaked privates

What if movie studio loses? Big biz liable for big data blunders?

Legal16 Dec 2014 | 62

AT&T fires insider for slurping customers' social security numbers, driver licenses and more

To those affected: All your data are belong to ... that guy

Security06 Oct 2014 | 28

AT&T: 'twas conniving contractors who nicked your info

Company fesses up to data breach in California

Security14 Jun 2014 | 11

Developer's rare $50,000 Twitter account @N stolen in web shakedown

'Hand over the password or your internet domains get it'

Security30 Jan 2014 | 22

Bloke, 27, cuffed, charged over stolen selfie smut site UGotPosted

31 alleged felonies in online extortion scheme probe

Legal12 Dec 2013 | 40

Three million Adobe accounts hacked? Sorry, make that 38 MILLION

Could be as much as 150 million, Photoshop giant warned

Security30 Oct 2013 | 39

Feds charge Vietnamese suspect with slurp'n'flog of half-a-million Americans' ID data

'Fullz' sold included social security, bank account and bank routing numbers

Security22 Oct 2013 | 7

Brits' privates furtled in TWO-THIRDS of UK fraud cases

Keep your wallet close, keep your personal data closer

Security18 Jan 2013 | 15

Conmen swipe 100,000 Brits' sensitive info in UK.gov fraud bid

Cops probe database ransack, attempted Treasury raid

Legal27 Nov 2012 | 4

Twitter simps fall for 'Obama punched a guy' vid promise scam

Brits, Swedes keenest to see Prez swing a fist

Security14 Nov 2012 | 3

Pollster says ID fraud less costly than we thought

Most attacks relatively trivial

Security31 Oct 2012 |

Gun-toting meth addict gets 12 years for ID theft

Phisher of 38,500 men

Security29 Jul 2011 | 9

Men pocket $1.5m in alleged ATM skimming spree

Feds charge men with aggravated ID theft

Security07 Jun 2011 | 12

Insider data theft costs Bank of America $10m

Bank details for 300 purloined

Security26 May 2011 | 4

Woman with 15 IDs gets 7 years for multiple VAT fraud

Catherine, Allison, Mallory, Claire, Verity, Jessica, too

Legal06 May 2011 | 29