Identity crime - This form of fraud entails additional risks beyond monetary loss, including compromised credit ratings and the arduous process of reclaiming financial security
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The West Australian man was charged after being linked to several purchases of the Genesis Market dark web marketplace, which was shut down by an FBI-led investigation in April 2023.
The man stripped $17,500 from a super fund and other bank accounts from a couple and opened several bank accounts in the name of another man while also racking up mobile phone debts and naming him as the owner of a car involved in four traffic infringements.
Commonwealth credentials are being stolen or breached at an ever-increasing rate, with agencies referring some 25,000 Australians to an identity support service last financial year.
Commonwealth referrals to identity theft support soar
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The Justice Department announced Thursday multiple arrests in a series of complex stolen identity theft cases that officials say are part of a wide-ranging scheme that generates enormous proceeds for the North Korean government, including for its weapons program.
The conspiracy involves thousands of North Korean information technology workers who prosecutors say are dispatched by the government to live abroad and who rely on the stolen identities of Americas to obtain remote employment at U.S.-based Fortune 500 companies, jobs that give them access to sensitive corporate data and lucrative paychecks. The companies did not realize the workers were overseas.
Justice Dept. makes arrests in North Korean identity theft scheme involving thousands of IT workers
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Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, May 11, 2024 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and online security, often without our situational awareness.
Four highlights from this week: Bank scammers using genuine push notifications to trick their victims; How VISA is using generative AI to battle account fraud attacks; War Zone Surveillance Technology Is Hitting American Streets; and Negating all VPNs may have been possible since 2002.