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...York Mellon, during an eight-year crime spree. Adeniyi Adeyemi of Brooklyn, who is 27, allegedly used the stolen identities, mainly from IT workers, to steal over $1.1m from institutions including charities. According to The New... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/03/238398/it-worker-indicted-for-grand-larceny-in-1m-fraud.htm
...nine US retailers, including TJX. The identity theft is the biggest ever reported. The thieves used the stolen identities to withdraw "tens of thousands of dollars at a time from ATMs", said the US Department of Justice. The men... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/08/06/231757/tjx-thieves-charged-with-worlds-biggest-id-theft.htm
...website is highly disturbing. "Theoretically, hackers could have planted malicious code, which could have stolen identities or installed malware onto the computers of millions of web visitors." But, he joked, "Fortunately, there... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/09/15/232307/cern-website-hacked.htm
...of cybercrime and specifically online financial fraud. The report reveals that Britons' personal details and stolen identities are increasingly being traded illegally on the internet and, in the process, fuelling a black market of personal... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/10/30/233135/big-increase-in-cybercrime-and-recession-will-make-it.htm
...DarkMarket identity fraud website. DarkMarket had been exposed as an FBI honey trap for criminals wanting to trade stolen identities, bank card numbers and rogue computer code used for identity theft. An FBI agent is said to have infiltrated... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/10/17/232715/police-raid-uk-homes-after-darkmarket-fraud-website-exposed-as-fbi-honey.htm
...hack into unprotected wireless networks to steal credit card transaction details from TJX and other stores. The stolen identities were then used to withdraw tens of thousands of dollars at a time from bank automatic teller machines. TJX... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/01/08/234142/TJ-Maxx-hacker-jailed-for-30-years-in-Turkey.htm
...payments were made into multiple bank accounts using the stolen identities - payments were suspended immediately after they...prevent fraudsters from opening bank accounts using stolen identities. Tax credits applications require the individual... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2006/01/24/213823/government-puts-cost-of-online-tax-credits-identity-theft-at.htm
...injection vulnerabilities. Not to mention the dangers legitimate customers face when stolen cookies may lead to stolen identities. It's no surprise, then, that customers are shopping and banking less online. Unfortunately, Web application... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2006/11/20/219959/Software-development-life-cycle-lacks-app-security-practices.htm
...150,000 was wired overseas. "While good headway has been made in clamping down on the hackers that sell stolen identities online, more action needs to be taken to stop the criminals that buy and use this information," said Graham Cluley... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/08/20/226276/Seven-years-in-jail-for-identity-theft-fraudster.htm
...stole money from the tax credits system using the stolen identities of at least 13,000 people. Fraud using the...of Network Rail staff has been revealed. The stolen identities were used by the fraudsters to set up fraudulent... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2006/01/18/213730/fraudsters-steal-millions-from-online-tax-credits-system.htm

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