The youngest ever to graduate from George Mason University, they put their talents to use at schemes like inflating gift card value and stealing credit card data.
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Three women indicted for allegedly stealing identities from people’s passports
The three allegedly cooked up counterfeit documents and got others to borrow money to buy iPhones, iPads and other gadgets.
RadioShack to auction off customer data, violating own privacy policy
Despite it’s privacy policy, bankrupt RadioShack is putting customer names, addresses, email addresses and other data up for auction.
Target agrees to pay $10 million to settle data breach lawsuit
Target has proposed a huge $10 million settlement for victims of its 2013 data breach in which at least 70 million records were compromised.
US regulator says Anthem “refuses to cooperate” in security audit
Anthem, the health insurance giant that recently suffered a massive data breach, is “refusing to cooperate” with US regulators attempting to conduct vulnerability scans and configuration tests on its IT systems.
Bought PII from the government? PLEASE DON’T LOSE IT! 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Here’s the latest episode of our weekly computer security roundup. The latest news presented so you can enjoy it…in just one minute!
Anthem healthcare breach is smaller – and bigger – than first thought
There’s good and bad news about Anthem’s recent data breach. The bad news includes the risk to between 8.8M and 18M non-customers who were in Anthem’s database anyway…
The end of the Silk Road for Dread Pirate Roberts – 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Here’s our weekly “60 Second Security” video. Enjoy a fresh and entertaining take on the latest security news in just one minute…
STD dating site PositiveSingles.com faces $16.5 million fine for sharing user profiles
The dating site for people with STDs promised “100%” anonymity but used the anonymous claimant’s profile on affiliated niche dating sites such as AIDSDate, Herpesinmouth, ChristianSafeHaven, MeetBlackPOZ and PositivelyKinky.
Epidemic of medical data breaches leaking all our most sensitive information
Health data is considered among the most private of information, but continues to leak out in a dazzling range of ways.