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Citigroup breached by simply altering URL; now admits 360k accounts hacked
Citigroup ( NYSE: C ) officials have revised the number of hacked credit card accounts from the original 210,000 to 360,083. The revised tally was revealed in a letter to customers sent out after
Millions of Americans risk ID theft via social networks
Millions of Americans adults run the risk of identity theft via social networks, according to a survey conducted by Harris Interactive. As reported by CNET, 18 percent of men would accept a friend
Scammers target Georgia's business registration data
Businesses be on a alert: Lax protection around business registration data in at least two states has enabled scam artists to swindle millions by creating fraudulent corporate identities. Georgia is
Financial firm warns 1.2 million files exposed
It may have been a case of carelessness or thoughtlessness, but a Concord, N.H., financial services company is sounding alarms that user names and passwords were shared improperly and could have been
Products prevent identity fraud
A new crop of products is on the market to prevent identity theft. It includes products to scour the Internet looking for signs that criminals have found your information so you can put up a firewall
Drowning in passwords
If you are like me and millions of others online, you've got more than one password--many more. You may have one that is six or seven letters or one that combines letters and numbers. There could be
The 10 Most Terrifying IT Debacles of 2009
It's been a very bad year for IT breaches. The numbers are still not in, but it's clear that the private and public sectors have been the target of constant hack attacks from around the world. It's
ChoicePoint pays $275,000 fine for data breach
ChoicePoint Inc. agreed to pay $275,000 to federal regulators as a result of a data breach last year that exposed the Social Security numbers and other personal information of 13,750 people. The
Guilty plea in massive computer hacking scheme
In what's being called the largest identity theft case in U.S. history, a Miami man pleaded guilty last week to charges that he hacked into the computers of some of the nation's biggest retailers and
Do your customers trust you online?
If your business is online to sell its wares, it's important to create a new generation of consumers who trust you online, according to experts in the field. You have to make your customers feel
