#identity-theft

#identity-theft

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A San Ysidro man accused of issuing multiple fraudulent green cards by impersonating various federal agents, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, is now facing multiple federal charges in the scheme, according to the Central District of California's U.S. Attorney's Office.

The personal information of current and former Indigo employees was stolen in a cyberattack.There is no evidence the data has been released, despite claims it has, but experts say the risk is not gone.A union representing 200 employees of Indigo Books & Music Inc. is calling on the retailer to disclose more information about the scope of its recent data breach and offer additional support to staff affected.

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The Supreme Court on Thursday narrowed the scope of a federal law that adds two years of prison to various felonies if identity theft is involved, unanimously ruling that the government had interpreted what can count too broadly.The case centered on a Texas man, David Dubin, who was convicted of overbilling Medicaid for a psychological services firm.

An actor has told how he was coerced into performing simulated sex acts in a fake Skype audition by the con queen of Hollywood who was posing as a female film producer.Hargobind Tahilramani, 43, is facing extradition to the US accused of being the mastermind of a 1.0 million US dollar (800,000) scam against more than 300 victims between 2013 and 2020.

The Senate Judiciary Committee is about to debate multiple bills that will lead to peoples' private messages being scanned and reported to the government.We oppose these bills, and we have sent a urging the Committee to vote No.
On Thursday, May 4, 2023, the committee will consider S. 1207, the Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2023 (EARN IT Act), and S. 1199, the Strengthening Transparency and Obligation to Protect Children Suffering from Abuse and Mistreatment Act of 2023 (STOP CSAM Act).

Starting in December, Google will begin deleting accounts that have not been used in at least two years as part of an effort to address security risks, the company said on Tuesday.The expunging of old accounts does not only mean losing access to Gmail.Work in Google Docs, Google Workspace, Google Photos and other Google products will also be wiped out, as will any videos that an affected user has uploaded to YouTube.

A sign is shown on a Google building at their campus in Mountain View, Calif., Sept. 24, 2019.Jeff Chiu/AP Google will delete accounts older than two years to help avoid security risks, the company announced Tuesday.The tech giant said neglected accounts are more likely to use old or repeated passwords and less likely to have two-step authentication enabled and to do security checks on the account.

in brief We'd say you'll never guess which telco admitted to a security breakdown last week, but you totally will: T-Mobile US, and for the second time (so far) this year.For those counting, this also makes the seventh incident in five years at the cellular provider - though this one is small compared to the 37 million subscribers whose data leaked in January.

T-Mobile has experienced another data breach, reporting that personal information belonging to hundreds of account holders was exposed in an attack between late February and March 2023.The company disclosed in notification letters issued to impacted customers on April 28th that a hacker managed to access information such as full names, dates of birth, addresses, contact information, government IDs, social security numbers, and T-Mobile account pins.

Supercar manufacturer Ferrari has warned customers that their personal data may be at risk after a limited number of its IT systems were compromised and information exfiltrated by an as-yet unspecified threat actor.The Maranello, Italy-based firm reached out to those involved on Monday 20 March.In a letter to customers - a verified copy of which has been seen by Computer Weekly - chief executive Bendetto Vigno said the exposed data included names, addresses, email addresses and telephone numbers.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday signed into a law a measure that loosens restrictions for people with past felony convictions who want to legally change their names.The measure passed last month in the Illinois Senate after being approved with bipartisan support in the House in 2021.While opponents have argued the measure would allow felons to escape scrutiny and potentially commit more crimes, supporters maintained the legislation would protect transgender individuals who face discrimination, as well as victims of human trafficking who face danger from their abusers.

Crooks have breached Pepsi Bottling Ventures' network and, after deploying info-stealing malware, made off with sensitive personal and financial information according to a notification sent to consumers.The breach happened on or around December 23, 2022.However, Pepsi Bottling Ventures - America's largest manufacturer and distributor of Pepsi-Cola beverages - didn't discover the unauthorized activity until January 10, we're told.