The SEC convinced a U.S. federal judge to freeze the assets of a Russian company accused of using investors' stolen passwords and usernames to game equity trades on some 38 stocks.
Tags: SEC, hackers, identity theft, cyber crime, ProCo Investments

A cyber attack breached the Los Angeles Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites point-of-sale systems for several months last year.
Tags: security, Symantec, identity theft, POS, Westin

IBM was ranked the most trusted company for privacy among IT companies, fending off the likes of HP and eBay for the coveted top spot. But Facebook wasn't as fortunate.
Tags: Google, privacy, Facebook, IBM, identity theft

The bank came clean this week, admitting that data stolen by a former IT specialist exposed a lot more clients to possible identity theft than it previously suspected.
Tags: security, data breach, identity theft, database security, HSBC

More than 35,000 Arkansas National Guard soldiers are learning that their names, social security numbers and other personal data are at risk after an external hard drive vanished.
Tags: Storage, data breach, identity theft, military, Arkansas National Guard

For the second time in two years, Wyndham Hotels and Resorts says hackers accessed its computer systems, stealing sensitive information, including customer payment card data.
Tags: security, Symantec, identity theft, cyber attacks, Wyndham

Hackers and e-crooks have moved beyond the low-hanging fruit of online banks and eBay as primary targets for their elaborate phishing schemes, according to a new report.
Tags: security, e-commerce, identity theft, phishing, APWG

The tool can be used to impersonate a Twitter user's account.
Tags: identity theft, Twitter, social networks, Core Security, social network

The follow-up process has already cost more than $7 million.
Tags: data, data breach, identity theft, breach, BlueCross BlueShield

ThreatMetrix and CyberSource team up to build new, advanced identity protection applications to combat identity theft and further secure online transactions.
Tags: security, ecommerce, small business, identity theft, application security

Three men have been charged with stealing more than $137,000.
Tags: bank, identity theft, fraud, credit cards, theft

The IT department at Valdosta State University discovered that a hacker managed to breach a school server storing the personal information of more than 170,000 students and faculty.
Tags: security, hackers, data breach, identity theft, Valdosta State

Jacob Richard Roll was also ordered to pay $13,100 in restitution.
Tags: security, bank, identity theft, fraud, theft

The sentence is the longest given to any white collar criminal in the history of the Middle District of Louisiana.
Tags: security, bank, identity theft, fraud, theft

Robert Sacks and Diego Hernandez were convicted on all counts.
Tags: security, bank, identity theft, fraud, theft

The politician says he never described the opposing party as scum-sucking pigs.
Tags: politics, identity theft, Twitter, UK, hacked

Javelin Strategy & Research report finds that identity theft cases increased 12 percent last year and affected more than 11.1 million adults in the U.S.
Tags: malware, phishing, security, identity theft, Operation Phish Phry

A new Web site has been created to provide players with information about the dangers of account theft.
Tags: security, phishing, identity theft, World of Warcraft, theft

Former patient care assistant Nakeshia Brown has been sentenced to 60 months in prison.
Tags: security, identity theft, fraud, credit cards, theft

Two women bypassed the immigration system using tape bearing other people's fingerprints.
Tags: security, international, identity theft, biometrics, South Korea