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Army Captain Stephen Redmon spent a year serving his country in Iraq. But it wasn’t until the young artillery officer returned home that he fell victim to an unseen enemy that turned his life upside down. Capt. Redmon’s paycheck was stolen online by an identity thief.
He’s not alone. Identity theft is the Number One military complaint reported to the FTC. If you’re in the armed services, find out how you can avoid becoming the next casualty. Read More
A 29-year-old Florida woman was sentenced to more than five years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, in connection with an identity theft tax-fraud scheme targeting the names and personal data of 44 U.S. Marines.
Convicted of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, prosecutors say Dorothy Boulin expected to be paid 20% of the money obtained from filing phony tax returns. Prosecutors say she had more than 100 photocopies of stolen driver’s license identification cards, Social Security cards, and printouts of more than 200 names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers. Read More
When the brave men and women of the United States Armed Forces are deployed for duty, the last thing on their mind should be whether or not someone will steal their identity while they are gone. Read More
They serve and fight to protect freedom and security. So should members of the military be banned from using social networks in order to ensure their online privacy and offline security? Read More
Government contractor Booz Allen Hamilton has confirmed a massive data breach affecting tens of thousands of military personnel emails and encrypted passwords. The hackers then allegedly posted the sensitive information online. The Washington Post says because “the passwords were encrypted, one of the greatest dangers of the leak may be that the email addresses could be used to contact military personnel under false pretenses and lure them into revealing their unencrypted passwords.”
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Gannett-owned military website DefenseNews.com has reported that hackers have stolen subscribers’ email addresses and names. DefenseNews ‘ subscribers include active and retired military personnel, defense contractors and others in both the United States and other countries’ defense establishments. As PCWorld points out in this article, “the stolen information would make the perfect fodder for future ‘spear phishing,’ the kind of attacks that target individuals within an organization by crafting convincing messages, often with embedded links or attached files that direct recipients to malicious sites or plant malware directly on PCs to, for instance, gather more information or gain greater access to a network.”
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