Krebs on Security

AUGUST 6, 2020

Hacked or ill-gotten accounts at consumer data brokers have fueled ID theft and identity theft services of various sorts for years. Secret Service had arrested a 24-year-old man named Hieu Minh Ngo for running an identity theft service out of his home in Vietnam. The now defunct SSNDOB identity theft service.

Accountability 363

Accountability Identity Theft Hacking Insurance 363

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Data Security Access Control Thales | Cloud Protection & Licensing Solutions More About This Author > In 2004, the first Safer Internet Day (SID) debuted by the EU SafeBorders project with a mission to make the digital world a safer space for everyone.

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Internet Internet Education Technology 62

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Some were protected by a fragile encryption algorithm like MD5, but others were encrypted using bcrypt, considered a strong hash. SHA1 (Secure Hashing Algorithm 1) has been broken since 2004 and can be breached quickly by criminals at relatively little cost. Proper encryption is key.

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Ransomware Passwords Encryption Identity Theft 112

Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

2004 — Lowe’s — Brian Salcedo is sentenced to 9 years for hacking into Lowe’s home improvement stores and attempting to steal customer credit card information. . 2004 — ChoicePoint — A 41-year-old Nigerian citizen compromises customer data of ChoicePoint, but the company only informs 35,000 people of the breach.

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Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Banking Hacking 135