How Personal Information Can be Used for Identity Theft Identity theft is a major problem in the United States, with millions of Americans falling victim to it each year. Identity theft occurs when someone uses your personal information without your permission, usually for financial gain. This is how Identity theft can have a devastating effect
What is Identity Theft?
What is Identity Theft? Identity theft is a serious problem that can have a lasting impact on your finances and credit. It can even prevent you from gaining employment. Worse, those committing Identity theft can use your identity and accrue a criminal record in your name. And you may not even be aware of it
Data Scraped From 500 Million LinkedIn Users Found For Sale Online
500 Million LinkedIn Users Data Sold Online IDs, names, email addresses and more personal details are part of the massive database of stolen data, which could be used to launch additional attacks on LinkedIn and its users. A massive trove of LinkedIn account data has been found for sale online, containing 500 million user records
Scraped data of 500 million LinkedIn users being sold online, 2 million records leaked as proof
Days after a massive Facebook data leak made the headlines, it seems like we’re in for another one, this time involving LinkedIn. An archive containing data purportedly scraped from 500 million LinkedIn profiles has been put for sale on a popular hacker forum, with another 2 million records leaked as a proof-of-concept sample by the post author.
FBI Seeking Tech Experts to Become Cyber Special Agents
Want To be a Cyber Special Agent? The FBI Seeks Tech Experts. The Federal Bureau of Investigations needs tech experts to help the agency. It’s not easy becoming a Cyber Special Agent. Read what one agent has to say to qualify. “One thing that no one else can offer is the mission and the camaraderie