The dark web and online crypto-currency is responsible for thousands upon thousands of cases of identity theft. Credit card information is incredibly cheap on the dark web and can go for as little as $15 a credit card. In case you aren’t familiar, the dark web is …Read more
Source: API WASHINGTON—The data breach at Target Corp. that exposed millions of credit card numbers has focused attention on the patchwork of state consumer notification laws and renewed a push for a single national standard. Most states have laws that require retailers to disclose data breaches, but …Read more
A human resources department employee takes home employee data that is then stolen by her boyfriend. A Peabody, MA man will spend seven years in federal prison for leading an identity fraud ring that cost retailers nearly $400,000, federal prosecutors said. William Dodge, 46, will have to …Read more
