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Identity Theft and Fraud - 0 views

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shared by anonymous on 08 Feb 10 - Cached
  • anonymous on 08 Feb 10
     
    Description of Identity theft, and that it is indeed a crime. Identity theft and identity fraud are terms used to refer to all types of crime in which someone wrongfully obtains and uses another person's personal data in some way that involves fraud or deception, typically for economic gain. In the US and Canada many poeple have reported that unauthorized persons have taken frauds out of their bank or finacial accounts, or the worst care, taken over their identity all together (another person who is using someone else's name/credit card).
dr tech

Internet game that awards points for people spotting crimes on CCTV cameras is branded ... - 3 views

www.dailymail.co.uk/...branded-snoopers-paradise.html

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shared by dr tech on 10 Oct 09 - Cached
  • dr tech on 10 Oct 09
     
    Wow - do you think that this is the future - wisdom of crowds for crime spotting!
Omkar Naik

BBC NEWS | UK | Small town 'online crime hotspot' - 0 views

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shared by Omkar Naik on 09 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Last year, 24% of all internet purchases there were made using stolen credit card details, according to security company The Third Man.
  • Durham Police say investigations are being hampered because people are told to report fraud to their banks first.
  • Shildon, in the DL area, is a former industrial town with a population of 10,000, and police believe that just one or two people may be responsible for the crime wave.
Chalana Perera

BBC NEWS | UK | UK Politics | UK surveillance plan to go ahead - 2 views

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shared by Chalana Perera on 21 Nov 09 - Cached
  • asking firms to retain information on how people use social networks such as Facebook.
  • More communication via computers rather than phones Companies won't always keep all data all the time Anonymity online masks criminal identities More online services provided from abroad Data held in many locations and difficult to find
  • recognition of the role of data in protecting the public
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  • Communications data is crucial to the fight against crime and in keeping people safe. It is a highly technical area and one which demands a fine balance between privacy and maintaining the capabilities of the police and security services
  • The Home Office says it wants to change the law to compel communication service providers (CSPs) to collect and retain records of communications from a wider range of internet sources, from social networks through to chatrooms and unorthodox methods, suc
  • ecret security services have legal powers in the UK to intercept communications in the interests of combating crime or threats to national security.
Jeff Ratliff

130 million credit card numbers stolen. - 0 views

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shared by Jeff Ratliff on 19 Aug 09 - Cached
  • A cyber crime ring has set a new record for the number of credit cards it hacked and compromised -- 130 million.
  • It's a shared responsibility because the payment system is like a giant refinery, with tubes and pipes and valves everywhere.
    • Jeff Ratliff
      Jeff Ratliff on 19 Aug 09
       
      IT Systems: Internet
  • Because the same PIN you use to buy gas at a gas station you use to get cash out of a ATM.
Sanchit Jain

DNA Evidence Can Be Fabricated - 0 views

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shared by Sanchit Jain on 19 Aug 09 - Cached
  • they could construct a sample of DNA to match that profile without obtaining any tissue from that person.
    • Sanchit Jain
      Sanchit Jain on 19 Aug 09
       
      there is no individuality, aynbody can be "created".SOCIAL
  • You can just engineer a crime scene,”
    • Sanchit Jain
      Sanchit Jain on 19 Aug 09
       
      Science and the Environment, Politics and Government IMPACT
  • A potential invasion of personal privacy is another.
    • Sanchit Jain
      Sanchit Jain on 19 Aug 09
       
      Control, Policies and Standards, Integrity SOCIAL
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  • stored in law enforcement databases as a series of numbers and letters corresponding to variations at 13 spots in a person’s genome.
    • Sanchit Jain
      Sanchit Jain on 19 Aug 09
       
      IT SYSTEMS: basic hardware, used in the process to create DNA
  • Sanchit Jain on 19 Aug 09
     
    they could construct a sample of DNA to match that profile without obtaining any tissue from that person.
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