Stolen Lives: Some ID Theft Is Not for Profit, but to Get a Job
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One of the most common forms of identity theft involves illegal immigrants using fraudulent Social Security numbers.
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Identity thieves can snare Social Security numbers from a potpourri of public records, especially those maintained by state and local governments, according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office.
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A customer filed a $54 million lawsuit against Best Buy for losing an $1100 laptop she took in for service. The reason, exposure to identity theft.  It's about time vendors were forced to recognize the value of customers' data. I recall how the chief genius at the Apple store in Emeryville complained that they would have to eat the cost of the drive in a deal they made with the manufacturer. Someday they'll have a clue that the data on most drives is worth far more than the hardware, and that their potential liability, if the data ends up in the hands of an identity thief, is also much greater.
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Audra Schmierer&#039;s Social Security number really gets around. It has been used by at least 81 people in 17 states, most of them probably illegal immigrants trying to get work.
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Despite the hoopla, most identity theft occurs offline. Also: Amazon uses video and GPS to create virtual tours of city businesses.... Rumors of SBC's bid to buy AT & #038;T & hellip;.  Plan to scan Arabic to preserve culture and aid intelligence & hellip;. and more.
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There's a new kind of theft growing in popularity -- be careful!
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Eager to get into the identity-theft business? Don't bother breaking into a government employee's house or staking out an unsecured Wi-Fi hotspot. A recent study shows that a simple shopping jaunt on eBay or in a local used-tech store will pay off in personal info over half the time.
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That plastic card, the one with the lousy photo that's jammed into your wallet or purse, isn't just a license to drive. It's the green light to buy a drink, the ticket to federal benefits, the must-have document to get aboard airplanes.
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Despite growing fears about online fraud, a new study finds that most cases of identity theft originate offline.
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Up to 800,000 of the school's students, faculty and alumni may be vulnerable to identity theft.  What went wrong, and what can be done about it?
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Variations on identity theft that involve criminal records or medical histories give rise to their own special nightmares.
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The worry used to be that illegal immigrants were stealing welfare. Then it was jobs. Now, we're told, they're stealing people's identities.
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Personal identity has taken on a new meaning in the digital age, where basic facts like your name, address or age are far less important to some people than the collected records of what you were looking at online.
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Disguised con artists want your personal information -- and you may be offering it to them.
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An unprecedented analysis of closed-case data provided by the Secret Service indicates that even an ID-theft conviction provides no better than even odds of jail time for perpetrators. And the median take from an ID theft is no small potatoes, either.
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New Yorkers, especially around New  York City, and Californians, especially around Los Angeles, are  more likely to be targets of identity theft, according to a new  study.
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The fight against identity theft in the U.S. isn't going so well, according to new research released by Gartner Inc. And it doesn't look like it's going to get better anytime soon.