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  • Data on 2.9 million Georgians goes missing

    A CD containing personal information on Georgia residents in the US has gone missing, according to the Georgia state Department of Community Health.

  • 130 arrested in Net fraud crackdown

    More than 130 people have been arrested as part of the latest effort by law-enforcement agencies to crack down on Internet fraud, according to the Justice Department.

  • Offline ID crimes still more severe

    Although Internet-associated identity theft has garnered a significant amount of attention in recent months, the bulk of financial losses linked to fraud is still initiated offline, a new study shows.

  • Online scammer to get time in slammer

    In one of the toughest sentences for online auction fraud, a US man was sentenced to 12 years in prison for defrauding hundreds of shoppers on eBay and Yahoo auction sites.

  • Season over for 'phishing'?

    The latest innovation in identity fraud typically begins with an unexpected e-mail message from a financial institution proclaiming something like: "Your account information needs to be updated due to inactive members, frauds and spoof reports."

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  • Identity fraud costs Australia AU$1 billion a year

    Identity fraud cost the Australian community AU$1.1 billion in 2001/02, according to a report released by a senior Minister, who also acknowledged the rapid subsequent growth of the problem.

  • Net fraud and the truth

    We need to get the facts straight about identity theft and the Internet and stop scaring consumers away from the antidote to a US$47 billion national problem in the U.S.

  • ID theft: Separating myth from reality

    Is online identity theft as rife as the widespread media reports would suggest? We find out whether the risks are real.

  • Caught in a phishing trap?

    The rise in online identity fraud has companies on the hook: Either educate customers or lose them.

  • The end of e-mail?

    The world's e-mail network is no longer the friendly place it once was and authentication could mean the end for the platform as we know it.

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