Criminals have stolen the identities of 1,500 staff in the UK's Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and used them to make fraudulent tax claims on a government Web site.
In an investigation that led from online forums to a passport-forging facility in Bulgaria, law enforcement officials arrested in the last 48 hours suspects from eight states and six foreign countries on charges of identity theft, computer fraud, credit card fraud and conspiracy.
Latest research shows that firms who fall victim to hacking, viruses or phishing may have to worry about more than just patching up their systems.
A single law against hacking and spamming could stop the UK looking like a soft touch, according to the Communications Management Association.
Ian Angell is a curious kind of dissident. The London School of Economics professor in information systems has emerged as one of the most trenchant critics of the UK's troubled ID card project, but not on any of the usual grounds.
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Individuals have been warned about the threat of identity theft for years. Now it's the turn of businesses.
An e-mail pretending to be a Windows XP security update harbours a malicious Trojan horse that could let hackers build an "army of zombie computers."
Countries begin test programs -- get ready for a facial scan the next time you take an overseas flight.
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