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Hypnotist Thief in Italy

2008-03-26 10:30:57 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
Okay, this is weird: Police in Italy have issued footage of a man who is suspected of hypnotising supermarket checkout staff to hand over money from their cash registers In every case, the last thing staff reportedly remember is the thief leaning over and saying: "Look into my eyes", before finding the till empty
 
Tags: supermarket checkout staff, staff reportedly remember, thief, till empty, cash registers, italy, footage, money, police
 
 
 
 
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Church's Pastor Is an ID Thief

2008-03-31 13:07:40 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
The more trusted a thief is, the harder he is to catch
 
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HOWTO: Catch a Netflix Thief

2008-04-04 19:44:46 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
After having to file multiple Netflix movies as "lost in the mail" I began to get suspicious that there was more than just a careless mailman at fault. So what better to do than point a video camera at the mailbox and try to catch a Netflix thief
 
Tags: netflix thief, video camera, careless mailman, mailbox, suspicious, mail, fault, lost
 
 
 
 
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Some Massachusetts seniors are at risk

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2007-12-04 16:17:26 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...thief in August, 2007 who had been using information obtained from the Massachusetts Presrciption Advantage program in an attempted identity theft scheme. It is not yet clear how the thief obtained the information Reference URL PC World Story Information World Story The Boston Herald Story Report Credit Associated Press via The Boston...
 
Tags: breach, computer security breach, breach description, prescription advantage, security breach, prescription advantage program, data-breach laws, lone identity thief, thief
 
 
 
 
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WakeMed Emergency Department laptop goes missing

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2008-01-31 01:32:38 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...thief would announce their intentions somehow? Identity theft grabs more headlines now than it ever did, and there are victims every day. What makes people think that the risk is minimal and there is "no reason to believe" that a thief may be interested in the information on the computer. Even if the thief isn't interested or skilled enough,...
 
Tags: sensitive personal information, information, medical information, download diagnostic information, emergency department, county ambulances, ambulances, laptop, county
 
 
 
 
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Cashing in on employee theft, or honest whistleblower?

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2008-02-25 14:03:19 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...thief approximately 1,400 client relationships with LGT Treuhand, which were established before the end of 2002. The largest proportion, about 600 clients, are resident in Germany. The figure circulated in the media of 4,527 sets of data represents the number of beneficiaries of all the foundations it has become increasingly clear that the...
 
Tags: confidential, confidential data, kieber, named heinrich kieber, lgt, lgt trust, data, confidential information, information
 
 
 
 
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Stolen Griffin Electric laptop exposes employee information

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2008-04-11 11:40:02 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...thief already has enough information with what was disclosed We take the possibility of identity theft very seriously and, therefore, are sending this precautionary advisory The purpose of this letter is to make you aware of this incident so that you can take steps to protect yourself, minimize the possibility of misuse of your information...
 
Tags: information, personal medical information, personal information, confidential information, data, information security professionals, data owner, data encryption products, data custodian
 
 
 
 
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Daily Mail publisher admits to stolen laptop

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2008-07-05 12:55:49 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...thief Evan] How is the conclusion drawn? I don't see how there could be enough information to determine what the thief was likely to do From the letter to affected persons from the Associated Newspapers group finance director, Simon Dyson, and his Northcliffe counterpart, Martyn Hindley Unfortunately one of the company's laptops has been...
 
Tags: information, personal information, daily mail publisher, daily mail, personal, store confidential information, laptop, personal data, laptop company computer
 
 
 
 
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Indiana State University professor's laptop is stolen

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2008-07-17 09:29:35 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...thief would need more information and documentation to set up false credit Evan] A SSN needs to be held in strict confidentiality in today's financial, employment, health, and other systems. It is often used for identification and authentication. Once an identity thief has a SSN, the owner of that SSN is now a prime target because the thief...
 
Tags: university, information, personal information, information includes names, university students, confidential information, laptop, evan contact information, university policy prohibits
 
 
 
 
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My Review of Tiger Team

2007-12-27 00:27:16 by Bill in Grumpy Security Guy
 
...Thief knockoff with a tech twist. In my book that makes for some good TV. I really enjoy It Takes a Thief which is basically two reformed thieves breaking into peoples houses. I always thought it would be cool to do that with businesses, since really most homes have pretty weak defenses. Clearly it was a great idea since that is what Tiger...
 
Tags: tiger team, people, repair people, security stories, pretty, pretty weak defenses, penetration test, physical security, rare auto dealership