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Round-Up Both the Prime Minister and the Home Secretary are accused of "identity theft" in the posters, which promise to make their fingerprints publicly available if captured. The campaign is an attack on government plans to take the biometric details of...
[11 Apr 2008]
Comment Editor's choice silicon.com editor Steve Ranger flags up his picks on the site this week.¦ Photos: Satellites free the roads from snow and ice ¦ The Naked CIO: Boardroom stereotypes ¦ silicon.com Classics: A London pub crawl… with...
[10 Apr 2008]
Photo Brown and Smith are accused of "identity theft" in the posters, which promise to make their fingerprints publicly available if captured. The elaborate stunt has been dreamt up by anti-ID cards campaigners No2ID and Privacy International, who will...
[07 Apr 2008]
News The UK suffered more than £1bn of fraud in 2007, 90 per cent of which was perpetrated by organised gangs carrying out ID theft and VAT scams, according to the KPMG Forensic Fraud Barometer. He said: "A lot of this ID theft is being carried out online.
[04 Feb 2008]
Comment Mail theft and tampering are now endemic in the UK, with CDs a common target. Editor's choice silicon.com editor Steve Ranger flags up his picks on the site this week.¦ Video Cheat Sheet: ID cards ¦ Photos: Zoom in on London from the air...
[31 Jan 2008]
News She said the firm had informed all employees by letter the moment it found out about the theft, set up a helpline for affected workers and provided them with unlimited credit checks with Experian. A spokesman for the ICO said: "There is no evidence...
[25 Jan 2008]
whitepaper Identity theft is the number one consumer crime in America, and still growing rapidly. Many employers are beginning to realize that identity theft protection can be a highly valuable addition to an employee benefits program, and The Identity...
[29 Oct 2007]
News And a third of Brits discard everything a fraudster needs to commit ID theft - including passports, driving licences, CVs and utility bills.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign - what we are asking for.silicon.com wants the government to review...
[09 Oct 2007]
News Loans.co.uk has warned customers they could be at the risk of identity theft after personal data was leaked in a data security breach. The loans website will not reveal how many customers have been affected or how the breach happened but admitted...
[13 Sep 2007]
News According to credit information provider Equifax, fraudsters could make off with users' personal information in order to commit ID theft - and the company is urging web users to limit the amount of info they post online.
[23 Jul 2007]
News The Commission said laws targeting particular crimes - such as ID theft - and identifying those responsible for enforcing them will currently be more effective than general cyber crime legislation. As part of the targeted legislation, the...
[24 May 2007]
News ID management in the security spotlight Ever wondered what CIOs are reading on silicon.com? Our CIO Essentials feature puts you in the picture. Each week a leading IT chief picks his or her top stories from the past week and explains why they matter.
[08 May 2007]
whitepaper In addition, new legislation for higher levels of security in commerce make voice biometrics an attractive low-cost option for enterprises now required to ask for three levels of ID to prevent identity theft and fraud in commerce and homeland...
[13 Apr 2007]
News A subject in the laptop theft has been identified, CPS said. In 2005, UC Berkeley warned more than 98,000 people that the theft of a laptop from its graduate school admissions office exposed their personal information.
[10 Apr 2007]
Comment Then this morning we heard about the case of the Halifax parting company with some mortgage and customer details, through the theft of printouts. Today that trust extends to our ID, our house deeds, our wills and more.
[27 Mar 2007]
Comment There followed much sucking in of breath and a few sideways glances - do I look like one of those ID theft types? The other day I went to the high street for the first time in ages to deal with my finances.
[21 Mar 2007]
News Fraud related to identity theft has risen by more than 50 per cent across the pond since 2003, according to analyst Gartner. Gartner said electronic theft of sensitive information is the leading cause of credit/debit card fraud and bank account...
[07 Mar 2007]
News Chip and PIN has also been blamed for making ID theft easier by a leading criminologist - despite figures released by Apacs last year pointing towards a £60m drop in counterfeit card fraud in the first year since the payment system was introduced.
[15 Feb 2007]
whitepaper These smart cards, which are actually integrated circuits (IC), will store key information, such as terminal identification (ID) and a credit card number, making them secure from theft. The era of mobile commerce will begin with the appearance of...
[04 Feb 2007]
News Chip and PIN has been blamed for making ID theft easier, as checkout staff in shops are less vigilant about transactions because of the new anti-fraud technology, according to a leading criminologist.
[29 Jan 2007]
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