More on Sunbelt discovery of online ID theft "ring"
Ed Oswald writes in BetaNews:
Sunbelt on Monday advised computer users to ensure that they are running an outbound firewall to prevent themselves from becoming victims of a massive identity theft ring that is gathering personal information from "thousands of machines" according to the company's research.
The FBI is also stepping in, and is currently looking through data sent to it by Sunbelt.
The company first revealed its findings in a post to its Web log last Thursday. The research team was able to obtain the personal information of consumers including bank account numbers and PINs, usernames and passwords, and even instant messaging chat sessions.
"We're sitting upon literally thousands of pages of stolen identities that are being used right now," Sunbelt President Alex Eckelberry wrote at the time.
posted by Fergie @ 8/09/2005 10:44:00 AM
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