Grand Theft Auto

cybersecurity. I find this field important and interesting. In my field, I sometimes have to provide information to individuals who are or suspect they have been a victim of identity theft. It is a devastating and difficult situation to be in. Unfortunately, due to hacking and data breaches happening frequently, identity theft seems to be an ongoing problem. These portable items, laptops, mobile phones and jump drives contain sometimes personal and or proprietary information and if lost or…

$5,130 Identity theft victims usually spend over 500 hours repairing the damage. The long process of repairing identity theft damage can cause great emotional stress. Websites such as IdentityTheft.gov, give step-by-step directions to help walk a victim through repairing the damage. Some Americans neglect the fact that identity theft leads to months of financial damage, emotional stress, and many people do not follow the procedures to protect themselves against it. Identity theft can disturb…

Before diving further into this topic, it is necessary to define several terms relating to cybercrime and identity theft. Dictionary.com defines cybercrime as criminal activity or a crime that involves the Internet, a computer system, or computer technology. Identity theft is the fraudulent appropriation and use of someone's identifying or personal data or documents, such as a credit card. Phishing is defined as trying to obtain financial or other confidential information from Internet users,…

Identity theft is when a criminal obtains the personal information that belongs to someone else in order for personal of financial gain. The criminal can steal a Social Security number or a driver’s license number to pose as the person that the information was stolen from. For example, the information can be used to help the criminal get credit cards, material things, and sometimes false credentials for immigrants. In order to obtain personal information, identity thieves can hack into computer…

Cheri Davidson Identity Theft Identity theft has been an epidemic for much longer than most people realize, or care to admit. There was a time when stealing someone’s identity was as easy as claiming to be someone else. The more complicated technology gets it is important not to allow a false sense of security from identity theft, as there are several ways for one to lose their identity. Dumpster diving, phishing scams, phone scams, various viruses and card scanning schemes are some of the…

Definition of Identity Theft The National Crime Victimization Survey stated that, “there is no one universally accepted definition of identity theft as the term describes a variety of illegal acts involving theft or misuse of personal information” (As cited in Copes and Vieraitis, 2012). Therby, a commonly accepted definition of identity theft is known as the unlawful use, or possession, of someone else’s personal identifying information, which, can result in a criminal charge. Personally…

Some of the pratical uses of cyber attacks are- fake wireless access points, cookie theft, and file name tricks. Fake wireless access enables hackers to mimic the free wifi of the establishment they are currently in. When users coonect the hacker can then sniff the users computer for unprotected data. With cookies theft hacks gather information about the users search sites, followed by log-in passwords. This in return allows them to replicate that particular…

Hell is a place for sinners whose souls suffer after death for the poor choices they commit in the world. It is a spiritual realm often referred to as the inferno for the evil suffering of the souls. Some people believe their sins are not significant enough to allow them to descend to hell. Some even believe that no sin is greater than the next and that all sin is equal. I believe certain sins are greater than others, and in my hell I will have child pornographers, dog fighters, domestic abusers…

Fraud Case Analysis Rita Crundwell started working for the City of Dixon’s finance department as a high school student, but she eventually became the city’s treasurer and comptroller in 1983. Seven years after her appointment, she began a twenty-two-year fraud scheme that enabled her to embezzle approximately $54 billion dollars from the taxpayers she was serving. To embezzle the municipality’s funds unnoticed, Crundwell discretely opened a bank account at the Fifth and Third Bank…

As stated in the 2016 Identity Fraud Study, led by Javelin Strategy & Research, approximately fifteen-billion dollars have been stolen from 13.1 million U.S citizens. One-fourth of these identity theft cases were linked with stolen credit information, therefore, banks have implemented an EMV Chip that can deny access to Cyberthieves using mobile devices to gain credit card information. Surprisingly, hackers have found ways to bypass these chips using…