Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Top Tech News : Hackers Find New Ways To Assume Identities

"Although cyber scamming is nothing new, the way thieves use the data is constantly changing, and social media is a gateway to the latest scams. Identity theft experts fear that by sharing seemingly mundane personal details and preferences on social networking sites, people might be giving the bad guys clues about their security codes." ~

http://www.toptechnews.com/story.xhtml?story_id=111003KN0ZSO

This article is enlightening and a bit redundant to me. Let me explain why. To paraphrase "When you make something scam proof someone goes and makes a better scam." Like viruses, scams evolve as the ways to prevent them do. We must remain ever vigilant to keep ourselves safe.

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