Tag Archives: business identity theft

Protect your business against fraud

When it comes to identity theft, businesses get hit, too

Identity theft isn’t something that just happens to individual people – it can happen to businesses also.
Criminals design websites that look like legitimate business sites, which feature real business names, logos and contact information, all in the name of tricking consumers into giving up their personal or financial information. It also ruins the reputation of [...]

Business owners beware: Crooks can and will hack your system

A Georgia man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for hacking business computer networks and committing identity theft on a “massive scale,” said authorities.
Twenty-five-year-old Rogelio Hackett has pleaded guilty to counterfeit credit card trafficking and identity theft, which caused $36 million in losses, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Hackett had been trafficking [...]

Colorado struggles with business ID theft solutions

Business owners in Colorado who registered their companies with the Colorado Secretary of State could find themselves victims of fraud.
The online state registry has no security protection, so thieves have been targeting businesses on the site in recent months. The site lists companies’ registered agents and offices, and the information is available by logging onto [...]