by Tom Ahearn
8/27/2009 12:00:00 PM
In case there are still those who believe identity theft only happens to people with little or no financial acumen when it comes to matters of money, a report never publicly revealed until now shows that anyone – even someone believed to have saved the global economy from financial disaster – can be a victim of identity theft.
According to an exclusive story from Newsweek, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke – the nation's chief banker and the man credited b...
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by Tom Ahearn
8/25/2009 11:41:00 AM
In what U.S. authorities believe is the largest hacking and identity theft case ever prosecuted – and the largest identity theft ring ever exposed in the U.S. – three men were indicted for allegedly stealing more than 130 million credit and debit card numbers, according to a report from Reuters.
At the center of the sprawling identity theft and fraud scheme, Reuters reports, was Albert Gonzalez – a 28-year-old former government informant already in jail for allegedly st...
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by Tom Ahearn
8/20/2009 12:16:00 PM
Along with cover letters and résumés, jobseekers in the 21st century will also have their participation in phenomenally popular social networking sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, and Twitter looked at during pre-employment background checks.
According to a June 2009 CareerBuilder survey of more than 2,600 hiring managers, almost half (forty-five percent) of employers reported that they used social networking sites to screen potential employees during backgr...
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by Tom Ahearn
8/17/2009 2:34:00 PM
The results of a recent sample of criminal background checks on prospective church volunteers show the need for churches to remain on guard in protecting their congregations against workers with criminal pasts.
According to an article posted online at The Birmingham (AL) News, an agency that conducted 5,000 background checks for 450 churches found serious felonies in 80 cases and more than 600 people – almost 1 in 8 – that had some criminal history that may disqualify them fr...
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by Tom Ahearn
8/12/2009 10:19:00 AM
Effective immediately, the U.S. Marine Corps has banned Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and other Social Networking Sites (SNS) from its networks for one year, according to a recently issued order.
Citing security concerns, the Marine Corps order defines SNS as “web-based services that allow communities of people to share common interests and/or experiences existing outside of Department of Defense (DOD)” that are a “haven for malicious actors and content and are particular...
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