Social Media, Identity Theft, Data Breaches , Espionage & Cyber Security

Social Media

Private

Life

Work

Family

School

If you own a business or are self-

employed:

• Have you looked to see what is

posted about you?

• Do you monitor for comments

or ratings?

• How do you address

complaints?

• Do you monitor for brand-

jacking? http://knowem.com/

• Employers are increasingly using social

media for background checks.

• Insurance companies use social media

to look for fraud.

• Spies use social media to look for

informants.

Bad guys can exploit your use of social media to infect your computer with malware

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Soq3jzttwiA

"Identify theft is one of the fastest growing

crimes in the US."

John Ashcroft79th US Attorney General

http://cbs11tv.com/seenon/Bump.Key.Safety.2.499252.html

TOP MERCHANT GROUPS

RESTAURANTS

GAS

HOTELS

CAR RENTALS

ALL OTHER

SOURCE: CALIFORNIA RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION, VISA USA, UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE

BY MERCHANT LOCATIONS

CALIFORNIA

FLORIDA

NEW YORK

NEW JERSEY

TEXAS

MEXICO

ILLINOIS

ALL OTHER

SOURCE: CALIFORNIA RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION, VISA USA, UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE

“The federal government is the biggest

offender.”

Paul StephensPrivacy Rights Clearinghouse

• Information is sold on the Black Market

• Sometimes the information is traded for drugs

• Used to fund terrorist operations

Malware has cost trillions of

dollars in the last decade

http://www.secretservice.gov/fraud_email_advisory.shtml

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCyKcoDaofg

http://news.rutgers.edu/medrel/news-releases/2010/02/rutgers-researchers-20100222

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZgf32wVTd4

Albert Gonzalez, 28

With accomplices, he was involved in data breaches of most of the major data breaches:

Heartland, Hannaford Bros., 7-Eleven, T.J. Maxx, Marshalls, BJ’s Wholesale Club, OfficeMax, Barnes &

Noble, Sports Authority, Dave & Busters, Boston Market, Forever 21, DSW and others.

Data provided by DataLoss db as of

February 2014