Equifax Breach: A Cybercrime That Affected Millions of Americans You have probably heard about the Equifax breach by now. As far as identity theft crimes goes, this was a big one. An estimated 143 million people in the United States may have had their personal information compromised when cybercriminals gained…
Identity Theft Identity theft is defined in Penal Code 530.5 and is described as follows: The willful taking of someone’s personal identity information for the purpose of securing credit, money, services or property, in their name for your benefit, without their consent. If you take and keep another person’s…
As computer technology continues to advance, we are seeing more technology and/or cyber related crimes than ever before. Identity theft, harassment, and threats of harm are on the rise. As the Internet has become a common source for people to get information, exchange information, purchase products, pay bills and communicate,…