Tag: identity theft
The Top Challenges Retailers Face and the Retail Technologies that Deliver Solutions
Today’s retailers must cope with a broader range of threats than ever before, and these challenges go well beyond preventing loss and increasing sales....
FTC Reports that Identity Theft Complaints Increased by 47 Percent in 2015
According to a new report issued by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) incidents of identity theft increased significantly in 2015. The data released by...
The Top Challenges Retailers Face
Today’s retailers must cope with a broader range of threats than ever before, and these challenges go well beyond preventing loss and increasing sales....
How Will Retail Respond to a New Wave of Cyber Crime?
The retail industry faced unprecedented cyber crime conflicts in 2014 with a barrage of data breach incidents that exposed hundreds of millions of retail...
CargoNet Releases 2015 Cargo Theft Trend Analysis
In 2015, the CargoNet Command Center received and logged more than 1,500 incidents of cargo theft, heavy commercial vehicle theft, and identity theft of...
Two International Loss Prevention Summits Were Held Recently in South Florida and Mexico City
Separate international summits were held recently addressing organized retail crime in the US and Japan, and common problems of retailers operating in Mexico. Both...
Facebook Users Being Lured into Internet Fraud Operations
Gullible teenagers from across the United Kingdom are being lured through Facebook to assist criminal operations involved in identity theft, hacking scams and other...
Suspect Arrested in Connection with VTech Data Breach Incident
A 21-year-old man was recently arrested in the United Kingdom for alleged involvement in a November cyber attack on electronic learning products manufacturer VTech....
Couple Charged with Identity Theft in $1.3 Million Retail Fraud Scheme
A former Manhattan hospital worker and his wife have been charged in an identity theft scheme after stealing the personal information of hospital patients...
Cargo Theft is Going Nuts
Shipments of harvested nuts are the latest hot commodity in the world of cargo theft. In recent weeks, nut growers and processors in central...