In class there was a big discussion of security and common hacking tactics. I didn't know there were so many different ways of hacking or finding information out about people. Everything that is secured might not be legal, and what is legal is NOT always secured. I learned that the hard way.
The big thing that I've found to be most popular lately is stealing credit card or social security numbers. Both are very personal important pieces. There are many websites out there that try to sell, or even go in a joint venture, with the stolen credit card numbers and personal information. In the joint ventures other network users will use the stolen numbers to buy things and send them to a random location and have someone else go and get them, then the items are sold and the money is split up between all partakers. New people to the network have to prove themselves by doing "dummy" runs.
Another big area to deal with identity thef involes previous employees. by hacking into the networks or computers of their old jobs. Once they steal the information they most often will sell it all and let others do the stealing with it. I found a very informative website while searching around, http://www.privacymatters.com/identity-theft-information/identity-theft-computer-hacking.aspx , you should check it out.
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