Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Sobering report on ID theft from Symantec

Symantec (makers of Norton Antivirus) released an Internet Security Report yesterday. Some of the highlights:

There were more than 6 million bot-infested computers in the latter half of 2006.
US based credit cards with verification numbers are available for $1-$6.
A full identity complete with bank account number, credit card, and date of birth goes for $14-$18.

I just experienced a fraudulent transaction on my last credit card statement that exceeded $1000, so I found this report pretty scary. You can read the full press release here:

http://www.symantec.com/about/news/release/article.jsp?prid=20070319_01

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