Re: Cyber-criminals steal identity of one of the world's top security chiefs using Facebook

[Dave Paris <dparis () w3works com>]

On 9/21/2010 5:49 AM, Nick FitzGerald wrote:
> Valdis wrote:
>
> > Was it a case of him having a Facebook ID and they hacked it, or that he didn't have
> > one and they created one in his name?
>
> I had the same initial response based on a brief synopsis of the story.
>
> As I read further though i decided it was the latter.
>
> Fraudulent impersonation, but not quite identity _theft_ as they didn't
> "steal" ("usurp", etc) an _actual_ identity _of his_...

wooo.. they created a fake FB account.  If that's the "most dangerous 
criminal threat we will ever face", then we're in damn good shape as a 
society!  (within the context of "cyber-crime") ::eyeroll::

...and we pay these people ..why?
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