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    A UK Web security firm said today it had tipped off international banks and police after finding a huge trove of stolen business and personal data amassed on a server in the space of just three weeks.

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    Identity theft is now the largest form of white-collar crime in the western world, but not because the Internet has made it easier to steal personal information, according to Al Trujilio, president of secure destruction service provider, Recall Corporation.

  • Online scams emerge in Katrina's wake

    Hurricane Katrina has spawned more than misery and destruction -- a new wave of scam e-mails and Web sites are exploiting the tragedy.

  • Coalition launches ID theft centre

    A coalition of corporations, universities and federal law enforcement agencies on Wednesday in the US opened the Center for Identity Management and Information Protection, whose mission is to research identity theft problems and solutions.

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    Fears of cyberterror could actually hurt IT security, a threats expert asserts.

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