nzherald.co.nz - Identity Theft http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ Latest Identity Theft headlines from nzherald.co.nz en-nz Copyright 2010 APN HOLDINGS NZ Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:00:23 +1200 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss APN RSS Generator webnews@nzherald.co.nz webmaster@nzherald.co.nz New Zealand Herald - Identity Theft http://www.nzherald.co.nz/images/nz_little_logo.gif http://www.nzherald.co.nz/identity-theft/news/headlines.cfm?c_id=1500934 Nearly 13 million infected PCs in busted botnet http://www.nzherald.co.nz/identity-theft/news/article.cfm?c_id=1500934&objectid=10629618&ref=rss SAN FRANCISCO - Authorities have smashed one of the world's biggest networks of virus-infected computers, a data vacuum that stole credit cards and online banking credentials from as many as 12.7 million poisoned PCs.The "botnet"... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:50:15 +1200 Woman defrauds deaf community of $130,000 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/identity-theft/news/article.cfm?c_id=1500934&objectid=10629406&ref=rss A deaf woman defrauded fellow members of Christchurch's deaf community of more than $130,000 pretending she was well known mortgage lender Mike Pero.Christine Doreen Ticehurst, 40, from Christchurch, pretended through text messages... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:54:43 +1200 Row as Oz passports used in killing http://www.nzherald.co.nz/identity-theft/news/article.cfm?c_id=1500934&objectid=10628560&ref=rss CANBERRA - The global diplomatic fallout from what most of the world believes was a bungled assassination by the Israeli spy agency Mossad reached Australia yesterday as details emerged of the team that killed Palestinian Hamas commander... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:00:00 +1200