Top Security exec 'bankrupt' after his own identity stolen by hackers

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  1. hawki

    hawki Registered Member

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    "Swedish security exec 'declared bankrupt' after his own identity stolen by hackers

    Everyone is at risk of cybercrime, but it must really sting if you're hacked while running the biggest security firm in the country. That's what happened to Alf Göransson, chief of Swedish company Securitas, who was declared bankrupt this week after his identity was hijacked..."

    http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/swedish-se...er-his-own-identity-stolen-by-hackers-1630213
     
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    Reminds me of the case of the identity theft protection firm, LifeLock, founder who taunted hackers to "nail him," got hacked himself.:argh:
     
  3. hawki

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    Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.

    Same guy who in 2015 had to authorize the company to pay $100 million to settle a Federal Trade Commission contempt charge against Life Lock for violating the terms of a 2010 federal court order that required the company to secure consumers’ personal information and prohibited the company from deceptive advertising.

    https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/pre...lion-consumers-settle-ftc-charges-it-violated
     
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