Kroll in the News

Fighting Data Theft on New Fronts

Nashville, TN - April 21, 2011

Beneath the quiet hum of hard drives, the battle continues for control of digital treasure. Companies fight to protect data coveted by increasingly sophisticated information pirates. According to some experts, the war has entered a new phase of complexity.

Jeremiah Miller, director of operations for Kroll Fraud Solutions, said even small bits of data can be exploited by cyber thieves. Kroll Fraud Solutions, in Nashville, Tenn., is a provider of identity fraud solutions. “There are things you can do with a couple of pieces of information to build a more complete profile about somebody,” Miller said. That can include matching names to information left public on social networks such as Facebook, he said.

Cyber criminals armed with customer names and e-mails, for example, can engage in spear phishing. Disguised as communications from a retailer or bank the target uses, these electronic attacks attempt to trick consumers into revealing sensitive information such as account numbers. Miller said information in the health care world is also being targeted.

 

Read the full article, by Joao-Pierre S. Ruth, at openbandwidth.com.