
Cyber Attacks
Texas Raid Uncovers North Korean Laptop Farm That Defrauded 70 Companies of $3M
DoJ arrests two nationals in Texas raid targeting remote worker scams that used stolen identities to defraud employers.
Everything Phish Herald has reported about identity theft: 3 stories, newest first. Part of our Data Breaches coverage.

DoJ arrests two nationals in Texas raid targeting remote worker scams that used stolen identities to defraud employers.

Attackers rarely break into tax systems directly; they steal credentials from unrelated breaches and use them to file returns before the legitimate taxpayer notices.

Identity theft protection fails when it relies solely on passwords, as attackers exploit the gap between authentication and authorisation in modern systems.