Many people are by now
aware of the growing incidents of identity theft, which have brought
financial woes to unsuspecting victims. Identity theft, however, is
not just confined to individuals; businesses of any size can also
fall victim to corporate identity theft. Just as in personal identity
theft cases, corporate identity thieves can assume a company's
identity and use it to transact business, such as making purchases
using the company's finances and/or credit lines. There are also
corporate identity thieves whose intentions are to sabotage a company
by maligning its reputation or destroying its data.
Authorities who have
investigated cases of corporate identity theft said that most of
these thefts were facilitated by the growing use of the Internet in
businesses. One can easily find identifying information about a
company through the Internet, including logos, patents, trademarks,
and web domains. Phishing is a technique where fraudsters send a
virus to a company's employee through emails. When the virus is
activated, the phishers are allowed a “back entry” into the
company's system.
Other more sophisticated
hacking techniques have recently been developed by fraudsters, which
gives them entry into a company's data systems without resorting to
phishing. One of these techniques is keylogging, which allows hackers
to track the keys struck by a user, including their email and company
network passwords.
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