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TJX Hacker May Have Also Been Working For The Secret Service For $75,000 A Year
Albert Gonzalez, the mastermind behind most of the multi-million dollar credit card breaches in the past few years, is being sentenced this week. (Feds are asking for 25 years.) Now his former accomplice, Stephen Watt, has told Wired that while Gonzalez was busy stealing and selling credit card data he was also being paid under the table by the U.S. Secret Service to inform on others, earning as much as $75,000 in cash annually. More »

New York ATM Skimmer Crooks Stole $1.8 Million

—>Four Romanian nationals in Florida have been charged in a series of ATM skimmer frauds that targeted banks in New York City, Cicero (near Syracuse), NY, and Rochester, NY. They are charged with, among other things, aggravated identity theft and conspiracy to commit credit card fraud. According to the Syracuse office of the Secret Service, they stole $1.8 million overall.  More »

What Should You Do With Counterfeit Money?

From what I've seen online, if I take it to a bank, they might take it, but of course I won't be compensated. Should I turn it into the police? What should I do with it? I don't really want to just pass it along.  More »

Is Your Printer Spying On You?

—>MIT"s Media Lab has started a website that helps consumers contact the manufacturer of their printer so they can request that "tracking dots" be eliminated from their machines.  More »