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Anonymous has denied any involvement in the PlayStation Network outage. [14] However, Sony announced on May 4, 2011, "We discovered that the intruders had planted a file on one of our Sony Online Entertainment servers named "Anonymous" with the words "We are Legion."
One case of identity theft was the 2011 hacking of the PlayStation Network, when personal and credit card information of 77 million accounts were stolen. The unauthorized use of a stolen credit card is commonly not considered identity fraud, but may be considered consumer fraud. The use of fake names, ID cards, falsified or forged documents ...
Cramming is a form of fraud in which small charges are added to a bill by a third party without the subscriber's consent, approval, authorization or disclosure. These may be disguised as a tax, some other common fee or a bogus service, and may be several dollars or even just a few cents.
(a) Whoever— (1) having knowingly accessed a computer without authorization or exceeding authorized access, and by means of such conduct having obtained information that has been determined by the United States Government pursuant to an Executive order or statute to require protection against unauthorized disclosure for reasons of national defense or foreign relations, or any restricted data ...
Note that while credit cards provide robust consumer protections, these protections tend to cover unauthorized charges, rather than rewards redemptions you didn’t authorize.
The charges were: UCMJ 104 (Aiding the enemy): 1 count; UCMJ 92 (Failure to obey a lawful order or regulation): 9 counts. Mostly related to computers [2] [3]. Army Regulation 25-2, para. 4-5(a)(3): Modifying or installing unauthorized software to a system, using it for 'unintended' purposes
The Electronic Funds Transfer Act (EFTA) protects consumers against unauthorized transactions, but there’s a strict 60-day window to dispute fraudulent charges.
USA TODAY staff in Washington D.C., Miami., New York City, Indianapolis and New Jersey confirmed receiving at least one version of the same text messages − or variations of them − in the last ...