You raise a very real problem that many people unfortunately have to deal with. A study on Dept. of Justice cybercrime prosecutions related to network intrusion and unauthorized account logon was recently released. (https://forms.phoenix.com/cybercrime/docs/cyberdoc.pdf) The numbers from the study that indicate financial loss due to unauthorized account access certainly support your position that more needs to be done to give people notification about when and where their accounts are being accessed. Knowing when it’s happening is the first step in figuring out to stop it.
Comment by kevin york — September 27, 2006 @ 5:28 pm
You raise a very real problem that many people unfortunately have to deal with. A study on Dept. of Justice cybercrime prosecutions related to network intrusion and unauthorized account logon was recently released. (https://forms.phoenix.com/cybercrime/docs/cyberdoc.pdf) The numbers from the study that indicate financial loss due to unauthorized account access certainly support your position that more needs to be done to give people notification about when and where their accounts are being accessed. Knowing when it’s happening is the first step in figuring out to stop it.
Comment by kevin york — September 27, 2006 @ 5:28 pm