Security News > 2010 > September > Cyber-criminals steal identity of one of the world's top security chiefs using Facebook
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1313381/Cyber-crooks-steal-identity-Ronald-K-Noble-worlds-security-chief--FACEBOOK.html By Daily Mail Reporter 19th September 2010 The head of Interpol has warned that cybercrime is the 'most dangerous criminal threat we will ever face' after fraudsters stole his identity on Facebook. Security chief Ronald K. Noble revealed that two fake accounts were created in his name and used to find the details of highly-dangerous criminals. The embarrassing security breach saw one of the impersonators used the false profile to obtain information on fugitives convicted of serious crimes including rape and murder. The police chief has now warned that there could be devastating consequences of a terrorist cyber attack as he addressed officials at the first Interpol Information Security Conference in Hong Kong. He said: 'Just recently Interpol's Information Security Incident Response Team discovered two Facebook profiles attempting to assume my identity as Interpol's secretary general. [...] _______________________________________________________ Subscribe to InfoSec News - www.infosecnews.org http://www.infosecnews.org/mailman/listinfo/isn