Identity Thieves Hit Local Library Computers
Matt Liebowitz at MSNBC.com writes Identity thieves can lurk in the unlikeliest of places, including your local library. Police in a posh suburb of Manchester, England, have issued a cybercrime alert after they found keystroke loggers plugged into computers at two libraries, according to the Manchester Evening News. Keystroke loggers look similar to USB drives, and capture all keyboard activity while they are plugged into a keyboard port (often located in the back of the computer). A typical logger looks inconspicuous – if it’s noticed at all. But when the owner returns for it, the stored information – which could include e-mail passwords and bank account information – is theirs ( is theirs correct?) for the taking.
