This is an activity the goals of which are to facilitate team work; critical thinking; presentation skills in the area of cybersecurity and law. Students will be grouped into two teams. As a team, they will choose and analyze cases about online identity theft through the questions presented in the activity. They will present their analysis to the class

Ramson, Amy J

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City University of New York (CUNY) CUNY Academic Works Open Educational Resources Hostos Community College 2020 Cybersecurity-Online Identity Theft Amy J. Ramson CUNY Hostos Community College How does access to this work benefit you? Let us know! More information about this work at: https://academicworks.cuny.edu/ho_oers/6 Discover additional works at: https://academicworks.cuny.edu This work is made publicly available by the City University of New York (CUNY). Contact: AcademicWorks@cuny.edu Cybersecurity:	Iden0ty	The3	Case	and	Ques0ons	Professor	Amy	Ramson,	Esq.	Hostos	Community	College	Professor Amy Ramson, Esq. This OER material was produced as a result of the PIT-UN network Challenge Grant – New America   Creative Commons License   This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License   Online	Iden0ty	the3		Descrip0on	u  Iden0ty	the3	online	occurs	when	a	criminal	gains	access	to	someone’s	personally	iden0fiable	informa0on	(pii)	through	the	computer.		u  Typically,	the	criminals	will	send	a	link	or	aLachment	(phishing)	which,	if	opened,	will	allow	spyware	to	be	downloaded	to	the	vic0m’s	computer.	u  The	spyware	will	collect	pii	which	is	used	to	defraud	the	individual.	Personally identifiable information u  Full name, maiden name, mother’s maiden name Social security number (SSN), passport number, driver’s license number, taxpayer identification number, patient identification number, financial account number, or credit card number u  Address: street address, or email address u  Telephone numbers u  Personal characteristics: photographic images (particularly of face or other identifying characteristics), fingerprints, or handwriting u  Biometric data: retina scans, voice signatures, or facial geometry u  Information identifying personally owned property: VIN number or title number u  Internet Protocol (IP) or Media Access Control (MAC) addresses that link to a particular person Defrauding	veterans	Case:	Criminals	stole	personally	iden1fiable	informa1on	of	veterans	and	military	members	and	defrauded	them	Resources:	hLps://www.ny0mes.com/2019/08/21/us/military-iden0ty-the3-scheme.html		hLps://www.jus0ce.gov/opa/pr/five-fraudsters-indicted-million-dollar-scheme-targe0ng-thousands-us-servicemembers-and	Ques0ons:	1.  How was the personally identifiable information (pii) stolen from the veterans/military people? 2.  How was the scheme carried out? 3.  Which types of crimes were committed using the pii?Describe three. 4.  Describe the Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution Act and why it is relevant to this case. 5.  Which crimes were the criminals charged with? 6.  Which US Departments worked to investigate the crime? 7.  Was the breach revealed to those potentially affected and were steps taken to recompense the defrauded? If so, describe how. 

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