[Amy Hastings]

Cybersecurity crimes are all bas but this one I feel is important, it is called “The scary truth behind Identity Theft”. This story is based on someone named Steve because no one ever found out who did it. Steve set up a carefully well thought out plan with means, opportunity, and motive, his plan was to steal one of his main top bosses from work’s identity. Steve’s means were somewhat personal as he was close with this boss, he figured out a way to gain access to his information.

Steve’s opportunity was when everyone was going out to lunch and his boss was in front of him and accidentally dropped his wallet, Steve picked it up and managed to take photos of all his information including is ID, Social Security, and his banking information. In his wallet was also all his passwords into the company’s financial records. He then placed the wallet back and left work. Once he was home, he had the chance to get into all of this information.

Steve’s motive was to gain access to all the money that his boss had along with the company’s money. Steve wanted that money and was able to hack into the banking spots in both his boss’s financial records and the company’s. He thought this would give a better life and so he used his bank account to open himself an account and make fraudulent purchases in his bosses’ name.

This story is to tell that identity theft in an organization can lead to financial losses and legal consequences and this has an impact on both the employees along with the company itself.