Es la actividad
maliciosa en la que un atacante se hace pasar por otra persona. Los motivos
pueden ser el fraude, acoso o cyberbulling.
Un ejemplo
es, en las redes sociales, crear un perfil de otra persona e interactuar con
otros usuarios haciéndose pasar por ella.
http://www.inteco.es/glossary/Formacion/Glosario/
Se dice
cuando un atacante se hace con los medios de identificación de una entidad de
tal forma que puede utilizarlos para suplantar efectivamente la identidad de la
entidad. Habitualmente, se roban identidades bien para suplantar a la víctima,
bien para obtener información personal de la misma.
While there is no generally
accepted definition nor consistent use of the term, identity theft commonly
involves criminal acts of fraudulently (without his or her knowledge or
consent) obtaining and using another person’s identity information. The term
“identity fraud” is sometimes used as a synonym, although it also encompasses
the use of a false, not necessarily real, identity.
Cybercrime Convention
Committee (T-CY)
Identity theft is the theft
of the credentials that we use to do business. When access controls are
inadequate, the credentials that people use to authenticate to their credit
card companies, banks or shopping sites may be disclosed to the wrong people.
In addition, thieves have developed many ways to use e-mail and the Internet to
collect this information.
Once perpetrators have the
information they can use it as if they were the victim, running up credit card
debt, or taking money out of bank accounts or investment savings.
http://www.rsasecurity.com/glossary/
is where a crook obtains key
pieces of personal information, such as Social Security number, drivers license
information, name, address, mothers maiden name, and more so that they can
impersonate a real person. The crook can then assume that persons identity.
There are really two variants here: a crook can open new accounts in a victims
name, this is referred to true account identity theft, or the crook can use the
personal information to gain access to victims existing accounts, which is
often referred to as account takeover identity theft.
http://idtheft.about.com/od/glossaryofterms/Identity_Theft_Glossary_of_Terms.htm
Identity theft is a crime in
which an imposter obtains key pieces of personal information, such as Social
Security or driver's license numbers, in order to impersonate someone else. The
information can be used to obtain credit, merchandise, and services in the name
of the victim, or to provide the thief with false credentials. In addition to
running up debt, an imposter might provide false identification to police,
creating a criminal record or leaving outstanding arrest warrants for the
person whose identity has been stolen.
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