. >> reporter: each is a victim of phishing. used to be one of the 2100 bay area residents currently listing a home. she removed her listing after a scammer intercepted her information with prospective renters. >> they said three minutes earlier you said it was available. and the gentleman was very upset. >> reporter: he had already reserved the property with someone posing as helen. >> it is ripe for people to be posing as tenants or owners and get money from people. >> reporter: this woman wired several,0 thousand dollars. this facebook page was launched after the ordeal, connecting more victims all over the world. in phishing schemes, they extract personal information stored online. in these cases they impersonate the owner. >> we lost such an amount of business as a result of people who were spooked. and they weren't sure if they were dealing with us, the real property or somebody posing as us. >> reporter: that's what happened to this homeowner. he alerted home away that someone was corresponding with his potential renters.

. >> those using phishing attacks are extremely sophisticated.hey can actually replicate what real vendors can do and do subtle things to the links in e-mails and phone numbers so that the consumer has no idea they may be dealing with somebody who's intent on scamming them. >> home away and vrbo say the increase in phishing correlates to the growth of the company and phishing results in travel loss less than 1% of the time. tonight hear from several victims, both property owners and renters who have been targeted. after the olympics at 11:00 to learn what you can do to protect yourself. >>> bart trains are running through the concord station after friday's train derailment. but there is more work to be done. train service was restored between the concord and pleasant hill stations this morning after bart crews worked around the clock to remove the derailed train cars and fix the tracks. bart riders we talked to, very pleased. >> i'm really happy that they have it back up and running like it should. because it really inconveniences a lot of us dur

, send it to phishing@irs.gov. if you get a suspicious phone call, report the incident to the authorities. >> reporter: you can contact a treasury inspector general for tax administration at 1-800-366-4484. it may also be appropriate to alert the fbi. that's what alan did after his accountant warned him that the phone call was probably a scam. i'm michael finney, 7 on your side. >> if you're hiring a tax preparer, here is some advice. don't fall for too good to be true promises about a big refund or penalty reductions. look for preparers who will sign your tax return themselves as well as provide a preparer tax id number. never allow a refund to go into the preparer's account. it should always be sent to you. >>> nasa has solved a minor mystery on mars. a rock described by scientists as looking like a jelly doughnut did not just appear next to the rover. it was broken off from a larger rock. it caused a stir when the piece of rock suddenly appeared in a nasa image. scientists found out it contains elements that sug

our investigative unit takes a look at the latest online phishing scam. >>> plus thousands of workers at california campuses say enough is enough and they're ready to hit the pitting lines. we'll show you what pushed those employees to agree to a strike. >>> good morning once again. it is sunday morning and we are starting with some gray skies overhead, but a mild day. rain in the forecast. this look at emeryville and now we go to oakland where we see the same cloud cover around the bay. we'll talk with rob mayeda about the forecast in just a bit. >>> online scammers are targeting people who are looking for a little r & r, stealing the personal financial information that we give up when we book vacations through sites like vacation rental by owner and its parent site home away. as you might imagine, there is a light of money exchanging hands. and now there are more than a half million rental homes worldwide listed on these sites. victims claim the sites have lacked security, which experts say sometimes makes for easy picking. >> those using phishing attacks are extremely sophisticated

the question is the larger phishing issue and last week we found out about the target thing, that phishingo the security break. charles: explain what phishing is. >> malware laced e-mail and the credit cards were not accessed, but was there something else behind it that allowed people to get information that could be used to get your payment information later on? it's accessed from one similar pot of information at ki kickstarter, it's linked to a lot of famous people's accounts and big movies and small nonprofits causes, it could have tentacles in many places. charles: i remember when the target thing broke, initially denials, we didn't lose this, didn't lose that and eventually we found out they'd lost everything. so people should be concerned with this if you're involved with kickstarter. >> be concerned and do everything that everyone tells you to do. check your accounts and change your passwords. >> people see kickstarter as a safe place to raise money. charles: i'm getting the wrap signal. can you tell me what are some of the things you've donated to. >> some of the art projects my f

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these, too, are red flags >> you think you've gotten e mail phishing for information, send it to irs. >> this may be appropriate to alert fbi. that is what allen did after his accountant warned him the call was probably a scam. now, if you're planning to hire a tax preparer let me give you advice consumer reports cautions don't fall for too good to be promises about a big refund or penalty reducks. look for combreerps signing themselves, as well as provide you of prepared tax id number, never allow a refund to go into the preparer's account. never. it should be sent to you. back to you. >> thank you. >> good information. >> thanks michael. let's focus on the weather forecast. >> sanda, you don't have a coat on. >> it's nice out here. it's 59 in san francisco. close to 60 degrees so sun hasn't set yet. beautiful. high clouds above. looking north there is a sliver of fog coming in. so you'll likely need a coat. here is a gorgeous view. 66 santa rosa, san francisco. oakland, 70 degrees, livermore, 75. 69 in san jose. hope you've enjoyed it. just watching clouds, tracking rain around cres

data security experts say the breach was done through a malware laced e-mail phishing attack on employees heating and refrigerateration contractor in pennsylvania. the malware may have been a password stealing troe jab. it was -- trojan. it was reportedly sent to the workers a few months before it began to gather numbers from cash registers. >>> we're gathering more information about the sierra lamar case and the man accused of yab ducting and killing -- abducting and killing her is expected to enter a plea. we have a crew in court and we'll have developments tonight at 5:00. >>> thank you for making ktvu your choice for news. we'll see you the next time news breaks. we're always here for you at ktvu.com. you can follow us on facebook and twitter. >>> up next, on "eco company." >> making renewable energy in a suitcase, using power tools? >> power tools, saw, drill, nail gun. a lot of stuff. >> building suitcases that are having an impact around the world. >> then a home designed by teens and platinum certified. >> the center attractor attracts the sun all day long so it gets as much sun a

million euro plus interest of the areas of the german media magnate leo carriage government and the phish group went bankrupt in two thousand and two. and to be named to the ceo of delight then when the boy down for a puppy kiss a kiss was a poor credit risk back in two thousand and two the band had much of duncan was only a keyboard turned out to be a very expensive tv interview in it's blowing a question that credit worthiness of the media empire run by the late leo to us. that same year the college group collapsed gilchrist began a legal battle wh torture bunk. she claimed doyle's comments because the other banks to call in their loans. preset that eating his company's bankruptcy. it was only after taste death in twenty eleven that his ears won a decisive victory. do a chipmunk rejected a resulting settlement in twenty twelve but the current leadership says that in the bank's best interests to settle up now banks expensive supplements and weak economic data dampened the mood on the trading co on thursday don't you love centers this report from the frankfurt stock exchange the sentiment

we are seeing the typical criminals who do phishing are doing this type of activity.o seen malicious applications. people are being prompted to download apps onto their entry device that might be fake olympics reporting. there are different advertising apps. >> fake bank accounts? >> exactly. what information are they looking for? i read that you may be getting hacked, but you are just poking around. >> what we have done in the last few weeks is that we have analyzed over 50,000 apps. about 30% has information being sent out. they are going after everything. at the end of the day, they want your usernames and passwords. >> it is not about finding out where my reservations are? >> that's right. a lot of people use the same password on multiple sites. they are doing that by having fake apps. that is how they get it. >> how much control or power does the u.s. government have in our security agencies to protect people from this? >> we do not have any control at the government level. it is up to consumers and businesses to have security software on their mobile phones on t

sounds like being sentenced to live at a phish concert. but there are some interesting features.personal freedom. you're free to behave as eccentric or normal a fashion as you wish. >> you can be the freak that you are and if you want to spend your day talking to a tree, you can do that without being frowned upon. >> they are in local government, such as it is. >> he has been here for some 40 years. it was a military area that was abandoned and then occupied by squatters and hippies, despite the fact that the different governments didn't really appreciate what was going on here, nobody actually had the will or strength to put people out. >> who makes up the traction? >> we do. >> what about the essentials, electric, water. >> we buy it from providers. but we do it as a commune as a collective. we pay only one bill. >> but i like the fact that my kids get to walk around the streets without worrying about being run over by a car. >> there's no hot trucks and no cars running in the streets. it's like a little village. it's very secure. >> are you a hippie? >> he is. >> two eggs smok

another big problem out ere is phishing. >> irs never initiates contact by e-mail.u get something that says it is from the irs do not even open it because you open yourself to trouble. gerri: what about fraudulent refund scams? people ask for your social for the last digits but are there other ways? >> there are ways where you are promisedyou will get a bigger refund and you are entitled. once you buy into the scheme on like anywhere else where you are out of your money, it inflates the refund the irs finds out not only is the preparer responsible with due dilince but so are you to pay the extra tax but penalties. remember if it sounds too good to be true it probably is. gerri: in reality once they find an agent preparing tax returns doing badthings they will not just get one client but all of them. so if somebody is preparing tax filings for everybody they are aggressive don't sign up. could be a problem down the road and you willet in trouble. not just the person making the false filings. >> with the arguments come and go this is what tax protesters use to get out

what he should have said -- he handled this in a very insensitive and oa phish way.e said we're operating in a new environment, thanks to obamacarement we have to make some really tough -- >> do you think he was that oafish? aol done have the same number of people so it's a much smaller company, certainly smaller than this corporation, smaller than exxon mobile so when a couple of workers for what tragic reasons have over the top expenses related to their kid, let's say, it can have a measurable impact on a company's bottom line. >> it can. but the ceo should be making that argument in a broader context rather than singling out two women who work for the company who happened to have -- >> very officious guy? >> look. i've met him a couple of times, some everytime i met him and his wife, they've been lovely. struck me as intelligent. >> no doubt he is a brainiac. do you think -- because we had these unusual expenses this year, this is what is going to happen. he should not have said that -- >> that's okay. you can make that argument in a broader way. use some emotiona

someone once told me that phishing is a great act of faith. to fish, one must be incredibly patient, but one must also believe. he waits on the water and the wind, casting and stand them believing that eventually his persistence will pay off. he dreams of landing a fish. he rehearses for it in his head. he hopes, he waits. that sort of dreaming is familiar to me. that is how i came to america, an immigrant before even knew i could travel, a citizen and my hopes before the wish could even be spoken, a fisherman. america is a land of immigrants. every family here has its own unique story of travel, of hardship in many cases, of triumph and sadness. many of those stories are filled with tears, a few are marked by blood. my story has both. lef.. i was a man doing a job, when i was happy to have. i could support my family at a time and place those difficult to do so. for a while at least, a job i thought that i was changing the country, my country for the better. people ask him a mission that went on, how many times they faced a. i don't know. i we

number three on this list, phishing when criminals use e-mail or a fake website to steal your financialbe aware and safe. >>> another major problem on the list, hiding income offshore. perhaps talk it up to greed. epitomized in the mov movie "th wolf on wall street." >> several swiss banks are under criminal investigation for helping customers hide assets overseas. our justice correspondent evan perez now from washington. what's the bank accuse offhand doing? >> credit swiss is accused of helping customers hide assets overseas. the government has been on this crack down on offshore banking hiding overseas several years. even as the government has been cracking down on this, according to prosecutors, there were bankers helping customers move money out of certain banks already under scrutiny and trying to get it to other places to hide it from the irs. we have documents from court dock that have prosecutors alleging you have prosecutors hiding money in nylon pantihose to transport it from the united states to get it to their swiss bank accounts. some were buying gold bars and stashing the

. >> if you think you have gotten an e-mail pfishing for confidence information, send it phishing at..gov. if you get a suspicious phone call. report it to authorities. >> you can contact them at 1-800-366-4484. it may also be appropriate to alert the fbi. that's what allen did after his accountant warned him the phone call was probably a scam. i'm michael finney, 7 on your side. >> if you are hiring a tax preparer here is advice. don't fall for too good to be true about a big refund or penalty reduction. look for a preparer who will sign the refund himself and never let a refund go into a preparer's account t should always be sent to you. >> n.a.s.a. solved a minor mystery on mars. a rock looked like a jelly doughnut did not just appear to the mars rover drove over it and broke it off from a larger rock. it caused a stir when it suddenly appeared in an image. but good news it contains elements that suggests it was formed by moving water >> tens of people are expected to turn into the square tonight for the chinese new year's parade. last night workers were busy putting finishing tou

it's a chain-reaction and learning learning it from the phishing malware target. >> target and hack attack. unfortunately it keeps coming together. thank you very much. live from our news room on the latest on kick starter. >>> coming up we move to a different type of cybersecurity issue. a major bitcoin exchange rattles investors by blocking writ day. now say things will be back to normal. how it affected effected the -- and the secret meeting between two of the most high-tech we'll tell you who and why. when it was all about. coming up. i must begin my journey, which will cause me to miss the end of the game. the x1 entertainment operating system lets your watch live tv anywhere. can i watch it in butterfly valley? sure. can i watch it in glimmering lake? yep. here, too. what about the dark castle? you call that defense?! come on! [ female announcer ] watch live tv anywhere. the x1 entertainment operating system, only from xfinity. once again after the virtual currency lost nearly half the value on the exchange yesterday. the prices currently back up to the $290 level there after hitting

now, the phish went and talked to her when she was politically active but they haven't talked to herbout her allegations of criminal wrongdoing against the irs that's what's so frustrating. they will talk to her to silence her and free speech. they won't talk to her when she makes allegations against the irs. for the president to say what he said sunday, i would encourage him to talk to her and talk to ms. gerritson and talk to some of the other victims that i have talked to for the last six months before he concludes that there is not a smidgen of corruption. >> you know, when people say that during the midst of an investigation when people are obviously hurting, it seems so smug to me. you really don't get what people go through. maybe he has never been visited by the irs or othe fbi. but when someone like this poor woman who seems like a good law abiding woman, you know, i don't know her, but when i hear what she has gone through since becoming a tea party member, it's hard not to be really really suspicious. >> it ought to make you no longer a republican and no longer a democrat.

someone told me that phishing is a great act of faith, to fish one must be incredibly patient are one must also believe. he waits in the water and the winds casting and standing completing that eventually his persistence will pay off. he dreams of landing a fish. he rehearses it in his head. he hopes, he waits. that sort of dreaming is familiar to me. that is how i came to america coming immigrant before you the new i could travel, a citizen in my hopes before the wish could even be spoken. i fishermen. america is a land of immigrants. every family here has its own unique story of travel, of hardship in many cases, of triumph and sadness. many of these stores are filled with tears. a few are marked by blood. my story has both. i have debated how much to say about the war and my role in it. i thought of not telling about things, but in the end i decided that people should not the real story. i think a lot of people will say that what happened was very savage. perhaps they will think that i'm a savage as well, though in my mind i did what i had to do and killed only to survive. some peo

>> i prefer the phishing because i fall for it every time. >> he's already text messaged to say he's already contacted cheap trick. >> fantastic. >> nicole down on the floor of the new york stock exchange where she's standing still. we thank you very much. >> bye. >> coming up, he's ranked number two on the list of top earning comics right behind jerry seinfeld. he's here with some friends. >> but first, we are going to check in with martha for what's coming up at the top of the hour. >> good morning. good to see yo truce in ukraine crumbles, at least seven more people are dead today. john bolton will join us with what he thinks about how the president is doing on this issue. and dhs warns of a new shoe bomb threat out there and some curious questions that the fcc has for press organizations got a lot of people shaking their heads this morning. we'll see you at the top of the hour. [ female announcer ] a classic macaroni & cheese from stouffer's starts with freshly-made pasta, and 100% real cheddar cheese. but what makes stouffer's mac n' che

it involved not only haman card data, but also marketing data that can be used for phishing attacks whichhas now reported to affect between 70 million and 110 million people. roughly one third of the adult u.s. population. reports indicate that similar attacks have likely affected many other retailers as well. just last week, what logic, a major hotel operator, announced that it was investigating a potential breach affecting thousands of guests who stayed in hotels under various brand names, including hilton, marriott, sheraton, and weston. -- and westin. i hope today's hearing will provide us with the facts necessary to move forward where consumers can be more confident that companies will keep their data safe. the scope and scale of these breaches is alarming. it affects the confidence of consumers who rely on retailers, banks, and payment card assessors and networks to safeguard their personal information, including their credit card and debit card information. millions of americans have had to contend with fraudulent charges on their financial statements. identity theft schemes in whi

it may have started with a malicious phishing e-mail, the very kind we're warned against opening.ans is here with details. a single e-mail may have caused this? >> how many times have you seen something from somebody you don't know or something from somebody you know that's a weird link. that's how they get in there and steal your stuff. new details on the entry point for that target hack and how it was something like that, malicious malware moving through the heating and a krorks company into target's sang tum. the trail leads to a pennsylvania company that's a vendor to target. that vendor was the door into the personal information of 110 million target customers. here's how it worked. that's the new part here. a phony e-mail laced with malware sent to employees at pennsylvania company. apparently workers opened the e-mail. the malware affects their computer, worms its way into the company's records. it has a door way to target because it's a vendor. that's how it gets paid. hackers steal the target credentials from the company and feast on target customers. it raises serious co

the additional 70 million, the information that was collected allows phishing attacks to try to obtain more information to commit a density that. but i think the biggest risk to customers of target is fraud on existing accounts. the provision of credit monitoring, which they are giving for free, but is normally ,n overpriced junky product really create a false sense of security. it will not stop fraud on your existing accounts, and it will not stop i didn't eat that. it will simply tell you when your experience account has changed. it could be because of identity theft or something else, but it will be after the fact. that is 1.i wanted to make about the target breach. is one thing i wanted to say about the target breach. and another thing about the target breach, they are not involved completely. i have seen different stories about whether they were or not in violation of the highest standards. we will know that when they testify in the next few days. but whether or not they were in violation of the pci standards, those standards were cobbled onto an obsolete technological platform. i

. >> thank you, thank you for and conducting phishing. we have a very distant bell before us. it's always a pleasure, i remember the last time we had mr. donohue and mr. trumka together so it's nice to see the entire panel together, both labor and business recognize the importance of a long-term surface transportation reauthorization. and i want to stress that, madam chair. i think it's critically important that we do a long-term surface transportation reauthorization to give predictability to our transportation program in this country. you can't plan transportation needs on a one year or two year basis. you have to have at least a five or six year reauthorization bill in order to do the types of modernizemodernize d transportation needs that we have in this country. as many of the members of the committee have already pointed out and as our panel will point out, this is about jobs. it will create jobs for our economy. not only the direct jobs related to the construction of our transportation needs, but also establishing the way in which we can attract the type of economic act

the additional 70 million, the information that was collected allows phishing attacks to try to obtain more information to commit identity theft. but i think the biggest risk to customers of target is fraught on existing accounts. so the provision of credit monitoring, which they are getting for free, but is normally an overpriced junky product, really creates a false sense of security. it will not stop fraud on your existing accounts, and it won't stop identity theft but it will simply tell you when your experience account has changed. they could be because of identity theft or could be because of something else but it would after the fact. -- experience account. that's one issue i want to make about the target breach but the thing about target again is they are not at fault completely. they are may be in violation addressing different stories on whether they were or the word, in violation of the current highest pci standard. we will know that more after they testify in the next two days. the weather not they were in violation of the pci standards, those standards are cobbled onto an

it involved not only haman card data, but also marketing data that can be used for phishing attacks which has now reported to affect between 70 million and 110 million people. roughly one third of the adult u.s. population. that similarate attacks have likely affected many other retailers as well. just last week, what logic, a major hotel operator, announced that it was investigating a potential breach affecting thousands of guests who stayed in hotels under various brand names, including hilton, marriott, sheraton, and weston. westin. i hope today's hearing will provide us with the facts necessary to move forward where consumers can be more confident that companies will keep their data safe. theseope and scale of breaches is alarming. it affects the confidence of consumers who rely on retailers, card, and payment assessors and networks to safeguard their personal information, including their credit card and debit card information. millions of americans have had to contend with fraudulent charges on their financial statements. identity theft schemes in which criminals open phony accounts

the additional 70 million, the information that was collected allows phishing attacks to try to obtain more information to commit a density that. but i think the biggest risk to customers of target is fraud on existing accounts. the provision of credit monitoring, which they are giving for free, but is normally ,n overpriced junky product really create a false sense of security. it will not stop fraud on your existing accounts, and it will not stop i didn't eat that. it will simply tell you when your experience account has changed. it could be because of identity theft or something else, but it will be after the fact. that is 1.i wanted to make about the target breach. is one thing i wanted to say about the target breach. and another thing about the target breach, they are not involved completely. i have seen different stories about whether they were or not in violation of the highest standards. we will know that when they testify in the next few days. but whether or not they were in violation of the pci standards, those standards were cobbled onto an obsolete technological platform. i