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It is a new age Cold War going on as Chinese steal U.S. trade secrets and criminals from Russia commit frauds against Americans.

Two individuals obtained credentials and then worked with others to open accounts and gain access to loans all illegally.

The Richmond, Virginia Mayor’s Office is looking into better security systems at city hall after a man allegedly stormed into City Council offices and panic alarms failed.

During a significant period of time, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce computer network was hacked into by people using hundreds of Internet addresses but linked to a group in China. One goal was copying emails of chamber staffers who cover Asian businesses.

A Fargo theft with losses in the six figures shows the growing incidents of metal theft. Some also lead to loss of electric service to hospitals, neighborhoods and even whole cities.

An organized gang is suspected in a theft of a trailer full of a couple of million dollars worth of consumer oriented electronics which are easy to resell and hard to trace. There are vulnerabilities all along the supply chain, including truck rest stops.

Found more often at ATMs and gas station checkouts, supermarkets in California discovered skimmers at self-checkout terminals. They delayed notifying customers because they thought they had prevented a security breach but more than a hundred customers reported thefts.

A survey of healthcare organizations found the average cost of data breaches to these organizations rose from $183,526 in 2010 to $2,243,700 in 2011.

Syringes discovered by shoppers all were recovered, appeared to be unused, but are troubling to loss prevention professionals.