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Amidst all the cards, balloons and congratulations, recent high school and college graduates received another present—the breach of credit card data used to order their caps and gowns. Supplier Herff Jones discovered the violation in mid-May as graduates flocked to large venues for the first live...
With online gaming, you’re often battling two enemies without realizing it. One’s the warrior or beast on your screen; the other is a silent thief operating in the background who tries to hack your files. These second actors aren’t trying to earn a new skin or rack up a high score; they want your entire record, including...
An identity crisis has hit the world’s information technology industry. Big Tech giants like Apple, Amazon and Comcast have taken sides in the debate about whether data indicators like tracking should become more private or more ubiquitous. In many cases, consumers are asked to share a piece of their internet...
Personally Identifiable Information (PII) is unique information that can be used to link to an individual’s identity. In some cases, stolen PII can help identity thieves fraudulently access someone else’s identity. PII can include your full name, date of birth, and...
Identity theft can take up to 18 months to resolve on your own. The most recent statistics are alarming. 23 million people, or about 9% of U.S. residents over 16, have been identity theft victims. For 90% of them, the most recent incident involved the misuse, or...
Why would another individual rent living space in your name? There are multiple answers to that question, and none of them bode well for anyone victimized by this scheme. It means a scam artist holds their identity details and intends to maximize that data’s value....
Why would another individual rent living space in your name? There are multiple answers to that question, and none of them bode well for anyone victimized by this scheme. It means a scam artist holds their identity details and intends to maximize that data’s value....
Candida Gutierrez. Stephen Echols. Marcus Calvillo. They aren't household names, but their experiences with identity theft were epic. Their "total" identity theft stories provide lessons we should study and heed. These abuses continued for decades. These three...
There are so many ways to defraud honest Americans. Unfortunately, quite a few of them are hard to detect before damage occurs. Payday loan fraud—when a scammer taps your identity to borrow cash they won't repay—is a prime example of how scammers work the system to...
With online gaming, you're often battling two enemies without realizing it. One's the warrior or beast on your screen; the other is a silent thief operating in the background who tries to hack your files. These second actors aren't trying to earn a new skin or rack up...
Protect Your Teen's Identity and Online Safety Child identity theft is not new. It hits infants, toddlers, tweens and teens. An estimated 1 million children have their identities stolen annually and, while the number is lower than for those over 20, the damage can be...
In case you missed it, the video games industry has exploded and shows no sign of stopping. Millions of pandemic stay-at-home hours have tapped into online games and shared play. It’s not just for teens anymore. Predictably, an increase in gamer accounts has triggered...
Someone Stole My Identity. Do I File a Police Report? You just joined the ranks of identity theft victims, so you need to file a police report, right? Common sense screams “Yes,” but there are factors you might want to weigh first. It’s always possible to call the...
Benefit fraud has exploded, and part of that surge is the abuse of unemployment benefits. Familiarize yourself with how hackers work the system. A scammer could seek to collect unemployment benefits in your name. Scam rings have grown like weeds, as one recent traffic...
Small business owners across the country are facing fraud after receiving aid. As a small business owner who faced the brutal financial hardships during the pandemic, you applied for some government aid to keep your business on its feet. Approved. Great! But then –...
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