Individuals at Risk Cyber Privacy Data firm leaks 48 million user profiles it scraped from Facebook, LinkedIn, others> Exclusive: Profile data was scraped without user consent or knowledge to “build a three-dimensional picture” on millions of people. ZDNet, April 18, 2018 Facebook: We’re not the only ones collecting your data across the web: The embattled […]

Individuals at Risk Identity Theft Don’t Give Away Historic Details About Yourself: Social media sites are littered with seemingly innocuous little quizzes, games and surveys urging people to reminisce about specific topics, such as “What was your first job,” or “What was your first car?” The problem with participating in these informal surveys is that […]

Individuals at Risk Cyber Crime Thousands of Sears, Delta customers affected by data breach of vendor: A third-party vendor used by both companies announced that its system had been breached for two weeks starting in September 2017. TechRepublic, April 5, 2018 Saks, Lord & Taylor hit by payment card data breach: One cyber security firm […]

Individuals at Risk Cyber Privacy How to download your Google data and what you’ll find: Curious to see how much a sprawling Internet company knows about your likes, history and movements? Download your Google data. USA Today, March 30, 2018 Under Armour Reports Massive Breach of 150 Million MyFitnessPal Accounts: Fitness apparel firm Under Armour […]

Individuals at Risk Identity Theft Orbitz Data Breach Impacts 880,000 Payment Cards: Expedia-owned travel website Orbitz announced on Tuesday that it has discovered and addressed a data security incident affecting hundreds of thousands of users. SecurityWeek, March 20, 2018 Cyber Privacy Senate committee wants to grill Zuckerberg over Facebook data scandal: A US Senate committee […]

Individuals at Risk Identity Theft Checked Your Credit Since the Equifax Hack?: A recent consumer survey suggests that half of all Americans still haven’t checked their credit report since the Equifax breach last year exposed the Social Security numbers, dates of birth, addresses and other personal information on nearly 150 million people. If you’re in […]

Individuals at Risk Identity Theft Senate Bill Would Make Credit Freezes Free. Measure Comes After Pressure on Lawmakers Following Equifax’s Breach: The U.S. Senate is considering a banking reform bill tthat would ban credit agencies’ practice of charging for a credit freeze, one of the crucial steps experts say can help pre-empt identity theft. BankInfoSecurity, […]

Individuals at Risk Identity Theft Mass. tax collector breach victims double original estimate. Names, tax identification numbers, and payroll processors’ banking information of more than 39,000 business taxpayers compromised in breach: As typical with most data breaches initially underestimating the overall impact of a cybersecurity “incident,” the hack of the Massachusetts Department of Revenue disclosed […]

Individuals at Risk Identity Theft Social Security numbers from thousands of California state workers exposed in data breach at Department of Fish and Wildlife: Social Security numbers for thousands of state employees and contractors were exposed in a recent data breach at the Department of Fish and Wildlife, according to a memo that the department […]

Individuals at Risk Identity Theft All 50 states ranked for identity theft and credit card fraud, from most at risk to the least: Identity theft can strike anyone, anywhere. But some places may be more susceptible to the financial crime. BusinessInsider, February 15, 2018 Cyber Privacy Unsecured server exposed thousands of FedEx customer records: Another […]