NEW YORK -- Equifax, one of the three main credit reporting companies, said this week that a major data breach exposed Social Security numbers and other important information of millions of people.
This Friday marks the one year anniversary of the Equifax data breach announcement. Nearly half the country, just shy of 150 million consumers had their information compromised. The company was ...
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Justin Lane/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (9051514d) A view of a sign for the company Equifax on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New ...
Minnesota Commerce Commissioner Mike Rothman is urging consumers to be aware of the steps they can take to protect their financial information and prevent identity theft in response to the report of a ...
“While most of the previous attacks have exposed sensitive but less critical information, the compromise of SSNs creates far ...
Red flags like processing fees, urgent countdowns and requests for full Social Security numbers expose fraudulent settlement ...
In an era defined by rapid digital advancement, the financial sector finds itself at the nexus of opportunity and unprecedented risk. These institutions, holding the keys to vast repositories of ...
Equifax has linked to an impostor website on its Twitter account multiple times since Sept. 9, according to CNN. The impostor website referenced a recent cybersecurity incident at Equifax that ...
Your inbox could contain real money—or a trap. I made two fake settlement claim sites in five minutes, and I'm here to tell ...
Data breaches hit *** near record in 2024. The latest report from the Identity Theft Resource Center showing there were 3,158 data breaches and compromises in 2024, prompting 1.35 billion victim ...
A cybersecurity expert has warned scammers will employ both immediate and "long game" strategies to use the stolen data.