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American Airlines suffers data breach after phishing incident

September 20, 2022 admin American Airlines, data breach, Identity Theft, news, phishing

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Major airline American Airlines fell victim to a data breach after a cybercriminal got access to the email accounts of several employees via a phishing attack.

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How phishers prey on Wise / TransferWise users | Kaspersky official blog

June 3, 2022 admin account recovery, Identity Theft, online finance, phishing, SCAM, Threats, transferwise, wise

Credit to Author: Roman Dedenok| Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2022 10:16:39 +0000

Cybercriminals send e-mails to Wise (formerly TransferWise) users with a phishing link to steal their credentials and phone numbers.

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Wells Fargo phishing e-mails | Kaspersky official blog

May 13, 2022 admin Advice, documents, fraud, Identity Theft, phishing, Threats, Wells Fargo

Credit to Author: Roman Dedenok| Date: Fri, 13 May 2022 13:07:08 +0000

Scammers send phishing messages to Wells Fargo customers and extort CVV codes, e-mail passwords and selfies with ID card by threatening account suspension.

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Child identity theft, part 2: How to reclaim your child’s identity

March 17, 2020 admin awareness, child identity fraud, child identity theft, familiar fraud, identity compromise, identity fraud, Identity Theft, new account fraud, personally identifiable information, reclaim child identity, reclaim identity

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 16:33:29 +0000

In part 2 of our series on child identity theft, we examine the signs their PII might be compromised and how to reclaim your child’s identity if it is. We also list ways to protect their data and ID in the future.

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Tags: child identity fraud child identity theft familiar fraud identity compromise identity fraud identity theft new account fraud personally identifiable information reclaim child identity reclaim identity

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Child identity theft, part 1: On familiar fraud

March 17, 2020 admin awareness, child identity fraud, child identity theft, cyberbullying, familiar fraud, fraud, id theft, Identity Theft, personally identifiable information, PII

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 20:17:19 +0000

In this two-part series on child identity theft, we shed light on the growing problem of familiar fraud, where those entrusted with a minor’s information are the very ones who abuse it.

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Tags: child identity fraud child identity theft cyberbullying familiar fraud fraud ID theft identity theft personally identifiable information PII

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Selfie hunting: Think twice before confirming your identity

August 12, 2019 admin confidentiality, Identity Theft, online services, personal data, phishing, privacy, Tips

Credit to Author: Leonid Grustniy| Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 11:51:00 +0000

Scammers are interested in your photos with ID cards. We explain why and how to stay protected.

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How to get your Equifax money and stay safe doing it

July 30, 2019 admin awareness, credit monitoring, data breach, data breach settlement, Equifax, EU, European Union, Federal Trade Commission, fraud, fraud prevention, FTC, GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation, Identity Theft, phishing, scams, settlement, Social Security numbers

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Equifax has been ordered to pay at least $650 million in relation to its enormous 2017 data breach. Users who were affected might be eligible for a claim. But watch out for scams!

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Tags: credit monitoring data breach data breach settlement Equifax EU European Union Federal Trade Commission fraud fraud prevention FTC gdpr General Data Protection Regulation identity theft phishing scams settlement social security numbers

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Ways to Improve Your Data Center Cybersecurity That Most People Don’t Think of Until It’s Too Late

January 16, 2019 admin Cloud Computing, Critical Infrastructure, Cyber Security, cyberheist, cybersecurity, Data Center, data center cybersecurity, EcoStruxure, Hacker, hacking, Identity Theft, intrusion detection, malware, phishing, virus

Credit to Author: Steven Carlini| Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:00:00 +0000

It’s been well publicized that Microsoft fends off more than 7 trillion cyberthreats per day, and allocates over $1 billion each year to cybersecurity for its cloud data centers. While… Read more »

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