Identity Theft – Computer Security Articles

Getting a notification that your child’s data has been stolen is sadly becoming more commonplace. Here are some things you can do to avoid identity theft.

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The Ticketmaster “breach”—what you need to know

May 30, 2024 admin data breach, Identity Theft, live nation, news, privacy, shinyhunters, ticketmaster

A database has been put up for sale that allegedly contains the data of 560 million Ticketmaster users. But is it real?

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“Substantial proportion” of Americans may have had health and personal data stolen in Change Healthcare breach

April 23, 2024 admin alphv, Identity Theft, news, personal, phi, PII, ransomhub, unitedhealth

UnitedHealth has made an announcement about the stolen data in the ransomware attack on subsidiary Change Healthcare.

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Identity theft is number one threat for consumers, says report

February 28, 2024 admin bsi, data breaches, data brokers, Identity Theft, information stealer, news, personal

The German BSI has published its 2023 state of IT security report which names identity theft as the main threat for consumers.

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It’s Still Easy for Anyone to Become You at Experian

November 11, 2023 admin A Little Sunshine, Experian, Identity Theft, Latest Warnings, scott anderson

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2023 17:59:07 +0000

In the summer of 2022, KrebsOnSecurity documented the plight of several readers who had their accounts at big-three consumer credit reporting bureau Experian hijacked after identity thieves simply re-registered the accounts using a different email address. Sixteen months later, Experian clearly has not addressed this gaping lack of security. I know that because my account at Experian was recently hijacked, and the only way I could recover access was by recreating the account.

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