Adam Levin

MAY 19, 2021

In 2018, Experian settled a class-action lawsuit for $22 million. . Use a VPN that you pay for: Having a VPN can make it much harder to steal your data and prevent identity theft. Manage the damage: If your identity or data have been stolen, act quickly. Takeaways .

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 3, 2018

In mid-November 2018, KrebsOnSecurity heard from a Jared customer who found something curious after receiving a receipt via email for a pair of earrings he’d just purchased as a surprise gift for his girlfriend. Data exposures like these are some of the most common yet preventable for online retailers.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Moreover, the nature of the information that could have been collected would be very unlikely to result in identity theft or any financial harm. There is no evidence that any information that may have been shared with these third parties has been misused in any way. added Atrium Health. Affected individuals were notified in September.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 20, 2021

Levashov has been in federal custody since his extradition to the United States and guilty plea in 2018, and was facing up to 12 more years in prison. The plea agreement Levashov approved in 2018 gave Judge Robert Chatigny broad latitude to impose a harsh prison sentence. A native of St. The government argued that under U.S.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

resident Ahmad Wagaafe Hared and Matthew Gene Ditman of Las Vegas were part of a group that specialized in tricking or bribing representatives at the major wireless providers into giving them control over phone numbers belonging to people they later targeted for extortion and theft. According to indictments unsealed this week, Tucson, Ariz.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

The EDD’s practice of mailing documents that include the full Social Security numbers of their intended recipients greatly elevates the risk of identity theft, according to California State Auditor Elaine Howle, who urged a halt to the practice in 2019. The Governor’s office has yet to release an official response to the letter. .

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 3, 2018

banks issue credit cards to their account holders, said a Web site misconfiguration exposed the names, addresses, dates of birth and Social Security numbers of thousands of people who applied for cards between early March 2017 and mid-July 2018. TCM said it learned of the issue on July 16, 2018, and had the problem fixed by the following day.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 12, 2022

The DOJ also charged the alleged administrator of RaidForums — 21-year-old Diogo Santos Coelho , of Portugal — with six criminal counts, including conspiracy, access device fraud and aggravated identity theft. The FBI’s seizure of RaidForums was first reported by KrebsOnSecurity on Mar.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 10, 2019

They face a fifteen count indictment, including charges of wire fraud, conspiracy and aggravated identity theft (a charge that carries a mandatory two-year sentence). In August 2018, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that police in Florida arrested 25-year-old Pasco County, Fla.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The forum’s member roster includes a Who’s Who of top Russian cybercriminals, and it featured sub-forums for a wide range of cybercrime specialities, including malware, spam, coding and identity theft. One representation of the leaked Mazafaka database. ” Mr. Safronov did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

If you’ve been holding out because you’re not particularly worried about ID theft, here’s another reason to reconsider: The credit bureaus profit from selling copies of your file to others, so freezing your file also lets you deny these dinosaurs a valuable revenue stream.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

” According to a somewhat redacted vulnerability assessment of Informed Visibility (PDF) published in October 2018 by the USPS’s Office of Inspector General (OIG), auditors found a number of authentication and encryption weaknesses in the service. But they seemed to have overlooked this rather glaring security problem.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 17, 2022

The “catchers” 52-year-old Igwilo has been on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s watch list since 2018. With Justice as our mutual priority, we congratulate @officialEFCC for partnering with the @FBI & arresting long-time wanted suspect Igwilo for fraud conspiracy, money laundering and aggravated identity theft.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The report also stated that the FBI received more than 1,600 SIM swap complaints in 2021, dramatically up from 320 from 2018 to 2020. Sign up for an identity theft protection plan with an identity theft monitoring service , which helps protect and secure your personal information. Minimizing SIM Swapping Attacks.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 4, 2023

A price of $200,000 is being demanded for the stolen information and as it contains sensitive information such as contact details, those interested might make merry as they can use the purchased data to launch identity thefts and phishing campaigns. Hudson Rock did not name the hacking form that contains the twitter data dump.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 4, 2021

In recent years, the most prominent example has been the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which has been in effect since 2018 and has evolved from being just a European data privacy law to becoming a global data privacy standard.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 8, 2019

Almost exactly one year ago, KrebsOnSecurity reported that a mere two hours of searching revealed more than 100 Facebook groups with some 300,000 members openly advertising services to support all types of cybercrime, including spam, credit card fraud and identity theft. Facebook responded by deleting those groups.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 4, 2020

One of the most-read advice columns on this site is a 2018 piece called “ Plant Your Flag, Mark Your Territory ,” which tried to impress upon readers the importance of creating accounts at websites like those at the Social Security Administration , the IRS and others before crooks do it for you.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Ivan Yermakov worked for the Russian Military Unit 26165 and was indicted by the US DoJ in October 2018, along six other defendants working for the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate ( GRU ), for hacking, wire fraud, identity theft, and money laundering. ” reads the press release published by DoJ.

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Identity IQ

AUGUST 16, 2022

Temecula, California, August 16, 2022 – IDIQ , an industry leader in identity theft protection and credit report monitoring, achieved the rank of No. Businesses are ranked according to percentage revenue growth between 2018 and 2021. —For 3 rd year in a row, IDIQ earns a spot on the Inc. 5000 List, ranking No. Each year, Inc.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 16, 2020

In November, King was accused and convicted of computer fraud and aggravated identity theft, and in June he also pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice charges for having provided fake evidence during his trial. According to the investigators, the man gained access to the technology firm in 2015 with an accomplice, Ashley St.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

In October 2018, Brannan pleaded guilty to aggravated identity theft and unauthorized access to a protected computer. “Christopher Brannan, 31, pleaded guilty in October to unauthorized access of a protected computer and to aggravated identity theft before U.S. District Judge Henry E.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 23, 2022

About 495,398 students and 57,158 employee records belonging to the 2015-2016 and 2018-2019 school years were leaked in the attack. All students and staff affected by the ransomware attack will be provided a year-long credit monitoring and identity theft protection service says a statement issued by Chicago Public Schools.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2020

US DoJ charged the men with damaging protected computers, conspiracy to conduct computer fraud and abuse, wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft. ” reads the press release published by the DoJ. ” reads the press release published by the DoJ.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

According to experts, the leak of PII data containing Aadhaar information (and other such details) related to Indian citizens on the Dark Web creates a significant risk of digital identity theft. The company acquired over 400,000 records from the Dark Web and consequently notified the victims to prevent identity theft.

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Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2024

The virtual currency exchange received criminal proceeds from various illegal activities, including computer intrusions, ransomware attacks, identity theft, corruption, and drug distribution. French authorities accused Vinnik of defrauding more than 100 people in six French cities between 2016 and 2018.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

“In February 2020, KVASHUK was convicted by a jury of five counts of wire fraud, six counts of money laundering, two counts of aggravated identity theft, two counts of filing false tax returns, and one count each of mail fraud, access device fraud, and access to a protected computer in furtherance of fraud.”

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Malwarebytes

MAY 20, 2024

Even in the four years between 2018 and 2022, complaints about identity theft more than doubled , per the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center. But things have changed drastically since 2000. SEC Chair Gary Gensler said: “Over the last 24 years, the nature, scale, and impact of data breaches has transformed substantially.

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2019

Bogdanov was charged in federal court in Brooklyn of wire fraud conspiracy, aggravated identity theft and computer intrusion in connection with a scheme in which he and other crooks used stolen personal information to file federal tax returns and fraudulently obtain more than $1.5 million from the U.S.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2019

” The Elasticsearch database was first indexed by search engines in May 2018, Diachenko discovered it on September 17, 2019, and on September 20, 2019 it was secured. “Affected individuals could be at risk of identity theft and should monitor their accounts closely. ” concludes the experts. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

The suspects stole the funds from at least 10 victims using SIM swapping between November 2015 and May 2018. Department of Justice charged nine individuals connected to a hacking crew focused on identity theft and SIM swapping attacks. In May, the U.S.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 22, 2019

. – Reimbursement: …For the time you spent remedying identity theft or misuse of your personal information caused by the breach, or purchasing credit monitoring or credit reports. – Help with ongoing identity theft issues: Up to seven years of “free assisted identity restoration services.”

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 6, 2021

However, security experts suggest it is better to change the password of an online account, respectively, to avoid any identity theft or phishing attacks in the future. Note 2- From the year 2018, China blocked the app and the website from the Apple App Store meant for its region for data security concerns.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

T-Mobile offers two years of free credit monitoring and identity theft detection services to impacted customers. In May 2018, a flaw in T-Mobile’s website allowed anyone to access the personal account details of any customer by providing their mobile number.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 16, 2019

The hard drives contained information on US workers who were employed by Facebook in 2018, exposed data includes bank account numbers, employee names, the last four digits of their social security numbers, their salaries, bonuses, and equity details. The company notified the data theft to its staff via email Friday morning.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

“HSBC became aware of online accounts being accessed by unauthorized users between October 4, 2018 and October 14, 2018. The back is also providing impacted customers with a complimentary year subscription to a credit monitoring and identity theft protection service provided by Identity Guard.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2019

On August 2018, three members of the notorious cybercrime gang have been indicted and charged with 26 felony counts of conspiracy, wire fraud, computer hacking, access device fraud and aggravated identity theft. Fin7 is suspected to have hit more than 100 US companies, most of them in the restaurant, hospitality, and industries.

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