SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The following defendants are charged by a federal grand jury indictment with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, one count of conspiracy, and one count of aggravated identity theft: Ahmed Hossam Eldin Elbadawy, 23, a.k.a. "AD," AD," of College Station, Texas; Noah Michael Urban, 20, a.k.a.

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Identity IQ

JUNE 8, 2023

The Ultimate Guide to Child Identity Theft: Types, Warning Signs & Prevention Strategies IdentityIQ Child identity theft is a significant problem in the US. A recent report by Javelin Strategy & Research, sponsored by AARP , found that 915,000 children, or 1 in 80, were victims of identity theft in the past year.

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Troy Hunt

APRIL 7, 2024

The trouble for AT&T (in my non-legal but "hey, I'm the data breach guy" opinion), will be their denial of a breach in 2021 and the subsequent years in which tens of millions of social security numbers were floating around.

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Bleeping Computer

MARCH 3, 2022

The New York State Office of the Attorney General (NY OAG) warned victims of the August 2021 T-Mobile data breach that they faced identity theft risks after some of the stolen information ended up for sale on the dark web. [.].

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 2, 2025

According to cybersecurity firm Hudson Rock, the hack was made possible by a set of stolen credentials compromised in 2021. Identity theft and account takeover: By impersonating customers using leaked support tickets, hackers can gain unauthorized access to accounts.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

.” Wagenius’s interest in defecting to another country in order to escape prosecution mirrors that of his alleged co-conspirator, John Erin Binns , an 25-year-old elusive American man indicted by the Justice Department for a 2021 breach at T-Mobile that exposed the personal information of at least 76.6 million customers.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2022

In January 2021, Avira was acquired by Tempe, Ariz.-based In 2017, the identity theft protection company LifeLock was acquired by Symantec Corp. In August 2021, NortonLifeLock said it had reached an agreement to acquire Avast , another longtime free antivirus product that also claims to have around 500 million users.

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Security Through Education

JULY 18, 2023

In 2021, AARP found that identify theft had affected more than 42 million U.S. What is Identity Theft? The DOJ defines identity theft as “all types of crimes in which someone wrongfully obtains and uses another person’s personal data in some way that involves fraud or deception, typically for economic gain.”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Each faces two conspiracy counts and aggravated identity theft charges. Scattered Spider members are part of a broader cybercriminal community called “The Com,” where hackers brag about high-profile cyber thefts, typically initiated through social engineering tactics like phone, email, or SMS scams to gain access to corporate networks.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

On August 17th, 2021, a 21-year-old American posted his identity on Twitter and admitted that he was behind the T-Mobile Cyber Attack where he used an unprotected router on internet to gain access to the database of the US Telecommunications provider.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 27, 2025

Back in London in 2021, a man was jailed by a court in London for 18 months for a series of offences including driving without a license or insurance, fraud by false representation, and possession of a false, improperly obtained identity document belonging to another person. Not every identity theft story is as life-altering as this.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 21, 2021

Department of Justice announced that Swiss hacker Till Kottmann, 21, has been indicted for conspiracy, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft. ” On March 12, 2021, Swiss authorities executed search warrants related to the criminal activity. ” concludes the DoJ. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 19, 2023

In August 2021, T-Mobile acknowledged that hackers made off with the names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers and driver’s license/ID information on more than 40 million current, former or prospective customers who applied for credit with the company. Data stolen and exposed in this breach may also be used for identity theft.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

This was revealed in a 2022 Consumer Impact report released by Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) on Tuesday this week. Astonishingly, most of the information steals cases where or are yet to be solved and surged to 55% from 30% between 2020 to 2021. It might sound weird!

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Identity IQ

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Here are the Top Ten IdentityIQ Topics of 2021. As the end of the year is approaching, we’re compiling our most searched and read topics of 2021. 8 Common Identity Theft Scams. Scam School: Bad Practices on Social Media Could Put Your Identity at Risk. Everyone in Your Family Need to Protect Their Identity.

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CSO Magazine

JANUARY 13, 2022

On January 5, 2022, the Department of Justice (DoJ) announced the FBI’s arrest of Italian citizen Filippo Bernardini at JFK International Airport in New York for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Kronos Private Cloud, a Massachusetts based payroll company, was subjected to a ransomware attack last week, disrupting most of its accounting servers; leaving many workers without their regular paychecks and bonuses for this Christmas 2021 season.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 30, 2022

Security practitioners looking back on 2021 may see it as the year attackers shifted their focus from identity theft to identity fraud. That’s according to Eva Velasquez, president and CEO of the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC), after the organization released its annual data breach report. “In

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 10, 2022

.–( BUSINESS WIRE )–IDShield, a PPLSI cybersecurity brand empowering a better tomorrow with identity theft solutions, privacy, and reputation management services for individuals and families, has been recognized as one of the Best Identity Theft Protection Services of 2022 by U.S. Evaluation process: U.S.

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Identity IQ

MAY 9, 2023

Why Are Military Members More Vulnerable to Identity Theft? IdentityIQ As May is Military Appreciation Month, a month-long observance to honor active service members and veterans, it’s important to note that serving in the military doesn’t guarantee protection against identity theft.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 28, 2021

Many states now require drivers license numbers as a way of verifying an applicant’s identity. In 2013, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news about an identity theft service in the underground that programmatically pulled sensitive consumer credit data directly from a subsidiary of Experian. 27, 2021).

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

In June 2021, the Nigerian government officially placed an indefinite ban on Twitter , restricting it from operating in Nigeria after the social media platform deleted tweets by the Nigerian president. The financial losses from these scams dwarf other fraud categories — such as identity theft or credit card fraud.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 11, 2022

And the notice says that a security incident hit the company on July 27th, 2021 when hackers fraudulently accessed its system for 5 complete days, i.e. from July 23rd to July 27th last year. Currently, there is no evidence that the stolen details were used/being used in any of the identity theft campaigns.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 3, 2023

In 2021, 45% of US companies suffered data breaches related to compromised credentials, 42 million individuals suffered losses greater than $50 billion in aggregate value due to identity theft and associated fraud, and over the last five years, more than 500 million credentials and.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Utah Imaging Associates (UIA) discloses a security breach, on September 4, 2021 the company claims to have detected and blocked a cyber attack. Threat actors gained access to some UIA files containing sensitive data of 583,643 individuals, the initial infiltration took place on August 29, 2021. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Webroot

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The risk of becoming a victim of identity theft has never been greater. According to the Federal Trade Commissioner (FTC), incidents of identity theft and related fraud rose nationwide in the United State in 2021. million fraud and identity theft reports in 2021. Consumers lost more than 5.8

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 1, 2022

According to the notification letter published by the Office of the Maine Attorney General, VISA informed the company on March 8, 2021, that its website (www.pulsetv.com) was a common point of purchase for some unauthorized credit card transactions due to a possible compromise. ” reads the data breach notification letter.

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Hot for Security

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

As millions of US taxpayers prepare for 2021 tax season, hordes of fraudsters and scammers are preparing to rip off residents and non-residents alike.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 16, 2021

According to the Identity Theft Resource Center, 2021 was a record year for data breaches. Cybercrime is going up, not down, every year, despite the tens of billions of dollars companies invest in shoring up their information infrastructure.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

If your identity was stolen, you’re not alone. million cases of identity theft were reported to the Federal Trade Commission in 2021. Identity theft is the fastest-growing crime in the United States, leaving more people and companies at risk than ever before. If you’ve been a.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 22, 2024

In 2021, Meta shut down the Face Recognition system on Facebook as part of a company-wide move to limit the use of facial recognition in their products. Protect your social media accounts by using Malwarebytes Identity Theft Protection. The account recovery by video selfie, however, is something I’m far less fond of.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 13, 2021

Cybersecurity product categories: Advanced threat protection, managed services , endpoint security , encryption , web gateway , email security, network security, cloud security, antivirus, identity theft protection, website security, mainframe security. The post Top Cybersecurity Companies for 2021 appeared first on eSecurityPlanet.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 3, 2025

The ICO introduced a childrens code for online privacy in 2021, which requires companies to take steps to protect childrens personal information online. Protect your social media accounts by using Malwarebytes Identity Theft Protection.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 9, 2023

In April 2021, KrebsOnSecurity revealed how identity thieves were exploiting lax authentication on Experian’s PIN retrieval page to unfreeze consumer credit files. A few days after that April 2021 story, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that an Experian API was exposing the credit scores of most Americans.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 20, 2021

Campbell Conroy & O’Neil’s law firm has issued a public statement early today that it was a victim of a ransomware attack on February 27th,2021 and the incident could have led to a potential data breach that is under serious investigation.

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Identity IQ

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

This investigation has revealed these banks have collectively denied reimbursement of more than $880 million worth of reportedly fraudulent Zelle transactions between 2021 and 2023. IdentityIQ offers identity theft insurance , underwritten by AIG, and fraud restoration services that can help victims recover their losses due to fraud.

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Identity IQ

JANUARY 4, 2021

As we start a hopefully better 2021, we are taking a look back at the most searched and visited topics on the IdentityIQ blog during 2020. Every day the experts at IdentityIQ services study the changes in credit monitoring and follow the trends in identity theft. This past year has been unlike any other.

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