Identity IQ

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

How Identity Theft Damages More Than Just Your Credit Scores. For this reason, it’s very important to protect your identity and credit score. For this reason, it’s very important to protect your identity and credit score. But identity theft can negatively affect a lot more than just your credit score.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 19, 2021

military and government employees and giving it to an Islamic State hacker group in 2015 has been charged once again with fraud and identity theft. ” [Side note: It may be little more than a coincidence, but my PayPal account was hacked in Dec. A hacker serving a 20-year sentence for stealing personal data on 1,300 U.S.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) has published a report on The State of IT Security in Germany in 2023 , and the number one threat for consumers is… identity theft. Set up identity monitoring. In many cases, there isn’t even that much that they could have done about it.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 21, 2024

She doesn’t even have an email account. The data included her name, date of birth, Social Security Number, medical documentation, insurance information, and more. If you don’t use a service anymore, you can ask the organization to delete your personal information. She didn’t fill in her details to a phishing site.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

A year ago, KrebsOnSecurity warned that “Informed Delivery,” a new offering from the U.S. Secret Service issued an internal alert warning that many of its field offices have reported crooks are indeed using Informed Delivery to commit various identity theft and credit card fraud schemes. This week, the U.S.

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Identity IQ

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Synthetic Identity Theft: What It Is and How It Works IdentityIQ You work hard to protect your identity. You’re cautious about sharing personal information, you regularly change your passwords, and you keep an eye on your credit report. What Is Synthetic Identity Theft?

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 26, 2020

At the height of his cybercriminal career, the hacker known as “ Hieupc ” was earning $125,000 a month running a bustling identity theft service that siphoned consumer dossiers from some of the world’s top data brokers. Ngo’s former identity theft service, superget[.]info. Secret Service.

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Identity IQ

OCTOBER 12, 2023

10 Tips for Traveler Identity Theft Protection IdentityIQ Travel has become an essential part of everyday life for many, offering adventure, cultural experiences, and opportunities for personal growth. However, as we embark on these journeys, we must also be vigilant guardians of our personal information.

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Identity IQ

OCTOBER 3, 2023

10 Tips for Identity Theft Protection for Military Members IdentityIQ Identity theft is an evolving threat that can have particularly severe consequences for military personnel. With the unique challenges and responsibilities they face, safeguarding military members’ personal information is paramount.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 27, 2020

This story is about the victims of a particularly aggressive business ID theft ring that’s spent years targeting small businesses across the country and is now pivoting toward using that access for pandemic assistance loans and unemployment benefits. For 2020, the company estimates an overall 258 percent spike in the crime.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 8, 2020

The letters are intended to prevent identity theft, but many people are mistaking these vague missives for a notification that someone has hijacked their identity. My first thought when a reader shared a copy of the letter was that he recently had been the victim of identity theft. Bank to the applicant.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 18, 2021

T-Mobile is warning that a data breach has exposed the names, date of birth, Social Security number and driver’s license/ID information of more than 40 million current, former or prospective customers who applied for credit with the company. “Our preliminary analysis is that approximately 7.8

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Two young men from the eastern United States have been hit with identity theft and conspiracy charges for allegedly stealing bitcoin and social media accounts by tricking employees at wireless phone companies into giving away credentials needed to remotely access and modify customer account information.

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Identity IQ

MARCH 18, 2024

How Oversharing Content About Your Kids (“Sharenting”) Can Lead to Identity Theft IdentityIQ Snapping a photo of your kids and sharing it on social media may seem like a harmless act. But posting photos, videos, and other information about your child online leaves them vulnerable to identity theft.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 27, 2020

Ngo was recently deported back to his home country after serving more than seven years in prison for running multiple identity theft services. But the Secret Service discovered his various accounts at these data brokers and had them shut down one by one. By this time, his ID theft services had earned roughly USD $3 million.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 29, 2021

The scammers typically use stolen identity data to claim benefits, and then have the funds credited to an online account that they control. But the fact that they’ve now created a web page where people can input information about receiving these tells you they have to know how prevalent this is.”

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 6, 2022

million customers have had their user accounts compromised in credential stuffing attacks. Credential stuffing is the automated injection of stolen username and password pairs in to website login forms, in order to fraudulently gain access to user accounts. Using a forum or social media account to send phishing messages or spam.

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Adam Levin

MAY 19, 2021

Demirkapi believes this loophole may indicate cause for more general concern about the way Experian protects consumer information. The perpetrators were quickly apprehended before they could leverage the information. The information included driver’s licenses , credit card , and Social Security numbers.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Justice Department , FBI agents have identified more than 50 million unique credentials and forms of identification (email addresses, bank accounts, cryptocurrency addresses, credit card numbers, etc.) A selfie pulled from Mark Sokolovsky’s iCloud account. Working with investigators in Italy and The Netherlands, U.S.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 30, 2023

Account takeovers (ATOs) are a type of cyberattack, fraud risk, or identity theft that results in the unauthorized access of an account, typically through the use of stolen credentials. In the first […] The post What are account takeovers (ATOs)? In the first […] The post What are account takeovers (ATOs)?

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Joseph Steinberg

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Social media users’ delight at receiving notification that their accounts have qualified for Verification (that is, receiving the often-coveted “blue check mark” that appears on the social media profiles of public figures) has become the latest target of criminal exploitation.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 9, 2022

A pop-up message or blank screen typically appears on a computer or phone, informing you that your system has been compromised and requires repair. Phishing emails may ask for personal information like a log-in or Social Security number to authenticate your account, or they may urge you to share your credit card payment details.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 16, 2024

For nearly a dozen years, residents of South Carolina have been kept in the dark by state and federal investigators over who was responsible for hacking into the state’s revenue department in 2012 and stealing tax and bank account information for 3.6 “There is also information on corporate taxpayers.”

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 15, 2024

A great many readers this month reported receiving alerts that their Social Security Number, name, address and other personal information were exposed in a breach at a little-known but aptly-named consumer data broker called NationalPublicData.com. billion rows of records — they claimed was taken from nationalpublicdata.com. .”

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Payment provider Slim CD has disclosed a security incident that may have exposed the full credit card information of anyone paying at a merchant that uses Slim CD’s services. However, the company said the criminals only had access to credit card and other information between June 14 and June 15, 2024. Set up identity monitoring.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 16, 2020

“In the state of Washington, individuals residing out-of-state are receiving multiple ACH deposits from the State of Washington Unemployment Benefits Program, all in different individuals’ names with no connection to the account holder,” the notice continues. .

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 29, 2022

Google said this week it is expanding the types of data people can ask to have removed from search results, to include personal contact information like your phone number, email address or physical address. Google has for years accepted requests to remove certain sensitive data such as bank account or credit card numbers from search results.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

That Joeleoli moniker registered on the cybercrime forum OGusers in 2018 with the email address joelebruh@gmail.com , which also was used to register accounts at several websites for a Joel Evans from North Carolina. Click to enlarge. Buchanan would face up to 20 years in prison for the wire fraud count as well.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Postal Service just fixed a security weakness that allowed anyone who has an account at usps.com to view account details for some 60 million other users, and in some cases to modify account details on their behalf. The researcher said he informed the USPS about his finding more than a year ago yet never received a response.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Change Healthcare says it has notified approximately 100 million Americans that their personal, financial and healthcare records may have been stolen in a February 2024 ransomware attack that caused the largest ever known data breach of protected health information. Image: Tamer Tuncay, Shutterstock.com. Last month, Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.)

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 9, 2023

But when I tried to get my report from Experian via annualcreditreport.com, Experian’s website said it didn’t have enough information to validate my identity. In response to information shared by KrebsOnSecurity, Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) It wouldn’t even show me the four multiple-guess questions. ” Sen.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

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. So once again I sought to re-register as myself at Experian.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 10, 2024

billion identity records – including hundreds of millions of Americans’ Social Security numbers. There is a vast amount of personal information in criminals’ hands,” said Jason. For more information about SpyCloud Investigations or to schedule a complimentary demo to explore your data, users can contact us here.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 26, 2021

Experian’s page for retrieving someone’s credit freeze PIN requires little more information than has already been leaked by big-three bureau Equifax and a myriad other breaches. ” Only one question mattered and was relevant to my credit history (it concerned the last four digits of a checking account number).

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

The stolen information included full names, Social Security numbers, mailing addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses of millions of U.S., This drives public awareness of the risks associated with identity theft. Governments can create a digital identity at birth to replace SSN in its current use.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 28, 2021

“No one should be able to perform an Experian credit check with only publicly available information,” Demirkapi said. “Experian should mandate non-public information for promotional inquiries, otherwise an attacker who found a single vulnerability in a vendor could easily abuse Experian’s system.”

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 10, 2024

We have seen several high-profile accounts that were taken over on X (formerly Twitter) only to be used for cryptocurrency related promotional activities, like expressing the approval of exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The @SECGov X account was compromised, and an unauthorized post was posted. .” You’re all set.

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