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FTC Recognizes Identity Theft Awareness Week

Identity IQ

FTC Recognizes Identity Theft Awareness Week. The Federal Trade Commission is commemorating Identity Theft Awareness Week with a series of free events focused on raising awareness and educating consumers about the growing risk of identity theft. So what is identity theft and, how can you protect yourself?

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Identity theft is number one threat for consumers, says report

Malwarebytes

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. What to do in the event of a data breach Check the vendor’s advice. Enable two-factor authentication (2FA).

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My child had her data stolen—here’s how to protect your kids from identity theft 

Malwarebytes

Recently, I received a letter in the mail from a company about a data breach. The attacker had also accessed sensitive files and customer health data. However, this time it wasn’t my own data that was stolen. This data can then be sold on the dark web to identity thieves.

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GUEST ESSAY: Massive NPD breach tells us its high time to replace SSNs as an authenticator

The Last Watchdog

There is little doubt that high-profile breaches like this will persist. This drives public awareness of the risks associated with identity theft. As a result, many people rush to protect themselves by subscribing to services that offer credit monitoring, identity theft protection, and fraud alerts.

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Fidelity National Financial acknowledges data breach affecting 1.3 million customers

Malwarebytes

As is often the case these days, it turns out that the cyberincident was very likely a ransomware attack that included a data breach. Ransomware operators typically steal data from the compromised systems to use as extra leverage against the victim. The company has not so far specified the type of data that may have been stolen.

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ROUNDTABLE: Why T-Mobile’s latest huge data breach could fuel attacks directed at mobile devices

The Last Watchdog

TMobile has now issued a formal apology and offered free identity theft recovery services to nearly 48 million customers for whom the telecom giant failed to protect their sensitive personal information. Most immediately is the ubiquity of 2-factor authentication. Related: Kaseya hack worsens supply chain risk.

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Vans warns customers of data breach

Malwarebytes

Vans says there’s no evidence suggesting any actual impact on any individual consumer whose personal data were part of the affected data set, but it does warn about phishing and fraud attempts which could lead to identity theft. Enable two-factor authentication (2FA). Check the vendor’s advice.