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A hack at Equifax exposed the data of 147 million people. Here’s what businesses can learn from the...
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 10 months agoIn 2017, consumer credit rating giant Equifax suffered one of the country's largest data breaches,...
23andMe hack: What happened and how can I protect myself from data breaches?
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe latest threat to data security has affected more than 6.9 million users of 23andme. The ancestry...
My wallet was stolen at a bar. Then my identity theft nightmare began
LA Times via Yahoo Finance· 2 years ago2019 was a pretty exciting year for me. I stole a Tesla. I got into a car accident — a BMW, that...
Scary Cyberattacks that Hacked Millions of Users
Cheapism via AOL· 2 years agoflyparade/istockphoto Big data breaches keep providing new reasons for consumers to be wary of forking over their personal information, despite companies...
Ways your credit card info might be stolen and how to prevent it
Bankrate via Yahoo Finance· 1 year ago10’000 Hours/Getty Images Despite technological innovations making it more difficult to use a stolen...
Credit report errors are more common than you think. Here's how to dispute one
USA TODAY via Yahoo Finance· 3 weeks agoNearly half of all credit reports may contain errors, some of them costly to your credit score,...
Massive criminal records leak exposes 70M Americans' personal information
Fox News via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoA group of cybercriminals leaked a database containing criminal records of 70 million Americans,...
Kids are at high risk of identity theft, experts warn — here’s how parents can protect them
NY Post via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe Federal Trade Commission warns that kids under age 19 are increasingly being targeted by child...
What to do when your mortgage servicer gets hacked
Bankrate via Yahoo Finance· 3 months agoThere’s no gentle way to say this, so we’ll just say it: If you have a mortgage, scammers are trying to steal your personal information. That harsh...
10 Class-Action Settlements That Could You Get Free Money
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 1 year agoYou hear about class-action lawsuits all the time, like this one filed against Apple (based on a...