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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· 8 months agoIn 2017, consumer credit rating giant Equifax suffered one of the country's largest data breaches,...
How effective are credit monitoring services?
NBC News via Yahoo Finance· 7 months agoIt’s an email now familiar to millions of Americans: A company was hit by a cyberattack, resulting in the leak of personal information. To rectify the...
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...
What is a VantageScore?
Bankrate via Yahoo Finance· 11 months agoUnderstanding your credit score is important. This magic number can make a big difference when it comes to accessing credit lines, getting a mortgage or...
College kids should review passwords and credit amid massive Progress software data breach
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 7 months agoA data breach affecting nearly 200 colleges and universities is causing some students to feel uneasy...
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...
I lost $11,300 to identity fraud. What I learned: Usual safeguards don’t work.
Yahoo Finance via AOL· 2 months ago"Looks like someone is trying to take more than $10,000 from us." That's the message my husband...
Could you have a bank account you didn’t sign up for?
Bankrate via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoWestend61/Getty Images Plenty of Americans know the sinking feeling of finding unfamiliar...
Mortgage liens: What they are and how they work
Bankrate via AOL· 1 month agoPortions of this article were drafted using an in-house natural language generation platform. The article was reviewed, fact-checked and edited by our...
