Another week has gone by, and there are new data compromises for the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) to educate businesses and consumers on. Since 2005, the ITRC has tracked publicly-notified U.S. data breaches and has tracked over 10,000...
Phishing attacks are nothing new. However, with scammers increasingly using sophisticated and new methods of harming recipients that experts are not as familiar with, being able to identify a phishing attack has never been more important. They can arrive as emails,...
A new Netflix phishing email scam has been targeting customers under the guise of a billing issue or account suspension. The attack, claiming to be from Netflix support, looks legitimate enough to get some users to expose their credit card information. The Netflix...
Another week has gone by, a week full of interesting publicly-reported U.S. data compromises. This week on the Identity Theft Resource Center’s Weekly Breach Breakdown podcast, we are focusing on cyberattacks and data breaches that help us put a price tag on people’s...
Scammers love using instances of crisis to take advantage of consumers and steal their money and personal information. That is exactly what they are doing after a Navy ship caught fire. As reported by Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) partner, the Federal...
Bitcoin scams come in many different forms. Scammers use different platforms to try and get people to pay them in bitcoin (also known as cryptocurrency or digital money). Bitcoin scams are a popular way for fraudsters to trick people into sending money. Recently, they...
People are spending more time on their phones, tablets and computers now than ever, making the importance of cyber-hygiene tips as paramount as they’ve ever been. The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) wants to highlight some of the best practices and steps that...
A Florida-based healthcare provider has issued a warning to its patients that their highly-sensitive personally identifiable information (PII) and personal health information (PHI) may have been stolen in a data breach. In what appears to have been a ransomware...
In 2019, the Identity theft Resource Center (ITRC) saw a 17 percent increase in data breaches compared to 2018. Credential stuffing attacks exploded in 2019, as well as third-party contractors being breached. 2020 has been a different story. While scams are up due to...
The number of individuals impacted by data breaches dropped 66 percent compared to 2019 SAN DIEGO, July 14, 2020 – Today, the Identity Theft Resource Center® (ITRC), a nationally recognized non-profit organization established to support victims of identity crime,...
Third-party sellers on Amazon are buying their own products so they can leave five-star reviews, then using victims’ names and addresses to disguise themselves as customers. Who Is It Targeting: Amazon customers What Is It: Brushing scam that uses another...
Every week the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) takes a look at the most interesting data compromises from the previous week. The ITRC has the most comprehensive databases of information about publicly-reported U.S. data breaches. The ITRC has been compiling data...
School districts are a playground for hackers. While the education sector does not see as many data breaches as some others (it ranked third in the Identity Theft Resource Center’s 2019 Data Breach Report with 113 breaches), recent school district data breaches – and...
There are many unanswered questions about the coronavirus impacts in the United States, some of which center around how schools will reopen for the fall term. K-12 school districts in many areas are scheduled to resume classes in a matter of weeks. However, what the...
Data breaches can come in all different forms. Some occur from ransomware attacks and formjacking, while others are related to security lapses at third-party vendors or cyberattacks using stolen credentials. Hackers are always thinking of new ways to target and attack...
Ransomware is something no one wants to end up with. It is a type of malicious software that is designed to deny access to data or a computer system until the hacker is paid. Ransomware is just one of many forms of malware, code that is developed by cyberattackers to...
With gaming becoming a more popular pastime every day, gaming related data breaches are increasing. Video games may have a long history as a popular kids’ leisure activity, but the reality is that gaming is now a multi-billion-dollar global industry. More than 2.4...
Each year, about half of U.S. taxpayers rely on a tax preparer and a tax preparation service to help them file their required tax returns. These professionals offer a wide array of options, from a very simple franchise that plugs in the numbers on the consumer’s...
Gaming companies can be a common target for hackers. The recent Stalker (S.T.A.L.K.E.R. (Scavengers, Trespassers, Adventurers, Loners, Killers, Explorers and Robbers)) data breach is a prime example. Online video games are big business for companies that develop...
Another week has gone by and there are new data compromises for the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) to educate businesses and consumers on in our “Weekly Breach Breakdown” podcast. Since 2005, the ITRC has tracked publicly-notified data breaches and has tracked...
Mystery shopping has been around for a long time. Mystery shoppers help businesses, retailers and restaurants get information on the quality of their stores in exchange for money. In the past, scammers have found ways to turn the service into a mystery shopper scam,...