While data breaches are down, a single ransomware attack at Blackbaud exposed information from at least 247 organizations that have issued their own breach notices SAN DIEGO, October 14, 2020 – Today, the Identity Theft Resource Center® (ITRC), a...
Election scams are beginning to appear, prompting the FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to warn consumers that spoofed internet domains and email accounts pose cyber and disinformation risks to...
Shopify and Instacart recently suffered data breaches from insider attacks, stressing the importance of not allowing too much access to employees. Consumers who receive a breach notice regarding either data breach should...
Data breaches are down 30 percent in Q3 of 2020 compared to Q3 of 2019 when you look at the Blackbaud ransomware attack as a single event. Data breaches are down 10 percent in Q3 of 2020 compared to Q3 of 2019 when you look at the Blackbaud ransomware...
Shopify recently announced that two support team members allegedly committed insider theft and obtained transactional records of at least 100 merchants. Data exposed in the Shopify data compromise includes names,...
This year’s initiatives highlight the importance of individuals and organizations taking actions to protect their part of cyberspace in an increasingly connected world SAN DIEGO, October 2, 2020 – The Identity Theft Resource...
A recent report by Comparitech says that six percent of all Google Cloud environments are misconfigured and left open to the web for anyone to see. Dunkin Donuts settled in a lawsuit with the State of New York after being accused of not taking appropriate action...
Scammers are taking advantage of Apple users eager to purchase the iPhone 12 with a chatbot scam offering “a free trial” of the new device.Threat actors are looking to steal people’s credit card information and other identity information. They can use the information...
The ITRC and local ID theft assistance coalitions will host a phone bank Sept. 28-30 toll-free at 888.400.5530 for victims of COVID-19-related scams and identity crime SAN DIEGO, September 28, 2020 – Today, the Identity Theft Resource Center® (ITRC), a nationally...
The NITVAN toolkit builds the capacity of service providers, advocates and allied professionals to better address the rights and needs of identity theft victims via coalition building SAN DIEGO, September 24, 2020 – Today, the Identity Theft Resource Center® (ITRC), a...
On November 3rd, citizens will cast their votes for governors, state officials, or members of Congress, either continuing to support the incumbent or opting to make a change with a new candidate. In any event, the work of campaigning and elections are big...
People selling their homes are receiving unsolicited unemployment benefit paymentsScammers are using identity information stolen in data breaches to apply for government benefitsIf you receive an unsolicited benefits payment, tell your mail carrier or file a fraud...
Child Identity Theft Awareness Day is more important in 2020 than ever; parents and industry leaders are encouraged to act now SAN DIEGO, September 21, 2020 – Today, the Identity Theft Resource Center® (ITRC), a nationally recognized non-profit organization...
Multiple people across the country are reporting cases of identity theft involving Small Business Administration (SBA) loans as scammers continue to leverage the data they have gleaned from other breaches. What It Is Fraudsters appear to be applying for SBA loans and...
CashApp scams have seen an uptick since COVID-19 began impacting the United States. In April, we wrote about scammers out in full force trying to get consumers to fall for CashApp scams by clicking on fraudulent and malicious links that could steal people’s money and...
Credential theft is when fake webpages are created that look real for the sole purpose of stealing logins and passwords to access legitimate accounts.The top targeted companies for phishing scams from credential theft include Paypal with 11,000 fake login pages,...
Cense.Ai left a temporary data storage repository online, accessible to anyone with a web browser. It led to the exposure of nearly 2.6 million records, including sensitive data and other personally identifiable information (PII).A recent data breach of Freepik, a...
Fortnite is one of the most popular battle royale games on the market. People of all ages play the game to work their way towards the center of the map. However, there is one thing about Fortnite, and other games, that many gamers are not aware of: the massive amounts...
With some businesses opening back up after temporarily closing due to the COVID-19 pandemic, scammers are trying to capitalize using online job scams to steal people’s personal information. Recently, Scripps Health found hackers exploiting job seekers through phishing...
Natural disasters and large-scale emergencies are part of our reality, no matter how much we wish that weren’t true. Since you cannot prevent the next earthquake, wildfire, or hurricane, you can make sure you have a plan to be identity safe for when a disaster...
Right now, there is a particular kind of data exposure that is mystifying security experts around the world. Every week, the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) takes a look at some of the top data compromises of the previous week in our Weekly Breach Breakdown...