by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 30, 2025 | Scam of the day
It seems like every week I am reporting to you about another major data breach. This week the victim is LexisNexis Risk Solutions which is a data broker that gathers consumers’ personal data and provides it to its corporate clients for purposes of risk...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 9, 2024 | Scam of the day
Repeatedly since 2023 I have been telling you about cybercriminals, exploiting a vulnerability found in MOVEit file transfer software used by 620 organizations including American Airlines, TD Ameritrade, Johns Hopkins University and other users of the same software...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 21, 2023 | Scam of the day
In the over twelve years that I have been writing Scamicide, today and tomorrow represent the first time that I have ever had to write about data breaches on consecutive days. This is an indication of how common serious data breaches have become. This situation is...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 11, 2023 | Scam of the day
Three days ago the Maine state government confirmed that many of its departments had suffered a data breach affecting 1.3 milli0on people with large amounts of sensitive information including Social Security numbers compromised. The data breach at Maine, however was...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 26, 2023 | Scam of the day
It is always important to update all of the software you use with the latest security updates and patches as soon as they are available. Numerous hacks and data breaches could have been avoided if individuals as well as companies installed security updates as soon as...
