by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 11, 2024 | Scam of the day
Connecticut College announced on February 7th that it had suffered a significant data breach going back to March of 2023. While the college, in its announcement indicated that it had “promptly contained the incident, took steps to remediate the issue, notified...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 23, 2024 | Scam of the day
Data breaches have become an all-too-common feature of life today and they pose a significant threat to all of us because regardless of how careful we are at protecting our personal data, we are only as secure as the companies and governmental agencies that hold our...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 5, 2024 | Scam of the day
LoanCare, a major, national home mortgage servicing company recently disclosed that it had suffered a data breach affecting 1.3 million of its customers. Sensitive information stolen included names, addresses, Social Security numbers and loan numbers. Having your...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 1, 2024 | Scam of the day
Although I have been writing about synthetic identity theft for many years, many people are not familiar with the term “synthetic Identity theft.” Synthetic identity theft poses a significant threat to many people particularly children. Synthetic...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 26, 2023 | Scam of the day
Today’s Scam of the day is yet another warning about the latest major data breach. This probably should not be surprising at this point because last year, there were more than 1,800 reported data breaches and probably many more that were not reported affecting...
