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...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 28, 2023 | Scam of the day
For many people reading the headline of today’s Scam of the day it may seem odd that “Mr. Cooper” is being sued in multiple class actions, but Mr. Cooper is actually the name of a company that is the largest non-bank servicing home mortgages with...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 14, 2023 | Scam of the day
McLaren Health Care, a Michigan based hospital chain consisting of thirteen hospitals in Michigan and Indiana last week disclosed that it was a victim of a data breach that began on July 28th and lasted through the month of August. The company became aware of the...
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...
