by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 6, 2023 | Scam of the day
Approximately 90% of taxpayers file their federal income tax returns electronically. Electronic filing is easy and generally secure. However, it has just been discovered that eFile.com an electronic e-filing software service authorized by the IRS was hacked and...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 11, 2023 | Scam of the day
AT&T recently notified nine million of its customers that some of their personal information was exposed when a marketing partner of AT&T was hacked in January. While the data breach did not include credit card information, Social Security numbers or account...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 28, 2023 | Scam of the day
In the last few days, we have learned of successful major ransomware attacks at the U.S. Marshals Service and Dole Food Company. Ransomware attacks in which the targeted victims data is stolen and encrypted in a manner that the victim cannot access is done primarily...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 27, 2023 | Scam of the day
Not even the dead are immune from identity theft and this particular type of identity theft is now on the rise. Until new regulations were enacted in 2014 scammers merely checked out the latest obituaries and then went to a free totally available data bank called the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 21, 2023 | Scam of the day
In the summer of 2021 I reported to you about a data breach at T-Mobile in which personal information of 54.6 million customers, former customers and prospective customers was stolen. The compromised information included names, phone numbers, Social Security numbers...
