by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 4, 2026 | Scam of the day
A Nike data breach that occurred around January 21, 2026 has resulted in a lawsuit being filed by Maria Gomez of California who is seeking class action status to represent all of the victims of the data breach. The lawsuit claims that while Nike became aware of the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 15, 2026 | Scam of the day
In the Scam of the Day for December 22, 2023 I first told you about the data breach involving all thirty-six million customers of Internet service provider Comcast Cable Communications which does business as Xfinity in which usernames, hashed (encrypted) passwords,...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 13, 2026 | Scam of the day
It was two weeks ago that I first told you about the data breach at Panera Bread. It was done by the English speaking hacking group ShinyHunters, who successfully stole personal information including customer names, email addresses, phone numbers home addresses and...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 11, 2026 | Scam of the day
A credit freeze is, as the name implies, a freezing of your credit report at your request whereby no one can have access to your credit report even if they have your Social Security number and other personal information about you. You control access to the credit...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 31, 2026 | Scam of the day
Data breaches are a common occurrence which is disturbing because they can readily lead to your identity being stolen or you becoming a victim of a scam as the hackers leverage the data they steal to lure you into a scam. Recently the English speaking hacking group...
