by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 20, 2026 | Scam of the day
Deed fraud, which is also referred to as “property title theft” occurs when a criminal files a counterfeit deed to property owned by someone else and then either lives in the property or even sells the property to an unwary buyer. Deed fraud most commonly...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 8, 2026 | Scam of the day
I initially reported to you in 2014 that the federal Office of Personnel Management (OPM) was hacked by Chinese hackers who stole personal information of what was initially thought to be the personal information of about four million present and former federal...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 27, 2025 | Scam of the day
An analysis of the health care breach data base maintained by the Department of Health and Human Services done by Security Week indicated that in 2024 there were 720 data breaches affecting as many as 186 million people. And just this week we learned of a data breach...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 11, 2025 | Scam of the day
Columbia University recently disclosed that it had suffered a data breach in May that was discovered in June, but not disclosed until last week. According to public filings 868,969 people had their personal information compromised. The compromised information...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 8, 2025 | Scam of the day
Last month I told you that Verizon had issued its annual data breach report which appears to exemplify my motto that “things aren’t as bad as you think, they are far worse.” Regardless of how diligent you are in protecting your personal information...
