by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 8, 2025 | Scam of the day
A Subscriber Identity Module, more commonly known as a SIM card, is an integrated circuit that stores information used to authenticate subscribers on mobile devices, such as a cell phone. The SIM card is able to be transferred between different devices, and often is,...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 14, 2025 | Scam of the day
Data breaches are all too common and according to a 2023 report by IBM, healthcare companies account for approximately 27% of all data breaches. An analysis of the health care breach data base maintained by the Department of Health and Human Services done by Security...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 17, 2024 | Scam of the day
Fashion retailer Hot Topic has suffered a massive data breach affecting 57 million of its customers. Among the data stolen was email addresses, home addresses, phone numbers, purchases, birth dates and partial credit card data, all of which can be used by scammers...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 25, 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. | Mar 28, 2024 | Scam of the day
A year ago I told you that AT&T notified nine million of its customers that some of their personal information was exposed when a marketing partner of AT&T was hacked. Now names, addresses, phone numbers, birth dates and Social Security numbers of 70 million...
