by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 6, 2024 | Scam of the day
In the Scam of the day for October 10, 2023 I told you that the genetic testing company 23andMe had suffered a data breach that compromised genetic and ancestry data of 6.9 million of its users and the apparent hackers had already offered for sale what they say is the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 9, 2023 | Scam of the day
The genetic testing company 23andMe has suffered a data breach that compromised a million data points of Ashkenazi Jews including, if accurate, Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk and the apparent hackers are already offering for sale what they say is the stolen information...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 11, 2023 | Scam of the day
July 12th is the second day of Amazon Prime Day which is odd to say. Amazon really should change the name for the two day event to Amazon Prime Days. Amazon Prime Day is a global promotion of Amazon featuring sales on a variety of items available solely to Amazon...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 10, 2023 | Scam of the day
HCA Healthcare, which operates 180 hospitals and healthcare facilities has disclosed that it has suffered a massive data breach in which personal information including names, email addresses and phone numbers of eleven million of its patients was stolen and recently...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 17, 2023 | Scam of the day
Passwords are the key to accessing a myriad of your accounts, from Amazon to your bank to any company with which you do business online. Password security is obviously critically important, however, unfortunately, regardless of how protective you are as to the...
