by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 19, 2025 | Scam of the day
In August of 2021 I reported to you about a data breach at T-Mobile initially discovered when hackers started offering for sale on the Dark Web data of what they said was 100 million customers of phone carrier T-Mobile for sale. T- Mobile confirmed the data breach...
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...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 27, 2025 | Scam of the day
Verizon 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 such as your Social Security...
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. | Jan 26, 2025 | Scam of the day
I first told you about the massive data breach at PowerSchool a major education technology software company used by 16,000 educational institutions with 50 million students earlier this month, but now more information is becoming known about the data breach and it is...