by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 2, 2026 | Scam of the day
In the Scam of the day for October 14, 2024 I first told you about a data breach at Fidelity Investments affecting 77,000 of its customers. The data breach occurred between August 17 and 19th of 2024 but was not disclosed by Fidelity until October 9th. Sensitive...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 28, 2026 | Scam of the day
ADT, the country’s largest home security company in the United States became aware on April 20th that it had suffered a data breach which, according to Have I Been Pwned, a terrific website that tracks data breaches, resulted in person information of 5.5...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 24, 2026 | 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. | 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. | Dec 8, 2025 | Scam of the day
It is my unfortunate duty to report to you another major data breach. This time the company is 700Credit which is a major credit reporting and identity verification company used by the automobile industry for automobile financing applications. Data breaches have...
