by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 6, 2025 | Scam of the day
On June 22nd I first informed you that Aflac had disclosed two days earlier that it had suffered a data breach that may have compromised sensitive personal information held by the company, which offers a range of insurance products to millions of people. According to...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 9, 2025 | Scam of the day
In the Scam of the day for June 14, 2023 I told you that health insurance company Harvard Pilgrim disclosed that it had suffered a major data breach and ransomware attack affecting more than 2.5 million people. This particular data breach is quite serious because...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 23, 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 in January. The hacker claimed to have harvested sensitive personal information of 62.4...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 14, 2024 | Scam of the day
Today’s Scam of the day involves yet another major data breach. This is the third major data breach I have warned you about in the last four days. This time the victim was Fidelity Investments where 77,099 of its customers had personal information including...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 11, 2024 | Scam of the day
Today’s Scam of the day involves yet another major data breach. This time the victim was MoneyGram a popular company with more than 150 million customers that helps you send money electronically to bank accounts or mobile wallets. MoneyGram confirmed earlier...
