by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 30, 2025 | Scam of the day
It seems like every week I am reporting to you about another major data breach. This week the victim is LexisNexis Risk Solutions which is a data broker that gathers consumers’ personal data and provides it to its corporate clients for purposes of risk...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 24, 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. | Jan 12, 2025 | Scam of the day
PowerSchool a major education technology software company used by 16,000 educational institutions with 50 million students recently announced that it had suffered a data breach that compromised the names, addresses, Social Security numbers and medical information of...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 1, 2025 | Scam of the day
Deed fraud, which is also referred to as “property title theft” occurs when a criminal files a counterfeit deed to property owned by someone else and then either lives in the property or even sells the property to an unwary buyer. Deed fraud most commonly...
