by admin | Jun 20, 2017 | Scam of the day, Site Related
On June 5th I reported to you about the data breach at a Lithuanian cosmetic surgery clinic and now we have learned about a similar, but significantly different data breach suffered by prominent Beverly Hills plastic surgeon Dr. Zain Kadri whose patients include...
by admin | Sep 7, 2016 | Scam of the day, Site Related
The IRS is certainly aware of the serious problems posed by identity theft which costs taxpayers billions of dollars in phony refunds paid to identity thieves filing income tax returns with fake W-2s in order to obtain fraudulent refunds. This makes it more startling...
by admin | Aug 13, 2016 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Data breaches at hospitals and other health care providers are a major problem. The Ponemon Institute’s study of the health care industry this year found 90% of health care organizations suffered data breaches during the last two years including the massive...
by admin | Dec 13, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Although we often think that identity theft is a high tech crime, in fact identity theft is a high tech, low tech and no tech crime. The Manhattan District Attorney recently arrested a married couple Kyle Steed and his wife Krystle Steed charging them in a 193 count...
by admin | Sep 13, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Health insurer Excellus Blue Cross/Blue Shield became the latest major health insurer to disclose that it had suffered a data breach affecting 10.5 million people. The compromised information may include names, birth dates, Social Security numbers, mailing addresses,...