by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 24, 2025 | Scam of the day
Regular readers of Scamicide are familiar with Scattered Spider which is the name of a hacking group largely made up of teens and young men in their twentys in the United States and the UK who have managed, primarily through social engineering rather than...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 26, 2025 | Scam of the day
I have been writing a lot recently about data breaches which is not really surprising since last year alone there were 9,478 publicly disclosed data breaches exposing over more than 35.9 billion records globally and 2025 appears to be on its way to a record number of...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 8, 2025 | Scam of the day
I have been writing a lot recently about data breaches which is not really surprising since last year alone there were 9,478 publicly disclosed data breaches exposing over more than 35.9 billion records globally and 2025 appears to be on its way to a record number of...
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 21, 2025 | Scam of the day
When you hear the name Aflac, you probably like me hear the quacking duck from their commercials. Unfortunately, however the recently announced data breach at Aflac is no quacking matter. Aflac disclosed on June 20th that it had suffered a data breach that may have...
