by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 6, 2019 | Scam of the day
Kwamaine Jerell Ford pleaded guilty last week in Federal Court in Atlanta to charges related to his hacking into the accounts of hundreds of prominent professional athletes and rappers. The technique Ford used to hack into the accounts of his victims was simple and...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 19, 2019 | Scam of the day
Identity theft is a serious crime that can result in financial harm and tremendous disruption of the lives of its victims. In 2007 the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) enacted regulations called the Red Flags Rule and the Card Issuers Rule that required banks, credit...
by admin | Apr 22, 2018 | Scam of the day
Sometimes it appears that there is a “day” for just about everything. For instance, May 3rd is National Bumpy Rug Day. Although it is a little late, I would like to wish you a happy National Password Day which was on March 15th. We all have many devices...
by admin | Oct 5, 2017 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Not wanting to be outdone by Equifax and its data breach affecting 145 million Americans (sarcasm), Yahoo, which was recently bought by Verizon has just announced that its massive 2013 data breach which it had previously said “only” affected a billion...
by admin | Oct 29, 2016 | Scam of the day, Site Related
I first reported to you about a major hacking of nude photos of celebrities on September 2, 2014. At that time, news of stolen nude photos and videos of more than a hundred celebrities including Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton, Jenny McCarthy, Rhianna, Avril Lavigne,...
