by admin | Aug 11, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Fred’s is a retail pharmacy and dollar store with 650 discount stores mostly located in the Southeastern United States. On Monday, they announced that two servers that process credit card data after cards have been swiped at individual stores were hacked and...
by admin | Jul 4, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Donald Trump seems to be constantly in the news these days. Whether it is for declaring his candidacy for President of the United States or for making inflammatory comments, Trump is omnipresent in the media. However, the latest Trump news event is not one with...
by admin | May 29, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
In April 27th’s Scam of the day I reported to you about a proposed settlement between Mastercard and Target in regard to claims related to the massive data breach at Target in 2013. A proposed settlement was negotiated between the parties that would have paid...
by admin | Oct 30, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
A recent Gallup poll shows that the hacking of retail stores and the resulting theft of credit and debit card information is the crime that is feared most by Americans – and with good reason. Identity theft, including the fraudulent use of credit cards by...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 3, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
According to the old saying, “fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.” Reports have surfaced of yet another major data breach similar to the kind we first saw with Target and repeated regularly since then. As usual, it is not the company...
