by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 31, 2022 | Scam of the day
Today’s Scam of the day is one about which I have written in the past, however it continues to pop up frequently as evidenced by a Scamicide reader who recently was targeted by a Facebook cloner. If one of your friends received a Facebook friend request that...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 5, 2021 | Scam of the day
Today is World Password Day, which is a day dedicated toward inspiring people to choose better passwords for their various online accounts. Each year the password manager company NordPass does a study of the worst passwords commonly used. These easily discerned...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 21, 2021 | Scam of the day
I am sure most people are familiar with Gieco from its clever commercials which often feature a talking Gecko. Geico is the second largest auto insurer in the country and recently it suffered a data breach in which the driver’s license numbers of an, at this...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 20, 2021 | Scam of the day
Two graduates of the State University of New York (SUNY) Plattsburgh, Nicholas Faber and Michael Patrick Fish have pleaded guilty to computer fraud and aggravated identity theft charges related to their their hacking into online accounts of 79 students at SUNY...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 7, 2020 | Scam of the day
Five days ago in a required filing to the California Attorney General, clothing company J. Crew revealed that it had suffered a data breach last April in which personal information of an undisclosed number of its customers was taken. The stolen customer online...
