Why was Equifax hacked? Who was behind it? Who deserves the blame? And what should you do now? We’re asking all those questions, and providing most of the answers, in the second season of the Breach cast, dropping March 4. Six months in the making, it’s *almost* here. Together with [Keep reading]
It took more than four hours of questions aimed at credit bureau CEOs, but finally, after a marathon House Financial Services Committee hearing on Tuesday morning / afternoon … the National Consumer Law Center’s Chi Chi Wu said what had to be said. “I’ve testified before Congress … six times,” [Keep reading]
Lonely would-be lovers are falling for con artists at an alarming rate, with devastating consequences – the average victim loses $18,831, according to a new report by the National Consumers League. The group says complaints about fake lovers to their organization basically doubled last year. “Scammers will stop at nothing to [Keep reading]
Just how do victims of a massive data breach prove they were harmed — and how is that harm calculated so the victims might be compensated through a lawsuit? That’s been one of the central legal questions facing the millions of consumers who have their privacy violated every year through [Keep reading]
The messages were chilling, and believable enough to force the Johnston School District in Iowa to close a school in 2017. “Your child still looks so innocent,” one text sent to parent read, according the Des Moines Register. “Don’t have anyone look outside….I’m just getting started.” The messages went on [Keep reading]
Perhaps you missed the tantalizing detail I reported earlier this week that Congressional investigators believe the initial Equifax hackers entered that company’s systems with computers using IP addresses in China. Or The New York Times reporting that U.S. authorities now blame China for the hack on Starwood / Marriott. You probably [Keep reading]
Initial attacks that led to the massive theft of data Equifax data came from computers in China, a Congressional investigation has found. A 96-page report issued Monday by the House Oversight Committee also lists a litany of dramatic errors inside the firm that led to the hack — many previously [Keep reading]
It’s easy to focus on the big number associated with today’s Starwood breach — 500 million accounts compromised. But I’m focused on a much smaller number: 4. As in, hackers had access to Starwood networks for four years. In the world of “advanced persistent threats,” this sounds like some kind [Keep reading]
Coffee giant Dunkin Donuts announced a security incident involving its mobile app yesterday, but I am afraid the firm isn’t telling quite the whole story. I’m hard at work trying to figure that out right now. The incident reminds me of what happened to Starbucks consumers, when criminals armed with [Keep reading]
Google and Facebook often do spooky things, without our informed consent. Recently, Google seemed to possibly ruin a holiday surprise for me…but ended up breaking my heart instead. Here’s a story about a clever tech going too far, doing things I never asked it to do, and ultimately, making a [Keep reading]
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