The global rise in identity fraud has been a major worry in the last few years, especially with so many important transactions increasingly taking place online, such as opening a bank account, applying for a loan, filing taxes, and so […]
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TalkTalk–a London-based phone and broadband company–has been breached by hackers. The attack could possibly have compromised sensitive data on all of its 4 million customers. A TalkTalk spokesperson called it a “significant and sustained” attack. I know it’s almost the
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If you’re a T-Mobile customer or applied for T-Mobile service at any point between September of 2013 and September of 2015 then you’re probably one of the 15 million customers compromised by the latest data breach at Experian. The credit
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The IRS and most states, combined with all of the various tax prep software and online services make it very easy to file a tax return. Too easy, really. It’s great that people are able to fill in a few
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One thing seems to be more apparent with each major data breach that makes the headlines: nobody is going to look out for your identity and sensitive information as closely as you will (or at least should). A lending firm
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