Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Millions of people likely just received an email or snail mail notice saying they’re eligible to claim a class action payment in connection with the 2017 megabreach at consumer credit bureau Equifax. Justice Department indicted four Chinese officers of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) for perpetrating the 2017 Equifax hack.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 10, 2019

indictment in December that accused two Chinese nationals of identity theft and fraud. HPE spun-off its services arm in a merger with Computer Sciences Corporation in 2017 to create DXC. It was much bigger than originally reported. The hacking campaign, known as "Cloud Hopper," was the subject of a U.S.

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Identity IQ

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Fortnite Scams: What Parents Need to Know IdentityIQ Since the summer of 2017, Fortnite Battle Royale has been one of the most popular games in the world. Unfortunately, offering financial information exposes players to scams, potentially resulting in identity theft. What is a Fortnite Scam?

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2023

We have no evidence to suggest your information has been misused for purposes of fraud or identity theft as a result of this incident – and no reason to believe that it will be.” FOREVER 21 is offering a complimentary 12-month membership of Experian’s® IdentityWorks℠ identity protection service.

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Adam Levin

MARCH 27, 2019

million survivors of hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria as well as the 2017 California wildfires to an unspecified contractor. million disaster survivors at increased risk of identity theft and fraud. FEMA’s failure…. has placed approximately 2.3

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 20, 2022

In the year 2017, Equifax experienced a massive data breach leading to the leak of social security numbers, DOBs, addresses, contact info, and other details of nearly 150 million people. And those who experienced agony while remediating identity thefts or info misuse will be paid an amount not exceeding $20,000 per consumer.

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Adam Levin

JULY 22, 2019

Equifax has reached a settlement for the 2017 data breach that exposed the Social Security numbers and personal information of nearly 150 million people. The proposed deal with the U.S. 175 million of the proposed fine would be paid to U.S. states and $100 million to the CFPB in civil penalties.

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Identity IQ

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Temecula, California, October 11, 2022 – IDIQ , an industry leader in identity theft protection and credit report monitoring, has named Michael Scheumack to the role of chief marketing officer. Scheumack was recruited to build the consumer direct and performance marketing arms for IDIQ in 2017. IdentityIQ. based call center.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2022

In 2017, the identity theft protection company LifeLock was acquired by Symantec Corp. KG is a German multinational software company best known for their Avira Free Security (a.k.a. Avira Free Antivirus). In January 2021, Avira was acquired by Tempe, Ariz.-based based NortonLifeLock Inc.,

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2024

” The company is offering free identity theft and credit monitoring services to the impacted individuals, it is also reimbursing those who need to replace their government ID due to the incident. In December 2017, Nissan Finance Canada was hacked , personal information of 1.13

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Identity IQ

MARCH 22, 2021

86 on the list for an outstanding 251% growth between 2017 and 2019. IDIQ offers the IdentityIQ® and MyScoreIQ® brands for credit report and identity theft monitoring and the DataBreachIQ® brand for business data breach preparation and response support. Born of the annual Inc. IDIQ earned the rank of No. based company.”.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 4, 2022

which was a T-Mobile store, in Los Angeles in January 2017. mandatory two years in federal prison for aggravated identity theft. mandatory two years in federal prison for aggravated identity theft. Court documents show that Khudaverdyan and another business partner owned a store called Top Tier Solutions Inc.,

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 19, 2022

In 2019, prosecutors handed down a 20-year sentence to Tyler Barriss , a then 26-year-old serial swatter from California who admitted making a phony emergency call to police in late 2017 that led to the shooting death of an innocent Kansas man.

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Identity IQ

AUGUST 17, 2021

Temecula, California; August 17, 2021 – IDIQ ®, a leader in the identity theft and credit monitoring industry and producer of IdentityIQ® and MyScoreIQ® brands, announced today it achieved the rank of No. Businesses are ranked by revenue growth between 2017 and 2020. 722 on the 2021 Inc. Each year Inc.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 25, 2018

Identity theft protection firm LifeLock — a company that’s built a name for itself based on the promise of helping consumers protect their identities online — may have actually exposed customers to additional attacks from ID thieves and phishers. million customer accounts. Update, 7:40 p.m.:

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Krebs on Security

JULY 20, 2021

Levashov was arrested in 2017 while in Barcelona, Spain with his family. According to a lengthy April 2017 story in Wired.com , he got caught because he violated a basic security no-no : He used the same log-in credentials to both run his criminal enterprise and log into sites like iTunes. .”

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 16, 2024

On January 4, 2017, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), located in Cleveland, Ohio, became aware of an infection on more than 100 of its computers. On January 10 2017, and unaware of this ongoing investigation, Malwarebytes became aware of the Mac version of the malware that would become known as FruitFly.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

authorities on six counts of aggravated identity theft, threatening to damage a protected computer, and conspiracy. ” According to the 2017 indictment , Wyatt used email and telephone accounts to send messages used to threaten the hacked companies of releasing their information. “a. The man was charged by U.S.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

The creator of the infamous Kelihos Botnet , Peter Yuryevich Levashov (38) pleaded guilty this week to computer crime, fraud, conspiracy and identity theft charges. Yuryevich Levashov (38), the botmaster of the dreaded Kelihos Botnet pleaded guilty this week to computer crime, fraud, conspiracy and identity theft charges.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 18, 2021

billion in 2017; Avast acquired AVG for $1.3 Mellen: This deal seems to be betting on the importance of offering a consolidated consumer security portfolio that incorporates identity theft protection, antivirus, and other security tools like VPNs. A lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then.

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Security Affairs

JULY 20, 2021

Levashev used the pseudonym of “Severa” until his arrest in Spain in 2017. Levashov pleaded guilty in September 2018 to computer crime, fraud, conspiracy and identity theft charges. The creator of the Kelihos Botnet , Peter Yuryevich Levashov (40), was sentenced to 33 months, time served, and three years of supervised release.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 12, 2021

If that trend continues, or even if there is only an average of 141 new compromises per month for the next six months, the total will still exceed the previous high of 1,632 breaches set in 2017. These were among the findings of the nonprofit. The post Phishing, Ransomware Driving Wave of Data Breaches appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 6, 2022

In 2017, the identity theft protection company LifeLock was acquired by Symantec Corp. But many Norton users complain the mining program is difficult to remove, and reactions from longtime customers have ranged from unease and disbelief to, “Dude, where’s my crypto?” ” Norton 360 is owned by Tempe, Ariz.-based

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 23, 2019

The Lithuanian citizen Evaldas Rimasauskas (48) was arrested in March 2017 by local authorities. In 2017, the US Law enforcement requested the arrest because the man has stolen by the two IT giants a huge amount of money by posing as large Asia-based hardware vendor Quanta Computer Inc. ” .

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SecureWorld News

MAY 10, 2024

Agnidipta Sarkar, Vice President, CISO Advisory, at ColorTokens: "Because the data supposedly contains information about systems purchased from Dell between 2017-2024, and it contains personal information such as full names, addresses, cities, etc., Cybersecurity experts in the vendor space had additional comments.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 19, 2019

authorities on six counts of aggravated identity theft, threatening to damage a protected computer, and conspiracy. “ The indictment provides details about the criminal activities conducted by Wyatt from February 2016 to June 2017. The man, Nathan Wyatt, 39, has been charged by U.S.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2020

US DoJ charged the men with damaging protected computers, conspiracy to conduct computer fraud and abuse, wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft. ” reads the press release published by the DoJ. ” reads the press release published by the DoJ.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 1, 2023

Individuals’ personal information (PII) such as full names, dates of birth, emails, phone numbers, and home addresses can be exploited for identity theft, spear phishing attacks, and other sorts of fraud,” our researchers warned. However, the leaky bucket dates back to 2017.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 9, 2023

And as we saw with Equifax’s consolidated class-action settlement in response to letting state-sponsored hackers from China steal data on nearly 150 million Americans back in 2017 , class-actions and more laughable “free credit monitoring” services from the very same companies that created the problem aren’t going to cut it.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Estonian sues Gemalto for 152 million euros following the security flaws in the citizen ID cards issued by the company that caused their recall in 2017. Estonian authorities sue the security firm Gemalto for 152 million euros following the security flaws in the citizen ID cards issued by the company that caused their recall in 2017.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Here’s the introduction from that message: “We recently sent you an email advising you that, until further notice, we would be extending the free TrustedID ® Premier subscription you enrolled in following the September 7, 2017 cybersecurity incident.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 3, 2018

banks issue credit cards to their account holders, said a Web site misconfiguration exposed the names, addresses, dates of birth and Social Security numbers of thousands of people who applied for cards between early March 2017 and mid-July 2018. TCM Bank , a company that helps more than 750 small and community U.S. based ICBA Bancard Inc.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 16, 2023

ChipMixer was an unregulated mixer that had been in existence since 2017. These mixers are designed to obscure the origin of digital assets, making it difficult for law enforcement to track down the source of illegal activity. One of the largest cryptocurrency mixers in the world is, or rather was , ChipMixer.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 24, 2021

Additionally, Johnson, from 2014 through 2017, stole and sold nearly 90,000 additional (non-UPMC) sets of PII to buyers on dark web forums, which could be used to commit identity theft and bank fraud. The scheme resulted in approximately $1.7 million in false tax return refunds.".

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 8, 2019

A freeze makes it much harder for identity thieves to open new lines of credit in your name. In the wake of Equifax’s epic 2017 data breach impacting some 148 million Americans, many people did freeze their credit files at the big three in response. Consumers in every U.S. But Equifax has changed a few things since then.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 26, 2021

In 2017, KrebsOnSecurity showed how easy it is for identity thieves to undo a consumer’s request to freeze their credit file at Experian , one of the big three consumer credit bureaus in the United States. It’s also amazing that this sloppy security I wrote about back in 2017 is still just as prevalent in 2021.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 28, 2022

The RFJ describes their crimes: "[They] developed components of the NotPetya malware used by the Russian government on June 27, 2017, to infect computer systems of critical infrastructure facilities worldwide. organizations. Among the targeted systems were those of U.S. pharmaceutical manufacturer.

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