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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Identity Theft Accountability Authentication Web Fraud 352

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Now that anyone can get SSL certificates for free , phishers and other scammers that ply their trade via fake Web sites are starting to up their game. In December 2017, PhishLabs estimated that a quarter of all phishing Web sites were outfitting their scam pages with SSL certificates to make them appear more trustworthy.

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Scams Wireless Phishing Banking 279

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 25, 2022

MSF had Jim fill out an affidavit claiming the loan was the result of identity theft, which necessitated filing a report with the local police and a number of other steps. Jim said numerous calls to Bank of America’s fraud team went nowhere because they refused to discuss an account that was not in his name. .

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Financial Services Banking Accountability Identity Theft 247