Security Affairs

MARCH 21, 2021

Department of Justice announced that Swiss hacker Till Kottmann, 21, has been indicted for conspiracy, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft. The DoJ announced this week that Till Kottmann was indicted for computer intrusion and identity and data theft activities spanning 2019 to the present. .

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Identity IQ

APRIL 10, 2024

The leaked customer information dates back to mid-2019 and earlier. This alert notifies creditors to take extra steps in verifying your identity before extending credit in your name. Consider Freezing Your Credit If you suspect you’re at risk of identity theft, you can choose to freeze your credit.

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Bleeping Computer

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) have announced today that a 24-year-old woman from Melbourne, arrested in 2019 for her role in large-scale, cyber-enabled identity theft crimes, was sentenced to five years and six months in prison. [.].

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Identity IQ

APRIL 27, 2022

The improper disposal of smartphones and computers is one of the most common ways for a nefarious character to access sensitive information that can lead to identity theft. At issue is the fact that many of us believe that just logging off and deleting files is enough to wipe clean whatever we have stored on our device.

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Tech Republic Security

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The Identity Theft Recource Center warns that businesses of all sizes should be vigilant about data security.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 12, 2022

A recent study from Javelin Strategy & Research found that identity fraud losses totaled $56 billion in 2020, and that such incidents are only becoming more commonplace. The post Three Best Practices to Prevent Identity Fraud appeared first on BlackCloak | Protect Your Digital Life™.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Two young men from the eastern United States have been hit with identity theft and conspiracy charges for allegedly stealing bitcoin and social media accounts by tricking employees at wireless phone companies into giving away credentials needed to remotely access and modify customer account information. Prosecutors say Jordan K.

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Identity IQ

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

New role further develops company’s strategic growth across identity and credit solutions. 14, 2022 – IDIQ , an industry leader in identity theft protection and credit monitoring, has named Surya Pochareddy to the role of executive vice president, head of M&A and strategy. IdentityIQ. Temecula, California, Sept.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 2, 2024

In a recent statement, AT&T confessed that the leaked data set "appears to be from 2019 or earlier, impacting approximately 7.6 Both experts urge impacted individuals to take proactive steps to secure their identities and online accounts in the wake of the breach. million current AT&T account holders and approximately 65.4

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The Hacker News

DECEMBER 1, 2021

state of Missouri, who pleaded guilty to charges of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft following an indictment in 2019, was sentenced to 10 A sixth member associated with an international hacking group known as The Community has been sentenced in connection with a multimillion-dollar SIM swapping conspiracy, the U.S.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The Raccoon stealer was first spotted in April 2019, it was designed to steal victims’ credit card data, email credentials, cryptocurrency wallets, and other sensitive data. Sokolovsky is charged with computer fraud, wire fraud, money laundering and aggravated identity theft.

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Identity IQ

MARCH 24, 2021

The monitoring allows you to stay on top of your credit health, spot inaccuracies and help be alerted to the early signs of identity theft so you can take steps to address them. Identity Theft Protection. Identity theft-related fraud is the fastest growing online crime in the world. That’s one in 15 people.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 27, 2020

This story is about the victims of a particularly aggressive business ID theft ring that’s spent years targeting small businesses across the country and is now pivoting toward using that access for pandemic assistance loans and unemployment benefits. For 2020, the company estimates an overall 258 percent spike in the crime.

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Adam Levin

JUNE 1, 2020

Joomla administrators announced that they had removed all accounts that had been inactive since before 2019, and enabled multi-factor authentication for users on the site. Leaked information included names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, encrypted passwords, and IP addresses.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

This is valuable personal data that can be used for anything from targeted advertising to identity theft in extreme cases. In SiteLock’s 2019 Website Security Report , we analyzed 6 million websites in our sample data to determine the most prevalent cyber threats websites face today. The Principle of Least Privilege.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

28, 2023 – IDIQ ® , an industry leader in identity theft protection and credit monitoring, has earned the rank of No. Businesses are ranked according to percentage revenue growth between 2019 and 2021. This honor helps solidify our place as a leader in the identity theft protection and credit monitoring industries.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2020

Carnival Corporation, the world’s largest travel leisure company, discloses a data breach that took place in 2019. The company launched an investigation immediately after it discovered an anomalous activity on its network in May 2019. “In late May 2019, we identified suspicious activity on our network.

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Identity IQ

AUGUST 15, 2023

15, 202 3 – A fter releasing two industry reports highlighting identity theft trends and helping more than 3 million members, IDIQ is recognized as one of the fastest-growing companies in America with a spot on the 2023 Inc. Businesses are ranked for this year’s list according to percentage revenue growth between 2019 and 2022.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

In August 2019 and August 2020, a federal grand jury announced two separate indictments charging the five Chinese nationals with facilitating theft of source code, software code signing certificates, customer account data, and valuable business information. According to the indictment announced in August 2019, Zhang Haoran (???),

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2024

The company speculates that leaked data are from 2019 or earlier. Based on our investigation to date, the data appears to be from June 2019 or earlier.” We believe and are working to confirm that the data set discussed today is the same dataset that has been recycled several times on this forum.” AT&T told CNN.

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Identity IQ

JUNE 7, 2022

Temecula, California, June 7, 2022 – IDIQ , an industry leader in identity theft protection and credit report monitoring, today announces its acquisition of Credit Swag Ventures, Inc., Mandel has more than 30 years in the banking, homeownership services and credit industries and co-founded Credit & Debt in 2019. IdentityIQ.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Attorney for the Western District of Texas unsealed an indictment last week that named Mark Sokolvsky as the core developer for the Raccoon Infostealer business, which was marketed on several Russian-language cybercrime forums beginning in 2019. Sources tell KrebsOnSecurity that Sokolovsky has been consulting with Houston, Tx.-based

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 29, 2022

In a blog post on Wednesday , Google’s Michelle Chang wrote that the company’s expanded policy now allows for the removal of additional information that may pose a risk for identity theft, such as confidential log-in credentials, email addresses and phone numbers when it appears in Search results.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 1, 2022

Based upon communications with the card brands, it is believed that only customers who purchased products on the website with a credit card between November 1, 2019 and August 31, 2021 may have been affected. “You should report any incidents of suspected identity theft to your local law enforcement and state Attorney General.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 23, 2022

About 495,398 students and 57,158 employee records belonging to the 2015-2016 and 2018-2019 school years were leaked in the attack. All students and staff affected by the ransomware attack will be provided a year-long credit monitoring and identity theft protection service says a statement issued by Chicago Public Schools.

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Adam Levin

MARCH 16, 2020

The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s 2019 annual Internet Crime Report included 467,361 complaints about suspected internet crime with losses of $3.5 billion, or roughly half, of the total losses in 2019 were attributed to generic email account compromise (EAC) complaints. billion in BEC scam-related losses the year before.

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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

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Many worry about the potential misuse of their sensitive information, including identity theft and medical fraud. In 2019, another Seattle-area healthcare organization, Grays Harbor Community Hospital , sent notices to 85,000 patients of a ransomware attack that impacted medical records. In June, St.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2022

In 2017, the identity theft protection company LifeLock was acquired by Symantec Corp. which was renamed to NortonLifeLock in 2019. In January 2021, Avira was acquired by Tempe, Ariz.-based based NortonLifeLock Inc., the same company that now owns Norton 360.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 4, 2022

Department of Justice (DOJ) says Argishti Khudaverdyan, 44, was found guilty of 14 federal criminal charges for the scheme he ran from 2014 to 2019 that netted $25 million in criminal proceeds. mandatory two years in federal prison for aggravated identity theft. 10 years in federal prison for each money laundering count.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 20, 2022

In exchange for resolving all outstanding class action claims against it, Equifax in 2019 agreed to a settlement that includes up to $425 million to help people affected by the breach. Or, if you didn’t want to take advantage of the credit monitoring offers, you could opt for a cash payment of up to $125.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 8, 2024

It was established in 2019 to diversify Saudi Arabia’s economy away from oil and gas. The stolen data can be used for identity theft, blackmail, or sold on the black market,” researchers said. Meanwhile, the now-closed MIM’s env. MIM is a government body responsible for industry and mineral resources operations.

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SC Magazine

JULY 1, 2021

Attorney’s Office in Seattle, said the government added eight new charges on top of the two originally filed in August 2019. Thompson pleaded not guilty in August 2019 and was released on pre-trial bond. Emily Langlie, communications director for the U.S. It also upped the number of victimized companies from four to eight.

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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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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The Raccoon stealer was first spotted in April 2019, it was designed to steal victims’ credit card data, email credentials, cryptocurrency wallets, and other sensitive data. ” Sokolovsky is charged with computer fraud, wire fraud, money laundering and aggravated identity theft.

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SC Magazine

JULY 12, 2021

Beginning in 2019, Schrader shared his research into PACS flaws, which included the two radiology specialists. Schrader notified the specialists of the vulnerabilities and subsequent data leak in December 2019, but the lawsuit claims Northeast Radiology and Alliance did not respond.

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Identity IQ

JANUARY 19, 2021

This leaves victims of the data breaches vulnerable to identity theft. While this breach was discovered and shored up in December 2019, the details were not made publicly known until tech researcher Comparitech, which originally notified Microsoft of the breach, published a report in January 2020. Small Business Administration.

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