Identity theft is a lot like the flu. You can do everything right – minimize your risk of exposure and so forth – but if you are in the wrong place at the wrong time, then you’re toast. You can be standing next to the wrong person on a bus and get the flu, and… Read More

Data breaches are becoming more common for a number of reasons, but even despite a number of technological advances in recent years, one of the biggest causes of these incidents is still the fact that some workers with access to sensitive information abuse that privilege. That was the case in a recent data breach with… Read More

When it comes to data breaches, the damage done to consumers whose sensitive personal information is exposed by them can be appreciable. However, these issues have often been difficult to prove in court, leading some plaintiffs to try a different approach in recent months. Statistics from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services show that since… Read More

Millions of businesses both large and small are now at significantly greater risk for massive data breaches that can expose large numbers of consumers to the threat of identity theft, and this threat recently became all too real for a resort in Georgia. Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Georgia, recently discovered that it had been… Read More

While it’s no secret just how problematic it can be to fall victim to identity theft, a recent study shows that people may be more exposed to the crime than they realize. In all, the study counted more than 24 million Americans that have sensitive personal information about themselves listed online, at a total number of 290… Read More

The number of data breaches suffered every year seems to be rising all the time, and this can affect millions of people nationwide every year. Unfortunately, such an incident recently impacted the state government in Washington. The Washington state Administrative Office of the Courts recently revealed that it had been hacked at some point between the final… Read More

There is a large and growing risk of data breaches affecting businesses of all sizes, and the unfortunate truth of the matter is that many of these companies simply aren’t doing enough to adequately protect themselves. In 2012, nearly seven in every 10 data breaches suffered worldwide were not discovered by the companies that took the hit, but… Read More

Last week, a dozen high profile celebrities, government officials and politicians were victims of hackers who posted sensitive financial information online. The victims included Jay Z, Beyonce, Paris Hilton, Ashton Kutcher, Mel Gibson and Michelle Obama. In the beginning, some news outlets dismissed the story as boring, saying there wasn’t anything particularly exciting about the… Read More

It’s the ultimate in financial creepiness: knowing someone’s been spying on your credit or other financial details. How about then having those details posted online for anyone to view — or grab? That’s apparently what happened yesterday when a group of public officials and celebrities including First Lady Michelle Obama, FBI Director Robert Mueller and,… Read More

Identity theft and data breaches have become two major problems for consumers in recent years as more information is digitized, and more chances to expose it come along. But now new research suggests that businesses still aren’t taking these significant risks into account when outsourcing data. Nearly half of all businesses that handle information about people,… Read More