In the fall of 2017, Equifax experienced a massive data breach. Approximately 147 million people were victims of this data breach. Recently a federal court has purposed a class action settlement. If you are part of this data breach, you are able to file a claim today. Was I Part of The Equifax Data Breach?... Read More

While recent data breaches may not have cost you any money, the same can’t be said about the companies that were breached. It’s estimated that data breaches cost companies an average of $3.5 million. If you look at data breaches case by case, you’ll see they can cost individual companies a lot more in terms... Read More

What is your greatest fear about the digital age we live in? For many people, it is the fact that so much of their information is stored online. All you have to do is look around the various social media platforms and you will see people posting things that they wouldn’t normally so freely share... Read More

Another major retail chain is reporting a possible data breach. On Jan. 25, Michaels announced it may have experienced a data security attack, and while the company is investigating possible fraudulent activity on payment cards used at Michaels stores, no breach has been confirmed. The company, based in Irving, Texas, and the largest chain specializing... Read More

While 2013 rounded out the year with some pretty astounding data breaches (i.e. Target and Neiman Marcus), 2014 is already chock full of more compromised information. And the biggest breach of the year so far is due to a government error. The personal information of more than 48,000 North Carolina children was compromised when their... Read More

If you’re among the millions of Americans who received Target’s free credit monitoring offer email recently, you might be wondering how to react. After all, getting the news that your personal information has been stolen by a hacker is alarming enough; now Target is asking that you give even more detailed information to a couple... Read More