Florida-based data broker National Public Data files for bankruptcy, admitting its breach that led to the August 2024 SSN leak may impact “hundreds of millions”
In court documents, National Public Data concedes the breach may impact ‘hundreds of millions’ of people …
Up until late December 2022, hackers were using a flaw in Experian's site to get anyone's entire credit report using only their name, address, birthday, and SSN
How SSNs plus birthdates can still be leveraged to access tons more data via US FAFSA site, after an IRS tool with a similar flaw was disabled in March
KrebsOnSecurity has sought to call attention to online services which expose sensitive consumer data if the user knows a handful … Tweets: @briankrebs and @troyhunt Tweets: @briankrebs : Name, DoB and...
Credit agency Equifax says breach affecting up to 143M US consumers found 7/29; sensitive data exposed included DOB, SSN, and 209K credit card numbers
Struck by cow Wall Street Journal : Equifax Hack Leaves Consumers, Financial Firms Scrambling Theo Douglas / Government Technology News : Equifax Data Breach Could Involve State Agencies but How, to W...
The Equifax breach, affecting ~44% of US population, is possibly the worst leak of personal information ever and was handled poorly by the company
Social security numbers … Phil Windley / Phil Windley's Technometria : Equifax and Correlatable Identifiers Guise Bule / Hacker Noon : Lies & Extortion: How Equifax, Fire Eye & The Darknet Threw Oil O...
Credit agency Equifax says breach affecting up to 143M US consumers found 7/29; sensitive data exposed included DOB, SSN, and 209K credit card numbers
Equifax Inc., which supplies credit information and other information services, said Thursday that a cybersecurity incident …
With just the last 4 digits of @deray's SSN, a hacker rerouted texts to another device, bypassing two-factor authentication protecting the activist's accounts
Did you know that someone only needs your name and the last four digits of your Social Security number to hack your phone number?
Takeover of Brian Krebs' PayPal account illustrates why authentication via static identifiers (like SSN and DOB) is highly vulnerable to identity thieves
2016 Reality: Lazy Authentication Still the Norm — My PayPal account was hacked on Christmas Eve.
Takeover of Brian Krebs' PayPal account illustrates why authentication via static identifiers (like SSN and DOB) is highly vulnerable to identity thieves
2016 Reality: Lazy Authentication Still the Norm — My PayPal account was hacked on Christmas Eve.
Government and Anthem data breaches pose indefinite threat of future harm as birthdate, full name, and SSN remain integral to identity in many systems
Data Theft Today Poses Indefinite Threat of “Future Harm” — Benjamin Nuss was one of the nearly 80 million people whose social security number … Tweets: @digiphile Tweets: Alex Howard / @digiphile :...