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INDIA PROBES BREACH OF BIOMETRIC IDENTITY DATABASE
The Unique Identification Authority of India UIDAI, which runs the world's largest biometric identity card scheme, has initiated a police probe into a major security breach... READ MORE›
AS MANY AS 11,000 HELD IN CHINA FOR MISUSE OF CITIZENS' PERSONAL INFORMATION
Chinese police have detained more than 11,000 suspects during the past two years for alleged misuse of citizens' personal information... READ MORE›
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THE WHITE HOUSE AND EQUIFAX AGREE
The U.S. government began issuing Social Security numbers in 1936... READ MORE›
FLORIDA MAN BURIES DEAD MOM TO COLLECT HER BENEFITS
Adams faces a maximum penalty of 12 years in federal prison, including a mandatory two-year sentence for aggravated identity theft... READ MORE›
EQUIFAX SAYS CIO, CHIEF SECURITY OFFICER TO EXIT AFTER HACK
Susan Mauldin previously served as chief security officer, according to her professional profile on LinkedIn and an Equifax press release from 2015... READ MORE›
HACKERS TOOK FINGERPRINTS OF 56 MILLION US WORKERS GOVERNMENT SAYS
But that assumes there was a financial motive to the theft officials say it seems more likely that it was a national security motive... READ MORE›
INDIA TOP COURT RULES PRIVACY IS A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT
A photographer followed members of the National Socialist Movement for a year, until her project came to a dramatic end... READ MORE›
EQUIFAX REVEALS HACK THAT LIKELY EXPOSED DATA OF 143 MILLION CUSTOMERS
Atlanta-based Equifax said in a statement that it discovered the breach on July 29... READ MORE›
YOUR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE SURVEY AND OTHER RISKY THINGS WE POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Your same-sex marriage survey form and other risky things we post on social media... READ MORE›
HERE'S WHAT YOUR IDENTITY SELLS FOR ON THE DARK WEB
Business credit cards are in favor, since they sometimes have no limit on spending, Tilley said... READ MORE›
MISSING WOMAN FOUND 30 YEARS AFTER MAN CONFESSED TO HER MURDER
Ms Pazsitka said she spent the last 11 years in Dusseldorf, previously living in several other cities in west Germany, according to police... READ MORE›
"EQUIFAX HAS NOT BEEN FORTHCOMING WITH INFORMATION TO US," A CAA SPOKESPERSON SAID
The Equifax Canada website says it costs 19.95 per month for the monitoring service... READ MORE›
RBC ADMITS PRIVACY BREACH AFTER INCORRECT RRSP RECEIPTS MAILED TO HUNDREDS OF CUSTOMERS
Around the holidays, retailers often land in hot water for mailing personal customer information to the wrong address, for example... READ MORE›
OPM SAYS SECOND HACK AFFECTED MORE THAN 21M AMERICANS
In testimony before key congressional committees, officials of OPM's Office of Inspector General said they had repeatedly warned of cybersecurity weaknesses in the agency's data systems... READ MORE›
IDENTITY THEFT FEEDS ON SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS RUN AMOK
Tolkien David Haas doesn't like to give out his Social Security number... READ MORE›
CANADA'S PRIVACY COMMISSIONER OPENS PROBE INTO EQUIFAX DATA BREACH
Canada's privacy commissioner has opened an investigation into the data breach at Equifax Inc. after receiving several complaints and dozens of calls from concerned Canadians... READ MORE›
MILLIONS HIT BY PERSONAL DATA HACK STILL HAVE NOT BEEN TOLD
An interagency group is considering whether responsibility for security clearance investigations should be shifted from OPM to another government agency... READ MORE›
EQUIFAX SAYS SERVER FIRST COMPROMISED ON MARCH 10
Equifax also said a previously reported incident in which some W-2 forms were compromised, also in March, was entirely unrelated... READ MORE›
REVENGE PORN SITE OPERATOR WHO CHARGED VICTIMS TO REMOVE EXPLICIT PICTURES IS JAILED FOR 18 YEARS
Please read our A US man who operated revenge porn sites that charged victims to remove their private pictures has been jailed for 18 years... READ MORE›
ASHLEY MADISON, PARENT COMPANY SUED IN U.S. OVER DATA BREACH
District Court in Los Angeles by a man identified as John Doe seeks class-action status... READ MORE›
WHISPER APP REWRITES TERMS OF SERVICE AND PRIVACY POLICY
These new terms, which were posted on Whisper's website on 13 October, come into effect on 12 November... READ MORE›
EX-SONY EMPLOYEES SUE, CLAIM COMPANY FAILED TO PROTECT DATA
The proposed class action lawsuit against Sony Corp's studio was filed on Monday in federal court in Los Angeles... READ MORE›
TO BEAT CROOKS TO YOUR TAX REFUND, START TAXES NOW
It's not too early to start certain preparations for tax returns that won't be due until mid-April. Why bother? To thwart potential tax-refund thieves, of course... READ MORE›
PERSONAL DATA OF PROMINENT CHINESE POSTED ON TWITTER
Twitter prohibits the posting of personal information such as national identification numbers... READ MORE›
E-BANKING TIP MOMS MAIDEN NAME SAY GRAPEFRUIT
The bad news is that we can be quite susceptible to having our identities stolen and our bank accounts emptied when doing online or mobile banking... READ MORE›
STARTUP LOOKS TO CONNECT BREACHED DATA WITH THOSE FACING LIKELY FRAUD
Austin-based AllClear ID, formerly known as Debix, is among the companies that go beyond credit monitoring and report additional information to consumers... READ MORE›
TEXAS WOMAN DISCOVERS STOLEN IDENTITY IN ANCESTRY.COM RESEARCH
Authorities found Vincent, 44, in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, and charged him with one count of Social Security fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft... READ MORE›
SONY TO PAY UP TO $8 MILLION IN 'INTERVIEW' HACKING LAWSUIT
The settlement with the Sony Corp 6758.T unit and current and former employees was disclosed in papers filed on Monday in federal court in Los Angeles... READ MORE›
MAN WHO RAN 'REVENGE PORN' WEBSITE FACES 20 YEARS IN JAIL
Kevin Bollaert from San Diego was convicted of running a revenge porn website Reports said he charged up to 350 a time to remove the images... READ MORE›
HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY HAS MILLIONS OF RECORDS STOLEN IN INDUSTRYS LARGEST-EVER CYBER ATTACK
Anthem Inc., the second-largest US health insurance company, last week was hit with the largest-ever health-insurance cyber attack, putting the records of 80 million patients at risk... READ MORE›
US OPERATOR OF REVENGE PORN WEBSITE JAILED FOR 18 YEARS
Bollaert was convicted in February of 21 counts of identity theft and extortion in San Diego Superior Court... READ MORE›
2 MEN FROM ONTARIO EXPECTED TO APPEAR IN QUEBEC COURTS TODAY
Quebec provincial police received support from regional police in Peel and Halton, Ont., in order to conduct three raids early Wednesday morning... READ MORE›