PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2020

Phone scammers claiming to be from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are saying they have a vaccine to cure the coronavirus (COVID-19), and are asking for credit card and Social Security numbers from unsuspecting victims to reserve it, according to a report by The Verge. Do not fall prey!”

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The Finance Weekly

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Basics Federal Tax ID number Social Security number Previous year’s tax return (Bring tax returns from the last three years for both state and federal taxes.) In 2024, the self-employment tax rate stands at 15.3%, with the breakdown as follows: Social Security - 12.4% (6.2% from employees and 6.2%

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PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2020

The company didn’t reveal how many people were affected, but it said financial information like credit cards and Social Security numbers were not affected. “We We immediately reported this matter to federal law enforcement and are actively cooperating in their investigation.”.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2019

The information exposed did not include any financial information, social security numbers or password data. None of your financial data (including credit card information) or social security numbers were involved, and no passwords were compromised,” said the disclosure. .

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Fi911

JANUARY 18, 2024

These accounts frequently pertain to credit cards and serve as a means to make unauthorized purchases A criminal might use stolen personal information to open a bank account, for example. They might also try to apply for a credit card, or make unauthorized purchases in the victim’s name.

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VISTA InfoSec

JULY 5, 2023

Personal health data, a compilation of information related to a patient such as their Names , Birthdates , Social Security Numbers , and other medical record data , is used to identify their medical history and records stored in a database. is the most up-to-date set of guidelines for protecting credit card data.

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2019

Capital One stressed that credit card account numbers and login credentials were not compromised, while more than 99 percent of Social Security numbers were not impacted. The breach impacts about 100 million individuals in the United States and around 6 million in Canada.

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2020

Dave also stressed that the FinTech has “no evidence that any unauthorized actions were taken with any accounts or that any user has experienced any financial loss as a result of this incident.”.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2017

The company believes that exposure of cardholder data that could be used to create counterfeit cards – including names, addresses, emails and Social Security numbers – was limited, but some credit card numbers may have been compromised. 28, 2016, and April 14, 2017.

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Fi911

JULY 8, 2024

Fraudsters exploit vulnerabilities in online payment systems and often use stolen credit card information or create fake accounts to make unauthorized purchases. This type of fraud can be particularly difficult to detect, as the synthetic identity appears legitimate and can even build a credible credit history over time.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2021

The intruder or intruders did not, T-Mobile stated, have access to “names on the account, physical or email addresses, financial data, credit card information, social security numbers, tax ID, passwords, or PINs.”. “We

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Gas station and convenience store chain Wawa said it discovered a data breach in which thousands of customers’ debit and credit card information was stolen, according to a report by CNBC. Wawa also said it doesn’t think any credit cards were used illegally because of the breach. We promptly reported this to authorities.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 15, 2020

The FTC stated that no government entity would call to ask for money or personal information like credit card numbers or Social Security numbers, adding that any requests for payment through services like Western Union or MoneyGram are almost certainly scams.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Several consumers noted that they didn’t have the app installed, but their credit cards were billed for purchases they never made. Japan and Paytm, the India digital payments company, said it would make changes to the app and urged users to contact the credit card companies directly to report the charges.

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FICO

JULY 7, 2020

Earlier this year, many received a text message they thought was from FedEx , but instead came from bad actors directing recipients to enter credit card information, which lead to being billed $98.95 Monitor your credit report and consider freezing your credit. Check your credit report for any unfamiliar activity.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 5, 2019

In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, LabCorp. said its billing vendor , American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA), is currently in the process of sending notices to about 200,000 LabCorp consumers whose credit card or bank account information may have been accessed in the breach.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2020

Aided by the dark web, where data is for sale, spanning medical records to credit card numbers, the bad guys can ply their trade, cobbling together synthetic IDs or using brute force credit card attacks. It’s the same story, and the same things that we’ve seen, all over again.”.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Hackers who used to amuse themselves stealing credit cards have raised the level of their identity theft game such that 2017 was a record year — 16.7 Al Pascual, Javelin’s research director and head of fraud and security, expects 2018 to be another record year. Who says you can’t teach an old criminal new tricks?

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2019

The company said it didn’t have any indication that the attacks were successful in stealing any credit card information. From the end of April to the middle of June, hackers were able to access usernames and passwords, and then got names, email addresses, phone numbers, birthdays and payment card info.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2021

“We've taken the [leasing purchase] experience from the countertop where folks had to go and go through this arduous process, to where now you put in the last four digits of your Social Security number, and from inception to having their lease-to-own credit line available to them takes as little as 38 seconds, down from 20 minutes.”.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2019

Capital One stressed that credit card account numbers and login credentials were not compromised, while more than 99 percent of Social Security numbers were not impacted. The breach impacts about 100 million individuals in the United States and around 6 million in Canada.

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PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2020

In the case of synthetic IDs, fraudsters target consumers’ personal details such as Social Security numbers, place or date of birth, or other pieces of data to create new personas, and then apply for cards or loans. ID theft, in general, is behind 80 percent of all banking industry credit card losses, he noted.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Nordstrom has suffered a data breach that exposed employee names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, checking account and routing numbers, salaries and more. In April, retailer Hudson’s Bay disclosed that customers at Saks and Lord & Taylor stores in North America had their payment cards compromised.

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PYMNTS

JULY 4, 2018

as well as the credit card numbers of approximately 209,000 people. Based on the company’s investigation, the unauthorized access occurred from mid-May through July 2017, with no evidence of unauthorized activity on Equifax’s consumer or commercial credit reporting databases, the company said in the release. consumers.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

The stolen data included Social Security numbers, birth dates and other personal information. According to the report, given the fact that hackers presumably got Social Security numbers, birthdates and addresses, they can go after those people that have larger bank accounts, more lines of credits and greater assets.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

According to a news outlet citing RiskIQ Threat Researcher Yonathan Klijnsma, the research found that hackers installed 15 lines of card skimming code on Newegg’s payments page, which stayed on the site from Aug. The hackers sent credit card data to a service controlled by them, noted the report. 14 through Sept.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2019

Some of the files included names, addresses, birth dates, Social Security numbers and bank and checking account numbers, as well as details of loan agreements. This information would be a gold mine for cyber criminals who would have everything they need to steal identities, file false tax returns, get loans or credit cards.”.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Hudson’s Bay also cautioned consumers to monitor their statements for suspicious activity, and noted it would offer free identity protection services, including credit and web monitoring. While personal data, including birthdays, may have been accessed, the retailer said that Social Security numbers were not. Exactis Hack.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Starting with one or two pieces of real information (a Social Security number is always one of them, sometimes paired with a real name), fraudsters take their time to slowly nurture a fake credit profile until it has a good enough record to make a big strike. It is often a big strike.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

PCI compliance is vitally important for businesses that process credit cards. The standards put forth by the PCI Security Standards Council – the PCI Data Security Standards – offer a framework for ensuring data security, and they must be followed in order to avoid fines and other penalties. Gearing up for GDPR.

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2020

Medical records command a high value on the dark web and can be listed for 10 times more than the average credit card data breach record. There is a practice to solve this issue — a Know Your Patient strategy, which starts at the account opening stage,” Philipp Pointner , chief product officer at Jumio, told PYMNTS.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 11, 2020

No one will call to ask for your bank account, credit card or Social Security number, the FTC said. As in the first distribution of $1,200 checks in the spring, most people will get money direct deposited, or via a debit card or check will be mailed to the address where your taxes were filed.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 27, 2016

According to a report , the idea behind the social trustability score is that, if someone breaks trust in one aspect of their lives, they will be negatively affected in other aspects. billion citizens don’t use a credit card. Supporters of the idea say it’s necessary because a lot of China’s 1.3

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

The information includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and, in some instances, driver’s license numbers, though the company also reported U.S. 1,780,000 | Combined dollar amount Equifax execs unloaded before revealing fraudulent activity on company consumer and commercial credit reporting databases.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2018

Underwood said all five companies had mobile apps that had a well-known security vulnerability that enabled hackers to intercept private data including passwords, social security numbers, credit card account numbers and bank account information.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Credit cards fetch $4 to as high as $12. Personal records that run the gamut from birth dates to Social Security numbers can run from $11 to $30. And as always, stolen data has its rewards on the black market, according to Intel, citing data culled from Bankrate.com.

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2020

Those good credit scores are usually treated as “green flags” indicating that the customer will be trustworthy — a mistake when confronting synthetic fraud. The credit card company is using advanced analytics tools to examine data on millions of card applicants and fraud incidents to help determine patterns that could better indicate risk.

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