1 Million US Children Affected by Identity Theft Last Year, Infuriating Study Finds
It’s never too early to have your identity stolen, unfortunately.
Use This Tool to See If Your Name Was Used to Support Net Neutrality Repeal
So far, the FCC has refused to cooperate with New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s investigation into identity…
US Jury Finds Son of Russian Lawmaker Guilty of 38 Hacking and Identity Theft Charges
The son of a prominent Russian politician has been convicted in Seattle of 38 charges related to stolen credit card…
New Hacker-Proof RFID Chips Make Great Gifts for Paranoid Friends
Credit cards and passports are filled with microchips brimming with your personal information—and give off radio waves…
Jeb Bush Is Sorry He Published Your Social Security Numbers
The man who signed Florida's Stand Your Ground law is now awkwardly moonwalking backwards on an initially…
Watch Out for the Identity-Stealing Spambots of Instagram
The latest crop of spambots on Instagram are employing a trick even slimier than just buying fake followers: They're…
The Evolution of ATM Skimmers
In a little over a decade, ATM skimmers have gone from urban myth to a wildly complex, ever-evolving suite of…
Hackers Can Use the Labels On Your Snail Mail to Mess You Up Online
Think hacking starts and ends online? Think again. Forbes took a look at the damage an identity thief can do using just…
Credit Card Stolen? Don't Panic. Here's What to Do
You might have just found out that your credit card number may be compromised. Target reports that up to 40 million…
Wildly Creepy Belgian PSA Actually Stole Someone's Identity
You've undoubtedly been warned about how easy it is to have your identity stolen online over. And over. And over again.…
The IRS Just Accidentally Published Thousands of SSNs Online
You'd think the IRS would be the one organization it might be safe to trust with your precious Social Security Number.…
An Imprisoned Hacker Invented an ATM Attachment That Stops Skimmers
Valentin Boanta has a lot of free time on his hands—five years worth, to be exact. That's because Boanta is currently…
Identity Thieves Caught By Instagramming Dinner
You might think it's all fun and games when you're Instagramming your dinner before you dig in, but former identity…
Facebook Helped the FBI Bust an International Crime Ring
Facebook: it lets you find out way too much about your weird cousins, aids you in stalking your exes, and now, it helps…
Hackers Just Stole Over 3 Million Social Security Numbers
If you've filed tax returns in South Carolina sometime since 1998, you might be in a little bit of hot water. An…
Why the Best Online Identity Protection Is Just Being a Weirdo
These are troubling times for internet identity, with passwords being ravaged and real names outed. How does a young…
What To Do When You Lose Your Wallet
Your wallet is packed tight with the essentials of your daily life. Your money. Your credit cards. All the points…
AWOL Soldier Tries To Steal the Identity of One of the World's Richest Men
The feds have locked up an AWOL soldier because he tried to use Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's identity to pay his…
Police Used GPS Tracking to Bust Identity Thief With Over 300,000 Victims
Police use of GPS tracking in investigations is something of a hotbed issue that calls into question how much privacy…
That Anonymous Cop Leak Was Much Worse than We Thought
When Anon stuck their finger in the eye of many a Texan cop with their huge 3 GB data dump, we were more interested in…