Will AI Increase Your Risk of Identity Theft?
Will AI increase your risk of identity theft? In my view the answer is yes. Think about it. Identity theft has evolved from a manual, labor
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Mark Pribish
- Apr 18
U.S. Consumers Lost $43 Billion to Identity Theft & Fraud in 2022
According to the recently released Javelin Strategy & Research Identity Fraud Study, Identity Theft Affected 40 Million U.S. Adults in...
Mark Pribish
- Apr 4
Financial Institutions and Credit Card Companies Lost $4.8 Billion to Synthetic Identity Theft
According to a March 10, 2023 Help Net Security article titled Synthetic identity fraud prevention calls for a new approach to identity...
Mark Pribish
- Mar 2
Annual FTC Report: Consumers Lost Nearly $8.8 billion to Identity Theft and Fraud
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) just released its annual 2022 Consumer Sentinel Network Data Book – or what I call the FTC’s Annual...
Mark Pribish
- Jan 25
Is Your Personal Information Safe When Buying a Car?
In the past five years, identity theft and cybercrime have significantly increased in many industries, including the automotive industry....
Allied Solutions
- Jan 10
Allied Solutions Completes Acquisition of Strategic Partner, Vero
Carmel, Indiana – January 10, 2023 Allied Solutions has finalized an agreement to acquire majority ownership of Vero, a key product and...
Mark Pribish
- Jan 9
10 Tips to Avoid Identity Theft in 2023
As the New Year is upon us, 2023 will bring the desire to improve and prosper with new personal and professional goals. The same desire...
Mark Pribish
- Nov 30, 2022
Are Financial Institutions Doing Enough to Protect Consumers from ID Theft and Fraud?
In July, I read that “cumulative merchant losses to online payment fraud globally between 2023 and 2027 will exceed $343 billion,”...
Mark Pribish
- Oct 25, 2022
FBI Report: Seniors Lost $1.7 Billion to Identity Theft and Fraud in 2021
According to the 2021 FBI Elder Fraud Report – which was released in June of this year -- there were over 92,000 elder fraud victims who...
Mark Pribish
- Sep 28, 2022
Social Media Account Takeover Increased by 1,000% in One Year
According to the 2022 ITRC Consumer Impact Report released by the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) last week, social media account...
Mark Pribish
- Aug 30, 2022
Can Consumers Learn From the 5-Year Anniversary of the Equifax Data Breach?
Five years ago on September 7, 2017, Equifax announced they had experienced a data breach incident affecting 143 million people....
Mark Pribish
- Jul 29, 2022
Is Social Media Placing Your Privacy at Risk?
Some critics of social media say our addiction to apps in general and social media (in particular) open ourselves up to privacy risks. My...
Mark Pribish
- Jun 27, 2022
10 Tips to Reduce your Risk of Identity Theft
Whether you are a consumer or a small-business owner – help protect yourself by taking charge of your cybersecurity and personal privacy...
Mark Pribish
- May 24, 2022
Don’t Be the Weak Link to Identity Theft
Nearly eight years ago I wrote a December 2014 article for the Arizona Republic titled Read fine print when buying ID-theft protection...
Mark Pribish
- Apr 28, 2022
Every Consumer Should Use a VPN to Protect Their Online Privacy
On my work laptop, I use a VPN (Virtual Private Network) whenever I am working remotely including in my home, my hotel room or any other...
Mark Pribish
- Mar 30, 2022
Identity Theft Losses Totaled $52 Billion Affecting 42 million U.S. Adults
The just released 2022 Javelin Strategy Annual Identity Fraud Study found that identity theft and fraud losses totaled $52 billion and...
Mark Pribish
- Feb 24, 2022
2022 FTC Report: Identity Theft Continues to Be a Monumental Problem
Last month the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a report stating “about one fourth of all fraud losses reported to the FTC stem...
Mark Pribish
- Jan 26, 2022
Hackers are coming after you in 2022
Two years ago I wrote an article asking the question Is Your Digital Identity Safe? Two days ago I read an Infosecurity Magazine article...
Mark Pribish
- Dec 17, 2021
2021 Surpasses All-Time Record for Data Breaches
According to the Identity Theft Resource Center or ITRC (https://www.idtheftcenter.org/), which has been tracking publicly reported data...
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