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...
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Mar 1, 2023
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...
Jan 24, 2023
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....
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....
May 22, 2022
The Hackers Are Coming: Members Fears Are Escalating
Republished from California Nevada Credit Union League dated April 25, 2022. By James McCabe. Over the past few years, the increased risk...
Feb 23, 2021
Is Your CU Ready for the ‘Cyber-demic,’ a Dangerous Fallout of the Pandemic?
Republished from CU Times dated February 18, 2021. By James McCabe. As if 2020 wasn’t bad enough, we have entered 2021 with another...
Sep 9, 2020
The Increased Vulnerability for Fraud, Scams, and ID Theft Attacks on Students
It is that time of year when students' vulnerability for ID theft attacks goes up exponentially as they head back to school. And this...
Mar 24, 2020
What Can Credit Unions Do to Bring A Positive Message in This Time of Fear
We are facing an unprecedented time in our lives with the coronavirus upon us and people taking every imaginable precaution to “be safe”...
Feb 17, 2020
Why There’s No Such Thing as a “Harmless” Data Breach
Republished from CU Weekly dated February 21, 2020. By James McCabe. Over the past year, we have seen a continued incline in data breach...
May 16, 2019
CUs Have a Major Opportunity to Bring More Value to Business Members
The avalanche of data breach events in the U.S. continues to plague businesses of all sizes. The headline news only captures the larger...
Mar 14, 2019
I Repeat…..“Only Three Things are Certain in life: Death, Taxes, and…Data Breaches”
I Repeat…..“Only Three Things are Certain in life: Death, Taxes, and…Data Breaches” In 2015, I wrote an article about the certainties of...
Sep 19, 2018
The Danger of Complacency: It’s Just What the Criminals Want
Republished from CU Times dated September 14, 2018. By James McCabe. Mark the one-year anniversary of the Equifax breach with definitive...
Mar 5, 2018
Cybersecurity Priorities: What CUs Can Learn From Equifax
Republished from CU Times online dated March 1, 2018. By Mark Pribish and Jim McCabe. In light of last September’s Equifax data breach...
Feb 26, 2017
Continuing Avalanche of Data Breaches: A Call to Action from NCUA in 2017 Follows the 2016 Warnings
Despite a heightened understanding and awareness of the importance of strong cyber security by everyone, the trend of data breach attacks...
Feb 5, 2017
The Tax Season Presents Extra Risks to Credit Union Members: Here’s How You Can Help Protect Them
This is the time of year when criminals are most actively plotting and scheming, and credit union members are exposed and vulnerable. ...
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