Latest about Identity Theft Protection
T-Mobile breach fallout — it's time to decide who deserves your business
If you care about your personal data, you shouldn't do business with companies that do a lousy job of protecting it.
T-Mobile ups number of data-breach victims to 54 million
T-Mobile has increased the number of accounts affected by its recent data breach by 6 million, for a total of 54 million.
AT&T denies 70 million user records were stolen from its servers
A well-known hacker claims to have 70 million user records stolen from AT&T, but the company denies a data breach.
700 million exposed in LinkedIn data scrape — what to do now
Personal data 'scraped' from 700 million LinkedIn user profiles is being sold online. Even though the data is theoretically public, it's useful for spammers, stalkers and phishers.
Carnival hit by data breach — how to tell if you're affected
Carnival, the world's largest cruise-ship operator, said it had been hit by its second data breach in the past 18 months.
TurboTax accounts hacked — what to do now
Intuit has sent notifications to TurboTax customers that their accounts may have been hacked due to password reuse.
3.3 million customers hit by VW data breach — what to do
Volkswagen of America said 3.3 million prospective and actual Audi customers had sensitive data exposed or stolen.
Here's the one piece of personal info that you shouldn't share online
You should never share your birthday online, because doing so puts you at greater risk of identity theft and other kinds of cybercrime.
