VISTA InfoSec

JUNE 21, 2023

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recommends that companies notify law enforcement as soon as possible by contacting local FBI or U.S. Communicate clearly A data breach can expose people’s personal, financial, and health information, and in some cases, social security numbers can be taken too. Secret Service offices.

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FICO

JULY 7, 2020

Beware of people claiming to be part of reputable organizations, like research firms or government agencies, asking you for personal information like bank card numbers or your Social Security number. Sign up for free Federal Trade Commission (FTC) scam alerts. The FTC tracks new prevalent scams that you should be aware of.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2021

Reports in ABC 7 Chicago said the FTC is notifying small business owners about the threat of an email scam, with messages issued to businesses claiming to be from the Small Business Administration Office of Disaster Assistance. 250,000 in loan offerings are appearing in a new COVID-19 scam targeting small businesses , the U.S.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 3, 2020

Presidents have the authority to fire appointees, but some agencies, like the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Federal Reserve have complicated multi-member leaders structures that aren’t as easy to remove. The CFPB was founded in 2010.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

In that data breach, the fraudsters may have stolen numerous important and identifying information on consumers, including birth dates and Social Security numbers. Even the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has gotten in on the action, announcing in a rare statement last week that it is looking into the breach.

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2020

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has received 18,235 reports of virus-centric scams since the beginning of the year, and these incidents have resulted in more than $13.4 I got an email just recently that said that my Social Security number had been frozen and to click ‘this link’ to unfreeze it.”. million in losses.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2017

The standard for removing that data will be failing to completely list important identifying information like a person’s name, address, social security number or date of birth. According to FTC data (from a report mandated by Congress), one in five consumers have at least one error on one of their three major credit reports.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 14, 2017

With the possible exception of a social security number, a credit score is really one of the more impactful set of digits in a consumer’s life. According to an FTC report in 2013, a full 20 percent of consumers have an error on at least one of their three major credit reports.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 1, 2017

The ride-sharing company said that no Social Security numbers, credit card information, trip location details or other data were taken. The company informed the New York Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman, and the FTC about the October 2016 hack for the first time on Tuesday. drivers’ license numbers.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2017

During that time period, the sale of the Social Security numbers, birthdates, credit accounts and other personal data of nearly 150 million American adults were going to the highest bidders on the dark web. It also follows the news that credit monitoring firm Equifax hid a massive breach of consumer data for nearly 45 days.

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Bitcoin Breach Data Breach FDIC 44

CB Insights

OCTOBER 10, 2017

social security number (for tools like Robinhood and Credit Karma). At one point, the FTC sued FreeCreditReport.com (and their owner, Experian) because when consumers signed up for their service, they were also surreptitiously signed up for $15 a month in credit monitoring with it. bank accounts. debit & credit cards.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

The Social Security number (SSN) was never meant to get this much attention. The numbers are sobering, as always: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has found that account takeover fraud is on the rise. They know that when a bank account password is reset, the bank sends an SMS message to the phone linked to that account.

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FICO

AUGUST 12, 2019

For many years, fraudsters have exploited the Social Security Numbers (SSN) of recently deceased persons, a technique called ghosting. Social Security Administration in the way it generates SSNs. You also can file a complaint with the FTC , and call the Identity Theft Resource Center at 888-400-5530.

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