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GUEST ESSAY: The Top 5 online privacy and data security threats faced by the elderly

The Last Watchdog

Phishing emails may ask for personal information like a log-in or Social Security number to authenticate your account, or they may urge you to share your credit card payment details. A criminal exploiting someone’s medical or insurance details to make fraudulent claims is known as medical identity theft. Romance Scam.

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NY Charges First American Financial for Massive Data Leak

Krebs on Security

In May 2019, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that the website of mortgage title insurance giant First American Financial Corp. had exposed approximately 885 million records related to mortgage deals going back to 2003. Securities and Exchange Commission each announced they were investigating the company. billion in 2019.

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Security Compliance & Data Privacy Regulations

eSecurity Planet

Regulatory compliance and data privacy issues have long been an IT security nightmare. GDPR (among other legal requirements in the EU and elsewhere) can expose multinational organizations to hefty financial penalties, additional rules for disclosing data breaches, and increased scrutiny of the adequacy of their data security.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 284

Security Affairs

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 284 appeared first on Security Affairs. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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LabCorp: 7.7 Million Consumers Hit in Collections Firm Breach

Krebs on Security

Securities and Exchange Commission , LabCorp. AMCA has advised LabCorp that Social Security Numbers and insurance identification information are not stored or maintained for LabCorp consumers.” credit card numbers and bank account information), medical information and Social Security Numbers. ” ANALYSIS.

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SEC Investigating Data Leak at First American Financial Corp.

Krebs on Security

Securities and Exchange Commissio n (SEC) is investigating a security failure on the Web site of real estate title insurance giant First American Financial Corp. that exposed more than 885 million personal and financial records tied to mortgage deals going back to 2003, KrebsOnSecurity has learned.

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First American Financial Corp. Data Records Leak

Schneier on Security

Krebs on Security is reporting a massive data leak by the real estate title insurance company First American Financial Corp. The earliest document number available on the site -- 000000075 -- referenced a real estate transaction from 2003. should be held liable for their poor security practices.