Online crooks are increasingly going after children’s Social Security numbers and other sensitive information in order to ...

NEW YORK-- A Bridgewater, New Jersey father says hackers took over his family's phones and accounts and even changed their home address. Now, months later, their nightmare still isn't over. Dan, who ...

Summer vacation is over and children are back to school. Of all the concerns parents have at the start of the new school year, few probably think about the danger of their children becoming victims of ...

Adam Singer is Principal at Credit Report Law Group helping consumers with credit report errors to obtain corrections and compensation. Identity theft is an issue that hits close to home for me. Early ...

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Identity theft has become a pervasive issue, affecting millions of Americans each year. In 2023 alone, American adults lost a staggering $43 billion to identity fraud. The following story illustrates ...

Ten years ago, educational institutions were primarily focused on addressing physical fraud such as misplaced student IDs, stolen personal documents, or campus theft. But in today’s digital era, the ...

With 83% of consumers fearing they’ll become identity theft victims within two years and AI-generated scams becoming nearly indistinguishable from legitimate communications, traditional security ...

SANTA ANA — The owner of a Huntington Beach-based company was convicted Tuesday of identity theft in an alleged $6 million nationwide student loan fraud scheme, but jurors deadlocked on multiple other ...

Identity theft is a major problem -- and it's only gotten worse since the onset of the pandemic as criminals find new and creative ways to extract your personal information online. The good news is ...