For the first time, the state’s graduating high school students must demonstrate a basic understanding in 14 areas of …
Identity Theft
Target Shoppers Shrug Off Massive Credit Card Data Breach
It’s understandable that many consumers were shocked and outraged to learn that the credit card info of tens of millions of Target customers was compromised in a data breach during the holiday shopping period. But that outrage …
Target’s Hacking Fix Is “Second-Rate,” Says Consumer Reports
Target missed the bulls-eye this time, a new analysis says. In response to the massive data breach it suffered during the holiday shopping season, the retailer gave its customers free identity theft protection, but it’s a …
Target Denies Data Breach Included Stolen PINs
The troubled retailer insists PINs “not compromised” in one of the largest data breaches in U.S. history
Target Now in the Crosshairs of the Justice Department
Investigators probe one of the largest data breaches in U.S. history
5 Summer Travel Scams to Avoid
With the summer comes peak season for scammers coming up with new ways to empty tourists’ wallets — increasingly, by getting their hands on travelers’ personal financial information. Here are five tricks to be on the lookout …
The Poet Laureate of Identity Theft
To literary-minded Americans, he’s a scribe of suburban ennui. To a loose confederacy of Nigerian hackers, he’s a potentially lucrative collection of account numbers and passwords. In both cases, he’s Rick Moody. And after a …
Are Iranian Cyberattacks Damaging American Banks?
American banks are under attack. Both the enemy’s weapon of choice and its target is the Internet, which is a headache for the institutions — many of the country’s largest — that are fending off persistent assaults on their …
DNC “Whoops” Moment for Medicare User
So far there have been no foot-in-mouth moments from Vice President Joe Biden, but sharp-eyed viewers of the Democratic National Convention may have caught a pretty good gaffe during last night’s festivities.
While we’ll let our colleagues over at TIME Swampland wade into the political debate around Medicare, here’s one idea both …
The Dumbest Way Ever to Get Your Identity Stolen
Facepalm, as the kids would say. Even if you’re a relative newcomer to the Internet, there are probably some things you would consider unsafe to do — such as, oh, posting a picture of your credit or debit card for all the world …
How Exactly Do Cyber Criminals Steal $78 Million?
Let’s say you’re a cyberthief who just compromised hundreds of bank accounts worth millions of dollars. Congratulations! You’re now the scourge of the global community. Now, all you need to do is get your hands on that money. …
How Smart Phones Are Changing the Way We Bank, Drive, Have Sex and Go to the Bathroom
“Smartphonatics” are changing the way we bank and play. And while smart phones are making a lot of things easier, in many contexts they are the source of gross distraction and rude behavior