If you are traveling this holiday season, it's important that you don't use those charging hubs in airports and malls. Your personal and phone information could be hacked.
It's been spreading like wildfire on Facebook. Were you hacked? Is your information safe? Is there a clone of you out there? Hopefully, I can explain it a little bit so you know what to look for and whether you should be worried or not.
If you noticed that you had to log into Facebook on all of your devices this weekend, it was because of a major attack on the social media network. Here's what it means for you.
We trust that our personal information will be protected with our cell phone provider. It was just announced that a major carrier had two million of its customers' personal information hacked.
Imagine learning that your CPA couldn't do your taxes because a hacker already did them and claimed your money? Your social security number, your work place ID number and all of your personal and pertinent information hacked; your families security compromised. That exact thing happened to our friend Kristi Gustafson Barlette who writes for the Times Union. She's as buttoned up as they come and
It seems like we are constantly becoming aware of our information being hacked and then sold to an outside source. Well it has happened again and this time it affects a department store inside Crossgates Mall.
Every day there are more and more companies coming forward saying that your personal information that they have has been compromised. Well if you think that your identity may have been stolen, there is a website that can help you right away.
It's always scary when you hear of something that use has been hacked. In this case, it's a lot more serious than just a credit card. A major credit reporting company has had its information compromised which includes social security numbers and other very personal information. Find out if your personal information has been breached.
We are all on the go, so chances are you have used your bank card to buy a quick lunch or dinner. Well it looks like all of the restaurants in this chain were affected at some time in the Capital Region with your credit card being compromised.