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Half of Americans Experienced Identity Theft During COVID-19 Pandemic, New Study Shows

16

Mar

2021

A new report uncovers a striking pervasiveness of identity theft perpetrated against U.S. consumers where half of respondents surveyed experienced such an occurrence during the pandemic. Developed by Aite Group and underwritten by GIACT, the study found that 47% of U.S. consumers experienced identity theft between 2019 and 2020. And over the past two years, […]

Breaches: What you should know about them

22

Dec

2020

163.5 million people have been affected by data breaches so far in 2020. Statistics show a 72% increase in accounts compromised due to data breaches. Top 5 major breaches of 2020: Nintendo Data Breach– Nintendo admitted 300,000 accounts had been compromised. Hackers used the stolen accounts to purchase valuable digital items. Easy Jet – The […]

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Security Flaw in Estonian National ID Card

06

Sep

2017

On 30 August, an international team of researchers informed the Estonian Information System Authority (RIA) of a vulnerability potentially affecting the digital use of Estonian ID cards. The possible vulnerability affects a total of almost 750,000 ID-cards issued starting from October 2014, including cards issued to e-residents. The ID-cards issued before 16 October 2014 use […]

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