October 05, 2017
The CFPB Needs To Improve Its Cybersecurity, According To An...
According to a report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s internal inspector, the CFPB must do more to strengthen its protections against hacking. The CFPB — which has access to vast...
October 04, 2017
Credit Freezes Cost Consumers $4.1B
The Equifax hack continues to hit those impacted, with new research finding that consumers will have to shell out a collective $4.1 billion to freeze their credit reports and prevent...
October 04, 2017
Will The Government Ditch The SSN For A “Modern Cryptographic...
Has the social security number moved so far past its prime that it is time to consider and alternative? That is increasingly the conclusion of Rob Joyce, White House cybersecurity...
October 03, 2017
Equifax Apology Tour: 2.5M More People Affected By Breach
Ahead of Equifax’s former Chief Executive Richard Smith’s testimony to Congress, the embattled credit scoring company said an additional 2.5 million customers may have been impacted by its massive data...
October 02, 2017
Cybersecurity Falls Short In September
Since Sept. 7, the media has been abuzz over the security breach at credit scoring company Equifax and the vast number of consequences the incident set in motion, from the...
October 02, 2017
Equifax Credit Freezes Worry Lenders
The Equifax hack is worrying U.S. lenders, who fear their consumer loan and credit card businesses could be hurt if scores of people lock or freeze their credit reports. According...
October 02, 2017
Was The Equifax Breach State-Sponsored?
Equifax’s massive data breach, which potentially exposed the personal information of 143 million consumers and the credit card numbers of 209,000 U.S. consumers, has some thinking it was state-sponsored. According...
October 02, 2017
Mastercard Launches Early Detection Fraud Fighting System
With the spate of hacking lately, everyone is looking for better ways to fend off fraudsters. As of today, Mastercard is releasing one — it announced its new Early Fraud...
October 02, 2017
Why Plastic Pulls Weight With Millennials
Paysafe’s latest research shows that 54 percent of consumers think they’ll be making more use of digital cash in the next two years. According to Joseph Daly, COO of Payments...