social security numbers

Guarding the Gate: Cyberattacks Won’t Stop, But Their Fallout Can Be Prevented
Guarding the Gate: Cyberattacks Won’t Stop, But Their Fallout Can Be Prevented
August 29, 2024  |  Cybersecurity

Most businesses have a target on their back. And for good reason — their data and credentials are incredibly valuable to fraudsters, especially when it...

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Will FinCen’s Customer Identification Program Burden Banks and Consumers?
Will FinCen’s Customer Identification Program Burden Banks and Consumers?
May 24, 2024  |  Regulation

The fight between financial institutions and fraudsters is an eternal one, and a key battlefield remains identifying customers at the initial point of interaction and onboarding. In short, making...

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Supremes Take On ID Fraud, Undocumented Immigrants
Supremes Take On ID Fraud, Undocumented Immigrants
March 18, 2019  |  Legal

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments over states’ ability to prosecute illegal immigrants for identity theft if they use someone else’s Social Security...

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New Medicare Cards Are Hitting Mailboxes along the East Coast
New Medicare Cards Are Hitting Mailboxes along the East Coast
May 09, 2018  |  Fraud Prevention

The new Medicare cards are on their way to consumers, a process that includes giving users of the health payment service numbers that differ from...

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Chatbots Sizzle, SSN Numbers Fizzle And Grocery Shoppers Feel The Love
Chatbots Sizzle, SSN Numbers Fizzle And Grocery Shoppers Feel The Love
February 23, 2018  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

Sizzle Of the Week: Grocery Customers It’s a good week to be a grocery shopper in America – because, after all, who doesn’t like being...

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Voice Sizzles, Equifax Fizzles And Social Security Numbers Get Ready For A Curtain Call
Voice Sizzles, Equifax Fizzles And Social Security Numbers Get Ready For A Curtain Call
October 06, 2017  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

Sizzle  Cyberattack insurance: The more headlines gather on data breaches, new (Equifax) and old (Yahoo), and the bad news keeps getting worse (both attacks have...

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Will The Government Ditch The SSN For A “Modern Cryptographic Identifier”?
Will The Government Ditch The SSN For A “Modern Cryptographic Identifier”?
October 04, 2017  |  News

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...

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In Equifax’s Wake, Outrunning The Breach Bear
In Equifax’s Wake, Outrunning The Breach Bear
September 11, 2017  |  Risk Management

What have we learned from the Equifax hack? Maybe nothing? Maybe everything? Maybe something in between? The stats are alarming, of course. Equifax, which is one of...

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