Pii news and trends

McLaren Health Care Reports Data Breach Affecting 2.2 Million Patients
Security & Fraud // November 13, 2023

McLaren Health Care, a healthcare provider based in Michigan, has reported a data breach that compromised the personal and health information of about 2.2 million patients.  The hackers accessed a wide range of patient information, including names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, billing and...

Trulioo Debuts Advanced Person Matching Tools
Identity // August 24, 2023

Identity verification platform Trulioo has unveiled new person-matching capabilities.  The launch, announced Thursday (Aug. 24), gives companies an alternative to working with multiple vendors to verify identities using personally identifiable information (PII) and identity documents. “A piecemeal approach to person matching through multiple vendors has been a necessary...

Call Centers Become Prime Target for Identity Fraud
Security & Fraud // January 03, 2023

Retail call centers are the front line of consumer queries and the favorite new target for identity fraud. Daniel Flowe, head of identity strategy at Refinitiv, told PYMNTS that while the majority of consumers still want — and like — to speak to a human,...

How Wave Financial Leverages Pre- and Post- Submit Analytics to Prevent Fraud
Authentication // July 01, 2022

In this month’s "Monetizing Digital Intent Tracker," Angie Dobbs, VP of fraud and risk at Wave Financial, tells PYMNTS how multilayered authentications are proving to be more effective in fighting fraud than their single-door counterparts.

Interviews & Exclusives
Call Centers Become Prime Target for Identity Fraud

January 03, 2023
Retail call centers are the front line of consumer queries and the favorite new target for identity fraud. Daniel Flowe, head of identity strategy at Refinitiv, told PYMNTS that while the majority of consumers still want — and like — to speak to a human, that preference is being regularly abused and targeted by fraudsters […]

Study: How 73 Million Highly Connected Consumers Are Pioneering The Connected Economy

June 21, 2021
Ninety-two percent of all consumers have placed online orders for products. More than 85 percent have paid bills online and nearly 75 percent have booked hotel tickets online. These statistics...

The Fraud That 85 Percent Of Fraud Detection Systems Miss

December 10, 2019
The battle against fraudsters in the digital era has evolved into a never-ending arms race. The tools we use to detect, score and prevent fraud — particularly card-not-present fraud in...

The Need For Dynamic PII In The (Delayed) Dawning Of The Age Of SCA

August 15, 2019
SCA may be facing a longer implementation period, but change is coming, of course. Ekata’s CEO Rob Eleveld tells Karen Webster that verification needs to combine aspects of the digital...

Quick Reads
McLaren Health Care Reports Data Breach Affecting 2.2 Million Patients

November 13, 2023
McLaren Health Care, a healthcare provider based in Michigan, has reported a data breach that compromised the personal and health information of about 2.2 million patients.  The hackers accessed a wide range of patient information, including names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, billing and claims information, prescription details, diagnostic results and treatment information, TechCrunch reported Monday […]

Trulioo Debuts Advanced Person Matching Tools

August 24, 2023
Identity verification platform Trulioo has unveiled new person-matching capabilities.  The launch, announced Thursday (Aug. 24), gives companies an alternative to working with multiple vendors to verify identities using personally identifiable information (PII) and...

Data Breach At US Defense Agency Compromised Personal Info

February 20, 2020
The U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) said that its network was likely “compromised,” according to reports on Thursday (Feb. 20). The department is tasked with supplying information technology and...

GIACT Fraud Platform Now Automates PII Monitoring

October 28, 2019
Identity verification solutions provider GIACT Systems has announced the launch of an automated identity monitoring service called gIDENTIFY Persistent Monitoring, the company announced in a press release on Monday (Oct....