An estimated 49 million Americans tend to go with the same credit card when paying for goods or services by credit, based on a new poll.
Month: March 2018
Debit card breaches jump 10 percent in 2017
Recognizing the frequency with which card processors are used, fraudsters targeted debit cards in 2017, resulting in a sharp increase in reported breaches, according to newly released statistics.
Nearly 17 million identities stolen in US last year
Approximately 16.7 million Americans were victimized by fraudsters last year, based on newly released figures from Javelin Strategy & Research.
Economy lost billions to cybercrime in 2016, report confirms
Data security breaches in 2016 cost the economy somewhere between $57 billion and $109 billion, according to a new report from the White House.
Oregon tightening noose on cyber crooks
On March 1, the Oregon House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill that would require merchants to inform customers of a successful cybersecurity attack within 45 days of its detection.
45 percent jump in breaches last year, report says
There were approximately 1,579 data breaches in the U.S. during the 2017 calendar year, according to recently released figures computed by the Identity Theft Resource Center.