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App of the Week is Back! – ID Theft Help

January 30, 2019 | 0 Comments

Identity Theft Help is the app you need to be prepared and alert for identity theft. Rampant data breaches and personal data collection makes us all vulnerable. Being alert and aware of the danger...

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Breach Brief – Marriott Starwood

November 30, 2018 | 0 Comments

Marriott Hotel chain announced a massive data breach involving 500 million customers worldwide. According to company officials for the past four years an unauthorized party had access to credit card numbers and expiration dates, passport...

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Tax season and the holidays are special to criminals. The latest target of criminals is none other than the U.S. Postal Service and the millions of deliveries it makes over the holiday season.  The scam...

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Breach Brief – Wendy’s

July 11, 2016 | 0 Comments

It seems that the Wendy’s data breach was worse than thought. The AACR first reported the data breach in January.  Now we are seeing the real damage. Wendy’s has admitted that the data breach was...

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African-Americans hold almost a trillion dollars in buying power.  Much of that money is spent online. Black people do more online shopping than any other group and as a result we are more vulnerable to...

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Secure Payments Arrive For Black Consumers

February 17, 2015 | 0 Comments

Hackers have been having a absolute field day breaking into store payment systems and stealing credit card data with impunity. The problem is intolerable for the consumer and costing everyone money everyday. Kaspersky Labs reported...

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Buying online. Its called e-commerce. African-Americans have gone from Black Friday sales to Cyber Mondays online. Online shopping is perfectly natural. You probably never even think about it, you just do it. Even with all...

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Video: Avoid Credit Card Fraud

August 19, 2014 | 0 Comments

Life is good. You have great dinner and whip out that credit card to pay for it. That sexy watch at the mall; break out that card. And of course drinks with the boys. All...

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Protect Yourself from Data Breaches

August 4, 2014 | 0 Comments

Data breaches are becoming far too common. And there is no single law that requires a company to tell their customers when, or if, such a data breach has occurred. As a result companies often...

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