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Under Armour App Breached; 150 Million Users Affected

New Breed of Identity Thief Breaks Records in 2017

New Breed of Identity Thief Breaks Records in 2017

Despite aggressive efforts throughout the industry to prevent identity fraud, almost 1 million more consumers were victims of ID theft in 2017 than in 2016 – hitting an all-time high of 16.7 million and financial losses topping $16.8 billion, according to the Javelin Strategy & Research 2018 Identity Fraud Study.

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Healthcare Breaches Down But Incidents Up in 2017

Healthcare Breaches Down But Incidents Up in 2017

Over 5.5 million health records for patients were breached last year, a significant drop from 2016, according to a report by Protenus, a company that provides an artificial intelligence platform used by health systems and academic medical centers to analyze their medical record systems.

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Tax Return Theft a Big Payday for Hackers

Tax Return Theft a Big Payday for Hackers

Tax-related identity theft remains one of the IRS “Dirty Dozen” top tax scams. While heftier safeguards implemented in 2016 helped the IRS catch 787,000 fraudulent returns totaling more than $4 billion, they still paid out $239 million in suspicious refunds.

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