Lifeguard reports seven online habits that increase identity theft risk, urging consumers to rethink behaviors and enhance ...

It's Identity Theft Awareness Week. To help Wisconsin consumers and taxpayers protect themselves from identity theft, the ...

It is almost impossible to prevent all identity theft, but consumers can lower their risk by placing credit report security freezes and fraud alerts, signing up for federal and state Identity ...

Identity theft has evolved far beyond stolen wallets and phishing emails. Criminals are now using an ever-increasing variety of tools that include AI-powered scams and deepfake videos to open accounts ...

Last month, a friend of mine, we’ll call him David, got an alert from his identity protection service. It wasn’t a $2,000 charge for a new TV. It wasn’t $10,000 worth of phones in another country. It ...

INVESTIGATOR BRIAN ROCHE EXPLAINS. SO LET’S GET RIGHT TO THIS EMAIL SENT IN BY A VIEWER, HE WRITES. LAST WEEK, I RECEIVED A PRE-APPROVED BUSINESS CREDIT ACCOUNT IN THE MAIL. I HAVE MY OWN BUSINESS AND ...

A 19-year-old former U.S. Army soldier pleaded guilty to conspiring to hack telecommunications companies’ databases, accessing sensitive records, and threatening to release stolen data with extortion, ...