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Social Security Number Hack May Produce New Fraud Vector
Security & Fraud // August 18, 2024

Earlier this year, hackers stole the data of 2.9 billion people from a broker. Now, that breach threatens to usher in a wave of identity fraud and other crimes, Teresa Murray, consumer watchdog director for the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, said in a recent...

Battling Synthetic ID Fraud, Clearing Up FI Blind Spots
Security & Fraud // July 23, 2018

Even children aren’t safe from the perils of synthetic identity fraud.  Bad guys know how to link far flung data points, create new personas,  exploit firms and consumers and make off with ill gotten gains via the unwitting victims’ accounts.  The solution, according to GIACT...

Securing Consumer Data Beyond The SSN
Security & Fraud // November 06, 2017

How do you build a real, resilient and robust standard of best practices in data security? And how do you do it when just about every piece of traditional identification has been compromised? In a wide ranging interview with PYMNTS’ Karen Webster, Socure CEO Sunil...

What Tech Will Make Irrelevant For The Class of 2035
Mobile Commerce // October 21, 2017

Consider, for a moment, the Class of 2035. What’s wrong with these kids of the future? Nothing, actually. Their future is just showing up all over the place — but differently than expected. In fact, 117 years ago, roughly 72 million people were living in the United States. There were also...

Interviews & Exclusives
Battling Synthetic ID Fraud, Clearing Up FI Blind Spots

July 23, 2018
Even children aren’t safe from the perils of synthetic identity fraud.  Bad guys know how to link far flung data points, create new personas,  exploit firms and consumers and make off with ill gotten gains via the unwitting victims’ accounts.  The solution, according to GIACT EVP David Barnhardt, lies In constant cross-checking individuals with an eye on “ lifecycle management.”  

Securing Consumer Data Beyond The SSN

November 06, 2017
How do you build a real, resilient and robust standard of best practices in data security? And how do you do it when just about every piece of traditional identification...

Quick Reads
Social Security Number Hack May Produce New Fraud Vector

August 18, 2024
Earlier this year, hackers stole the data of 2.9 billion people from a broker. Now, that breach threatens to usher in a wave of identity fraud and other crimes, Teresa Murray, consumer watchdog director for the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, said in a recent Los Angeles Times (LAT) interview. “If this in fact is […]