Brett Johnson used to steal identities for a living. Now working with the FBI, he says deepfakes, scam farms, and synthetic ...

Thirty percent of credit card holders think their identities will be stolen in the future, according to a new report. The younger the consumers questioned, the more likely they were to say they had a ...

When you lock your Social Security number, a company looking to verify your SSN won't be able to verify your identity, ...

An attempted identity theft is more than a close call-it's a serious warning. With reports sharply rising, Petroff Amshen LLP explains how a timely Identity Theft Check and credit report review can ...

Every few months, we hear about another data breach that exposes the personal information of millions of people. But the most recent discovery is massive. Security researchers uncovered a staggering ...

Learn how to protect yourself and others from identity theft and other scams Sept. 3 in Park Ridge. Representatives of Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s office will lead a presentation on ...

The federal government has long struggled with technology and is far behind private industry in using data to prevent fraud and payment errors. The Computer Matching Act of 1988 is one of the biggest ...

Convicted identity thief shares a few of her favorite targets. — -- There’s no better way to ask how someone’s identity can be stolen than by asking an identity thief herself. So that’s exactly ...