For Ransom: Your Medical Records

It started out as a data breach like many others. The hackers penetrated the computer network of a small medical practice in a wealthy...

7 Big Ticket Items (Including NASA’s Annual Budget) ID Thieves Could Fund With Your...

Now that Governor Mitt Romney has picked U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan to be his vice presidential running mate, there is little doubt that the...

The Profound Failure of Congress on Cybersecurity (and Why You Should Care)

On August 2, Congress did it again. They acknowledged the looming threat of cyberwarfare while discussing the Cybersecurity Act of 2012, and then they...

The Wisconsin Department of Revenue: A Bargain for the Identity Theft Collective

Scott Walker has earned a national reputation for his hack-and-slash approach to government spending. Working hand-in-glove with both houses of the GOP-controlled legislature, the...
Financial info

5 Ways to Become a Credit Adult

  Let's word associate: banks, mortgage brokers, credit card companies, credit reporting agencies, debt collectors, payday lenders.... Words like "daunting," "challenging," "black box" and "scary"...

Dodd-Frank and CFPB Provide Stimulus to Economy With Milestone

During the endless hearings leading up to the passage of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act, which has its two-year anniversary this week, and...

What The Dark Knight Rises and the CFPB’s First Anniversary Have in Common

A dark army descends on Gotham. Hungry for power, possessed by delusion, its leaders will stop at nothing in their quest to destroy the...
Debt

5 Stupid Ways to Ruin Your Credit, Go Broke and Have Your Kid Wind...

Sometimes people are dumb. There's really no way to sugar coat this, and I say this with all humility, as I have done more...

The Obamacare Scare: Medical Debt Collectors in Scrubs?

Do you remember where you were last Thursday morning when every network interrupted its regular programming to announce the most anticipated Supreme Court decision...

The Downgrades: Forget the 1%. It’s the 9%, Stupid!

Well kids, summer is here again -- time for sun, fun and debt downgrades. And in a related downgrade story, according to a recent...