Adam Levin Discusses Baseball Hacking Scandal with ESPN

Adam Levin was interviewed recently by ESPN Radio New York about the alleged hacking of the Houston Astros by the St. Louis Cardinals where...
Student loan

Private Student Loan Co-Signers Rarely Let Off the Hook, CFPB Finds

The CFPB also warned parents about other provisions of private student loans. Some lenders have a list of criteria that permanently bars co-signers from...

Rep. Jim Langevin: What We Should Be Doing to Protect Our Kids’ Credit

An 18-year-old looking to purchase his first car. A young woman applying for the student loan that will put her through college. A foster youth aging...
Identity

OPM breach lends urgency for new laws to protect individual privacy

When it comes to losing data to hackers, the federal government appears to have much more leeway than private corporations in deciding what to...

Government Employees: Here’s What Hackers Can Do With Your SSNs

The largest union for government employees says the massive cyberattack on the government’s Office of Personnel Management was much worse than the Obama administration...

The Real Question We Should Be Asking After the Massive Government Hack

True or False? There was no way the Office of Personnel Management could have prevented hackers from stealing the sensitive personal information of 4.1...

More Americans Live Under Cloud of ‘Data Uncertainty’

From government surveillance and behavior-based advertising, to social media and search-engine tracking, there are plenty of ways for Americans to lose their privacy online....

5 Ways the IRS Scammers Could Have Stolen All Those Tax Returns

Last week, the Internal Revenue Service revealed that a group of organized criminals effectively walked through their front door and used an application on...
Phishing

The Most Trusted Brands Are Phishers’ Favorite Lures

Most of us don’t think twice about opening and maintaining multiple free email accounts where we live out our digital lives. And we’re getting more...
Credit Cards

Why Kicking Debt Collectors Off of Your Credit Report Just Got Easier

Deborah is trying to clean up her credit so she can purchase a home. But it’s not proving easy. In particular, three collection accounts...