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

Petco disclosed a data breach exposing customer Social Security numbers, financial account details, and driver's license ...

The credit reporting company TransUnion holds our intimate financial details. Until recently, its customer service hotline ...

According to Eden, his fiancée’s mother has been managing her daughter’s finances for years. In fact, his fiancée’s student ...

A credit freeze has become one of the simplest and most effective ways to block fraud, and knowing when to use it can save ...

Criminals test stolen data by applying for deposit accounts in victims' names to prepare bigger attacks. Learn why banks won't share fraud details.

It’s easy to become numb to stories about hackers and data breaches. But I got the wakeup call everybody dreads.

A troubling administrative error by the Social Security Administration led to highly sensitive personal information being ...

We get them so often, it’s easy to mistake them for junk mail: Those “notice of data security incident” letters, ominously informing us that our personal information has been stolen from a company ...

In order to start the new year with peace of mind, it is important to dedicate a day to review and secure one's finances, including creating unique passwords, checking bank statements, reviewing ...

Firms typically pay for two years of credit monitoring and identity theft protection following data breaches, as CIRO did ( ...

Sue from Chicago called into The Ramsey Show with a heartbreaking problem. Her husband of many years had spent all their ...