It’s Identity Theft Awareness Week. In Wisconsin, to help consumers and taxpayers protect themselves from identity theft, the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection and Department of ...

As reports of new identity compromises climbed in 2025, experts say taking certain steps can help protect your personal ...

Learn how deceased alerts prevent identity theft by notifying financial institutions of a death. Discover steps to protect ...

Recently, The Phia Group ("Phia") determined that some personal information may have been involved in a data security incident that occurred between July 8 and July 9, 2024. The incident began on July ...

SSN theft costs $15 on dark web marketplaces, but free credit freezes and monitoring services can block identity fraud before criminals strike.

Defenses against financial schemes, both physical and digital, could leave executives scrambling to keep up with the pace of bad actors over the coming months.

Here are the steps to freezing your credit online with the three credit bureaus: On your account homepage, navigate to ...

Michigan AG Dana Nessel reissued a consumer alert on data breaches after Munson Healthcare's patient data was exposed due to ...

On the morning of Jan. 3, SIU doctorate student Genesis Atencio noticed multiple hard pulls on her husband’s credit score, an ...

SPRINGFIELD This is Identity Theft Awareness Week and Comptroller Mendoza is offering advice to help consumers protect ...

Sign up for a security freeze by contacting all three major credit reporting agencies to request it: Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion. Place a fraud alert by contacting any of the three major credit ...

Despite bans on doing so from apps like Uber and DoorDash, some gig workers are renting or selling accounts to others, a new ...