Mark Pribish

Mark Pribish is the Practice Leader for Identity Theft & Data Breach Solutions at Vero ID Solutions, an ID theft and data breach solutions company based in Scottsdale, AZ.

Tax Fraud & Unemployment Insurance Fraud at Epidemic Levels

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The Criminal Investigation Division of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced in its annual report last November that the IRS “uncovered $2.3 billion in tax fraud during the 2020 fiscal year” (IRS Releases Annual Report Identifying $2.3 Billion in Tax Fraud).   The IRS said that its focus included Covid-19-related fraud, cybercrime, and other identity theft-related …

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The Cyber Threat Landscape Will Get Worse Before (and IF) It Gets Better

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With October Cybersecurity Awareness Month at the halfway point, it is important to note that cyber-thieves and ID theft criminals never rest and continue to stay ahead of law enforcement, businesses, and consumers.  Cybersecurity Awareness Month was launched by the National Cyber Security Alliance & the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in October 2004 – with …

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Medical ID Theft Risks Increase During the COVID-19 Crisis

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Since people started working from home due to the COVID-19 crisis, the risk of financial and non-financial identity theft, fraud, and scams has significantly increased. Keyword phrases such as cybercrime, cyber thieves, data breach, digital spying, identity theft, personal privacy, phishing, and reputational risk have been reported and written about, relating to individuals and businesses …

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Lessons learned on the 1 year anniversary of the Equifax Breach

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One year ago today, on September 7, 2017, Equifax announced its cybersecurity incident involving the private information of 143 million people. Unbelievably, the Equifax data breach event occurred between May and July 2017, yet Equifax waited six weeks before its public disclosure on September 7, 2017. But it gets worse, as one month later, Equifax …

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