The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is one of the most well-known law enforcement agencies in the world. Their role is to protect the United States and its citizens from threats both foreign and domestic. In this article, we will provide an overview of the history and structure of the FBI, its core functions, and …
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 …
Tax Fraud & Unemployment Insurance Fraud at Epidemic Levels Read More »
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 …
The Cyber Threat Landscape Will Get Worse Before (and IF) It Gets Better Read More »
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 …
Medical ID Theft Risks Increase During the COVID-19 Crisis Read More »
President Donald Trump has long insisted that the Justice Department under President Barack Obama spied on his campaign during the 2016 election, so he welcomed his attorney general’s apparent validation of that allegation during a Senate hearing Wednesday. “I think what he said was absolutely true,” Trump told reporters at the White House Thursday. “There was absolutely …
Spying or Hyperbole? What Attorney General Barr’s Comments Mean Read More »
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 …
Lessons learned on the 1 year anniversary of the Equifax Breach Read More »
