See If You Were Hacked Consider using any one or more of the numerous paid services to determine whether your sensitive information has been accessed in a data breach or just call us for free. You should not wait to get a letter regarding a data breach to check if your

Breaches Are On The Rise According to recent surveys, 25,575 records are accessed in the average data breach. Since the beginning of (and due to) the COVID-19 pandemic, the FBI tells us that there has been a 300% increase in reported cybercrimes. In fact, by 2025, cybercrime will cost the

Preventative Security Practices No hack is the same, but cybercriminals’ motives usually are. They usually want money and/or the satisfaction of knowing they were able to infiltrate an otherwise secure network. And yet, while their motives might be clear, how you should respond to such an attack might not be.

Understanding the Threat     A data breach is any incident where confidential or sensitive information has been accessed without permission. Breaches are the result of cyberattacks where criminals gain unauthorized access to computer systems or networks and steal the private, sensitive and/or confidential personal and financial data of the

Forms of Data Breaches A data breach occurs when a cybercriminal infiltrates a data source and extracts confidential information. This can be done by physically accessing a computer or network to steal local files or by bypassing network security remotely. While most data breaches are attributed to hacking or malware

You Got Hacked. Now What? A surprising number of data breaches are relatively simple to avoid. Indeed, while you cannot fully control how businesses and other organizations use and/or maintain your sensitive information, you can certainly protect your own business and home systems. To do so, you need to be