Find out if your credit card info has been leaked
Fraud & Security Alert October 9, 2019
Kim's Security Alert
6,500 online stores hacked! Was your credit card info leaked?
It's bad enough to see one website get hacked, but how about thousands of websites at once? That's what happened when a popular e-commerce platform was targeted by hackers. This put the financial information of millions of shoppers in harm's way. If you visited any of these compromised websites, you may want to think about calling your bank.
Did you eat at one of these restaurants? Hackers may have your data
Four popular American food chains revealed that their point-of-sale system had been hacked â with three months of payment card info harvested to the dark web. Is your card one of them? Learn which restaurants were hit and what you can do to if your card info was pilfered.
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218 million 'Words with Friends' accounts exposed
Mobile games come and go, but "Words with Friends" has endured over the years. Unfortunately for fans, its huge user base made it a prime target for hackers. Criminals reportedly exposed more than 200 million player accounts in a massive data breach. We'll show you exactly what info the hackers leaked and how to protect yourself if you were impacted.
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