AllClear ID Blog: Protection Tips

Identity Theft Predictions for the Coming Year

AllClear ID proudly sponsors and provides financial support to the ITRC. For more information on the ITRC’s financial support relationships please visit their website. Part of the job of the Identity Theft Resource Center is to analyze the criminal trends and victim calls to uncover where identity theft and its related crimes will lead in […]

New Extortion Scam Tied to Recent Breaches

The Internet Crime Compliant Center (IC3) recently released a public service announcement about a possible link between data extortion scams and several recent breaches. According to the announcement, hackers are e-mailing victims of the breach and threatening to release their personal information to friends, family, coworkers, and social media contacts unless they pay a ransom. […]

ID Theft Protection Tips for a Lost Wallet

Jackie here. A lost or stolen wallet is bad news for your identity. Inside of your wallet lies most of the information thieves need to steal your identity and commit ID theft. Unfortunately, even with preventative efforts, lost and stolen wallets do happen. If you lose yours, these tips from KrebsonSecurity will help you minimize […]