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One of the cybercrime underground’s more active sellers of Social Security numbers, background, and credit reports has been pulling data from hacked accounts at the US consumer data broker USinfoSearch. 

Since at least February 2023, a service advertised on Telegram called USiSLookups has operated an automated bot that allows anyone to look up the SSN or background report on virtually any American.  For prices ranging from $8 to $40 and payable via virtual currency, the bot will automatically re

Online scams can be extremely damaging to an individual's finances and steal sensitive information that can be a nightmare to fix.  In general, phishing scams will appear as innocent requests from online hackers, but if you follow their requests or hand over your Social Security information, then you should immediately contact your bank to ensure they do not open new accounts.  These scammers tend to target senior citizens and can be difficult to avoid daily while using the Internet.

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Third-party administrator of insurance products Bay Bridge Administrators (BBA)  https://www.bbadmin.com is informing roughly 250,000 individuals that their personal information might have been compromised in a September 2022 data breach.  Bay Bridge Administrators is a full- service, nationally-recognized, third party administrator of fully-insured employee benefit plans.  Representing top-rated insurance companies, Bay Bridge fills a niche market in the insurance industry by entering into agre