Cyber-Thieves Strike Again: What To Do If You Are a Victim

September 17, 2014

Well, it’s happened again. Another national retailer has had its payment systems hacked. This and similar cyber attacks against corporations appear to be on the rise so as a consumer you will want to be especially diligent in watching your accounts for unauthorized use. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) offers four steps you should take when you suspect that your debit or credit card information has been compromised: Continue reading “Cyber-Thieves Strike Again: What To Do If You Are a Victim”

Targeted on Christmas Eve

December 24, 2013

It’s Christmas Eve, and not a creature is stirring, except the thieves who stole credit card information from Target – they are probably  busy doing some last minute Christmas shopping with YOUR credit card information.  If you shopped at Target between November 27 and December 15, you could be one of the estimated 40 million credit and debit card accounts that may have been exposed to this breach.  (Only in-store purchases are at risk, so if you bought something online from Target over the past several weeks you were not impacted.)  Continue reading “Targeted on Christmas Eve”

Dude, Where’s My Card?

April 04, 2013

It was April 1st so I hoped that it was just an April Fool’s joke. I was at the grocery store checkout and reached for the credit card that I generally use for groceries but it was nowhere to be found. After paying with a different card, I called the credit card company to see when the last transaction was. Fortunately, it was at the restaurant where I had lunch that day so no one else had used it. After putting a temporary hold on my credit card, calling the restaurant and everywhere I had been afterwards and searching my home and car, I had to accept that it was gone and cancel the card. Continue reading “Dude, Where’s My Card?”