Breach Clarity partner the Identity Theft Resource Center recently reported that the first quarter of 2020 saw fewer data breaches. At first blush, this is good news. But before celebrating, we need to look deeper at what this means for the identity theft, scams, and fraud that plagues consumers and financial institutions…

The data breach reported on June 23 by Choice Health Management Services received a Breach Clarity Score of 10, the highest level of risk assessed by the company’s proprietary machine-learning algorithm…

The recent data breach at online merchant FabFitFun is a good example of how simple 'card breaches' create risk beyond simple 'card fraud'. The payment card industry has some of the most advanced methods for…

Two things are happening right now that make people especially vulnerable to cyber threats. 1. Cybercriminals are taking advantage of new vulnerabilities created by remote work and other COVID-19-created circumstances to target and extract valuable personal data…

Amid widespread predictions that COVID-19 will generate a wave of financial and identity crime, Breach Clarity today released analysis of recent data breaches that identifies risk for COVID-19 scams. The San Francisco fraud prevention and detection technology firm used its proprietary algorithm…

The call of industry experts for stronger consumer protection from identity crime risks created by data breaches grew today, with the addition of identity theft and data breach risk management expert Mark Pribish to the Breach Clarity board of advisors. Breach Clarity developed a proprietary algorithm to deeply analyze data…

A cybercriminal’s work is never done (just ask Lady Gaga), and those looking to capitalize on the opportunities created by COVID-19 have been particularly busy devising ransomware attacks, specifically…

Technology and cybercrime pros add to the diverse set of thought leaders helping to bring a new category of fraud prevention products to market...

Though the fast-moving COVID-19 pandemic caught the world by surprise, there is something ahead that our years as fraud researchers and security analysts allow us to see coming. There will undoubtedly be a wave of financial crime that follows COVID-19 for years after the public health emergency fades…

As the New York Times *(and numerous other sources) have written about the Equifax data breach, the state-sponsored affiliation of hackers screams risks associated with individuals who work for the CIA, military, or other key government positions…

American Banker's Miriam Cross published a very strong and concise article on us that got our value proposition right, which is never easy to do for an all new service like ours…

Earlier this year, Van Dyke launched BreachClarity.com, a consumer site that offers no-cost access to a searchable database of breaches, their respective Breach Clarity Scores and the most relevant protective actions. The database now includes more than 4,000 incidents, and is…

The July, 2015 data breach at Ashley Madison generated massive headlines not only because of it's size, but also because it exposed the identity records and secretive activities of men (mostly) who sought to cheat on their partners. As it turns out, the highly unique nature of what this breach exposed also turns out to be the perfect real-world experiment for proving that breached personal data retains power for as much as five years or more.

‘Breach Clarity Score’ seeks to become the Richter Scale of publicly-reported data breaches. (SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – January 14, 2020) – Each time data security expert Jim Van Dyke concluded his work on a data breach lawsuit, he couldn’t...

In case you missed it, anti-malware vendor Avast just shuttered its Jumpshot subsidiary, after allegations of selling customers' web browsing data. In other words, as part of the package of of the company's promise to secure identity-holders' data…

I can't believe that nearly four years have passed since work began as an expert witness on large data breaches, which in turn led to the idea for the algorithms that are now called Breach Clarity…

Methodist Hospitals data breach created maximum risk of identity theft and fraud, and is a prime example of why Breach Clarity was created.

We were in NYC among the Finovate industry lineup of over 70 technology companies, to demo Breach Clarity to the audience of financial industry technology buyers. This brief demo shows what’s in the works for the near future.…

American Banker’s Penny Crossman ranked Breach Clarity as one of just six “fintech standouts” at this week’s Finovate event, where hundreds of industry leaders from all over the world gathered to see live demos from 72 companies…

Most data breaches are small, but people only hear about the big ones. What's more, many of the smaller breaches are actually much more dangerous than the big ones. To help consumers take action to prevent identity theft, we need trusted leaders to tell identity-holders to take action after notification of every data breach, and not just the handful of big ones that make the news.

On a regular basis I hear opinion-leaders say that “everyone’s personal data is already out there”. This point of view is as false as it is dangerous, and can cause people to become lazy with the handling of personal data, in turn increasing levels of future risk. It's time to stop repeating this provable falsehood.

Everyone should have heard the news by now: 2017 brought a record number of data breaches and there was no end to the carnage of identity fraud and theft…

Once exposed, identity-holders' personal data can be potent for a long time. While it's common to classify personal data as 'persistent' if it essentially cannot be changed (such as a nation-state identity record like a U.S.A…

Security matters greatly to both customers and overall innovation success. Yet there’s little consensus on how much security should be proactively introduced into the customer experience (beyond what is absolutely essential)…