Uber Total Loss: 57 Million Records Stolen But Data Breach Was Hidden For A Year Uber suffered a data breach more than a year ago, and the address and email information of 57 million people were stolen. Uber paid off the hackers, who then supposedly deleted the data, but that cannot be confirmed. Watch out for… Read Full Article »
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Equifax Data Breach – Steps you can take to protect your information
Equifax, one of the big three U.S. credit bureaus, announced on Thursday, September 7, 2017, that a data breach at the company may have exposed 143 million American consumers’ sensitive personal information. Although Equifax states they found no evidence of unauthorized activity on its core consumer credit reporting database, other information was lost. How does… Read Full Article »
Have you heard of Shimming?
The EEFCU would like to share some information with you regarding a credit/debit card shimming. The following is a part of an article from Krebs Security that we believe explains shimming and offers ways to protect yourself. As the US banks continue to make the shift to chip-based credit and debit cards, a new form… Read Full Article »
EEFCU Texting and Call FRAUD ALERT
It has come to our attention that some of our members have received texts or phone calls saying that their EEFCU EMV Visa card has been compromised. These texts and phone calls are requesting the member to enter their card number for verification. DO NOT enter your card number! These calls/texts are not being made by… Read Full Article »
Fraud Continues to Increases Nationwide
Unfortunately this increase is being felt here at the EEFCU. We are constantly working with our Visa Check Card processor to update our security measures as the newest fraud protection means become available. The EMV Chip Card is helping to prevent many fraud attempts, however, many merchant machines have not made the switch from the… Read Full Article »
Don’t let Summertime Fun become a Summertime Bum…
Summertime…vacations, river and lake trips, camping, beach time, family, fun…. Unfortunately summertime can also leads to increased scams, mail theft, pickpocketing etc. While you are relaxing and enjoying yourself, many scam artists are working overtime. ID theft continues to be one on the most damaging types of fraud. A 2015 Javelin Strategy & Research report… Read Full Article »