A report copublished by WIRED sparked a probe into opt-out pages hidden by data brokers. Now congressional Democrats say breaches tied to the industry have cost people tens of billions of dollars.

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Scams and identity theft cost South Carolina consumers nearly $8.5 million in 2025, according to a new report from the Department of Consumer Affairs.

A woman who was reported missing from New Haven last year was arrested in California on bank fraud and identity theft charges ...

"These changes will address historic challenges the IRS has faced," according to the federal agency of the U.S. government.

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Tax season is here, and so are scammers. State officials said fraud schemes often spike this time of year, targeting people ...

A new minority report from Congress’s Joint Economic Committee says a small club of data broker firms has saddled U.S.