Not exact matches
Best Buy and Macy's can
look up your credit card information by providing them with some personal information
like a drivers license and / or
social security number.
However, other hackers
look to steal your personal financial information
like your
Social Security number so they can open new accounts under your name.
Some identity thieves sift through garbage
looking for information
like social security numbers and credit account information.
Phishing websites are designed to
look just
like the real thing and typically ask for login information, passwords, and may even go as far as to request a
Social Security number (all for the purpose of identity theft).
Hackers use links in innocent -
looking emails to download Ransomware, a malware that will encrypt everything in your system it can find and force you to pay a ransom in a cryptocurrency to retrieve it or phish for sensitive information
like social security numbers, usernames, and passwords.