5 Million CheckFree Consumers Warned Against Identity Theft Exposure

With the new year's first major security breach, CheckFree issued a consumer disclosure recently warning more consumers were negatively impacted than originally thought. Computer hackers operating in the Ukraine effectively redirected CheckFree's web traffic to illegal computer servers. "...because the company lost control of its Web domains, it doesn't know exactly who was hit. And so it must warn a much larger number of customers." While there are indications the exposure could have been much worse, consumers should be wary as CheckFree holds a significant reach within the banking community for bill payment services: "...wouldn't say what banks were affected by the hack, but the majority of these five million customers were CheckFree's own users, she said. In total, about 42 million customers access CheckFree's bill payment site..." So, our tip for today is to contact your bank immediately if you are a user of CheckFree's bill payment services. Find out if your accounts exhibit any potentially fraudulent activity. Finally, as major identity theft security breaches such as this one tend to further develop over time, check back with us for updates as we continue to provide free, anonymous tips to prevent id theft. This article may be published in it's entirety on your site. Article courtesy of

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