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Law, Accounting & Taxes

NYAG: EyeMed to pay $600K after 2020 data breach

New York Attorney General Letitia names has fined EyeMed Vision Care $600,000 in an agreement that resolves a 2020 data breach that compromised the personal information of about 2.1 million consumers nationwide, including 98,632 people in New York.  Cincinnati, Ohio–based EyeMed — which provides vision benefits to members of vision plans offered by both licensed […]

Identity fraud predicted to grow in 2022

The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) predicts that cyberthreats will shift from identity theft to identity fraud in 2022, especially through pandemic-related identity crimes. “In 2021, we saw threat actors become more targeted and strategic,” Eva Velazquez, president and CEO of ITRC, said in a release. “We saw them strike with social engineering scams like Google Voice

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Equitable to remain in downtown Syracuse towers

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The financial-services firm whose name is on the twin towers in downtown Syracuse has plans to stay in the buildings with a multi-million renovation project to its operating space. Empire State Development (ESD) on Jan. 12 announced that it’s providing Equitable with up to $9 million in Upstate Revitalization Initiative grant funding.

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