ALERT SUMMARY
The United States Post Office has a new online service called "Informed Delivery" that sends you an email with images of your daily mail. To get this service, you need to "register" for it by answering question about past home addresses and sale price of your home. Hacker could register for the service using their own email address. Then they can keep track of all the mail and packages you are receiving then physically steal your mail. Another potential is a collection of people and businesses who send you mail in preparation to steal your identity or sell the information.
The Breakdown
1. US Post Office has a new service that sends you a picture of the outside envelope of each piece of your mail. You must register for the service.
2. To register for the service, you need to answer questions that verifies your identity to the Postal Service. Sometimes you can verify online but other times you have to go to a specially designated Post Office. What if a hacker registers first?
3. Hackers could find the answers to questions that verify your identity through the dark web or even with social media then have pictures of your mail sent to their email address.
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