Cybercrime & Digital Safety

4+ hour, 19+ min ago   (421+ words) One victim lost almost $26,000 Calgary police have arrested four men they say posed as anti-fraud bank agents to scam Calgarians, including a woman bilked for nearly $26,000. The following day, the woman discovered several withdrawals from her account totaling $25,824 and was…...

30+ min ago   (61+ words) FLSHMV: State DMV records hacked, investigation underway srpressgazette.com The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLSHMV) is reporting a data breach of the state’s Driver and Vehicle Information Database, also known as DAVID. The department learned of…...

2+ hour, 21+ min ago   (525+ words) The expanded Criminal Act, which now covers espionage activities benefiting other foreign countries or entities beyond North Korea, took effect on Sunday. The amendment was approved by the National Assembly on Feb. 26, decades after a revision of the law was…...

1+ hour, 52+ min ago   (404+ words) Vladimir Tabak added that the situation with fake news today is "quite complicated, and cyber fraud is widespread" - Russian Politics & Diplomacy Russian Politics & DiplomacyInto section →- Business & Economy Business & EconomyInto section → - Military & Defense Military & DefenseInto section → - Science & Space…...

4+ hour, 19+ min ago   (442+ words) Justice Friday Ogazi of the Federal High Court in Lagos has granted bail to 47-year-old Ugochukwu Eze, also known as “Amazon,” who was accused of allegedly hacking into SunTrust Bank Plc’s computer server and diverting over N800 million belonging to the…...

3+ hour, 52+ min ago   (391+ words) Cybercrime, Fraud Management & Cybercrime, Geo-Specific A Europe-wide wanted notice has been issued for a notorious Finnish hacker convicted of stealing the psychotherapy records of 33,000 people after he went on the run to avoid serving the remainder of his prison sentence....

3+ hour, 20+ min ago   (647+ words) An Illinois woman has been sentenced to 27 months in federal prison after admitting her role in a tax fraud conspiracy in which she sought $4.6 million in refunds from the IRS. Monika Skinger, of Chicago, worked with others to submit false…...

1+ hour ago   (78+ words) Threat actors behind a reported Revolut customer-data leak have begun sharing stolen personal information online and say they will publish additional...

1+ hour, 36+ min ago   (186+ words) BEND, Ore. -- The Deschutes County Sheriff's Office is warning residents about an active phone scam in which callers impersonate DCSO personnel, including one case last week in which a victim paid $1,000 believing it would secure her son's early release from…...

46+ min ago   (285+ words) TYLER, Texas - A Romanian national has been sentenced to two years in prison after investigators uncovered a large debit card skimming operation involving hundreds of victims and more than 240 skimming devices. Cristain Aron Broinas pleaded guilty in Bexar County to…...