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Judge Sentences Michigan Man to 7 Years in Prison for Hacking UPMC HR Databases and Stealing Employees’ Personal Information

Posted on October 18, 2021 by Dissent

There’s one more update to a 2014 breach that impacted 65,000 employees of UPMC. The civil suit by the employees settled in July, so this may be the last of the legal activity stemming from this case. PITTSBURGH, PA – Justin Sean Johnson was sentenced on Friday to the statutory maximum sentence of 60 months’…

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Za: Hacker found guilty of fraud after email swindle

Posted on October 15, 2021 by Dissent

A 35-year-old computer hacker was convicted for fraud at the regional court in Gqeberha on Thursday. Raydson Lehlogonolo Ntsala was arrested after swindling R350,000 from his unsuspecting victim in 2017. He hacked the victim’s computer, later pretended to be her broker, and went on to solicit the amount using email. Read more on HeraldLive.

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Verizon Phishing Scam Targets Customers Through a Text Message

Posted on October 11, 2021 by Dissent

Some of us were tweeting about this last night on Twitter. But for those who don’t read Twitter, Joseph Henry’s article may be a good alert to read and to share with your family and friends. The latest Verizon phishing scam was reportedly affecting many subscribers through a malicious text message. […] The specific contact,…

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Three Men Charged with Laundering Proceeds of a Business Email Compromise Scheme

Posted on October 8, 2021 by Dissent

Oct.7 – ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment yesterday charging three individuals with money laundering and aggravated identity theft as part of a business email compromise (BEC) scheme. According to allegations in the superseding indictment, Onyewuchi Ibeh, 21, of Bowie, Maryland, Jason Joyner, 42, of Washington, D.C., and Mouaaz Elkhebri,…

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Transnational fraud ring stole millions from Army members, veterans

Posted on October 4, 2021 by Dissent

Sergiu Gatlan reports: Fredrick Brown, a former U.S. Army contractor, was sentenced today to 151 months in prison after admitting to his role in a conspiracy that targeted thousands of U.S. service members and veterans and caused millions of dollars in losses. Brown was one of five fraudsters charged with carrying out an identify-theft and…

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Why doesn’t Ohio notify victims of unemployment fraud or allow residents to check if they’ve been scammed?

Posted on October 2, 2021 by Dissent

Why doesn’t Ohio notify victims of unemployment fraud or allow residents to check if they’ve been scammed? It’s a reasonable question, and I doubt you’ll like the state’s answer.

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