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Fresno County fell victim to $1.6M phishing scam in 2020. One suspected has been arrested, another has been indicted.

Posted on May 18, 2025 by Dissent

Gabriel Dillard reports: Two men were indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday with six counts of wire fraud stemming from a $1.6 million phishing scheme against the County of Fresno. Jafaar September Nyangoro, 52, of Franklin, Tennessee, and Peter Bah Acha, 45 of Berlin, Germany, are accused of secretly gaining control of an email…

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HHS Office for Civil Rights Settles Phishing Attack Breach with Health Care Network for $600,000

Posted on April 24, 2025April 23, 2025 by Dissent

Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement with PIH Health, Inc. (PIH), a California health care network, over potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). The violations stem from a phishing attack that exposed unsecured electronic protected health…

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County auditor ordered to pay $80k after cyberattack

Posted on April 24, 2025April 23, 2025 by Dissent

Employees screw up frequently. They fall for phishing attacks, or click on links they shouldn’t click on. And in some cases, funds get wired to fraudulent accounts. But how often have you read about an employee having to replace stolen funds? WKBN in Ohio reports: A Trumbull County judge has ordered County Auditor Martha Yoder…

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Kyiv Region Police Expose Hackers Who Infected Notaries’ Computers with Viruses and Changed Data in State Registries

Posted on April 15, 2025 by Dissent

As reported on dev.ua: In the Kyiv region, police detained a group of hackers who gained remote access to the devices of state bailiffs and private notaries and, for a fee, illegally removed encumbrances imposed on citizens’ property. According to the Cyber ​​Police, four suspects, one of whom was a private contractor, set up a scheme…

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Florida man known as “King Bob” pleads guilty to charges related to cryptocurrency theft

Posted on April 6, 2025April 6, 2025 by Dissent

News4Jax reports: A 20-year-old Palm Coast man linked to a massive cybercriminal gang pleaded guilty in a Jacksonville federal courtroom Friday morning to charges including conspiracy and wire fraud. Noah Urban faced charges in two separate federal cases: charges in Florida that were unsealed in January 2024, and charges in southern California that were announced in…

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A Sneaky Phish Just Grabbed my Mailchimp Mailing List

Posted on March 25, 2025 by Dissent

Troy Hunt, owner of HaveIBeenPwned.com, writes: You know when you’re really jet lagged and really tired and the cogs in your head are just moving that little bit too slow? That’s me right now, and the penny has just dropped that a Mailchimp phish has grabbed my credentials, logged into my account and exported the…

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