Brenda De Anda-Swann reports: The City was “duped” and “robbed” of millions of dollars intended for the streetcar project, a source with knowledge of the investigation told ABC-7. During a news conference Wednesday afternoon, city officials revealed a person or group pretending to be a vendor scammed the city out of about $3 million by…
Category: Phishing
New Zealand Nurses Organisation notifies 47,000 members of breach
From the Privacy Commissioner of New Zealand’s office, this statement: Headline: Nurses data breach: what happened and how to get help If you’re one of the 47 thousand members of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) whose names and email addresses were accidentally disclosed to a criminal third party, you might be wondering what you can do…
Duluth phishing attack may have exposed voters’ private data
Peter Passi reports: More than 55,000 Duluth residents will receive letters in the next few days informing them that voter registration lists and other personal information may have been exposed as a result of an email phishing expedition at city hall. The scam hit the Duluth city clerk’s office, where an email account was compromised….
CT: Man Charged with Stealing Bitcoins in Dark Web Phishing Scheme
The following press release was from October 5, from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Connecticut: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that MICHAEL RICHO, 34, of Wallingford, was arrested today…
Cybercriminals are using social media to trick customers into handing over their online banking credentials. Danny Palmer
Danny Palmer reports: A phishing campaign is targeting customers of every major UK bank, with cybercriminals posing as customer support staff on Twitter in an attempt to steal users’ online banking credentials. […] In this instance, cybercriminals monitor Twitter for users approaching genuine support accounts for banks, and attempt to hijack the conversation with a…
MA: Information of 13,000 Baystate patients possibly compromised due to “phishing”
Anthony Fay reports: About 13,000 patients of Baystate Health may have had some of their personal information compromised, due to a “phishing” e-mail that was received by some staff members. According to a Baystate Health news release sent to 22News, the information may have included names and dates of birth, in addition to medical information, such…