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Month: August 2019

Cybercrime / Privacy

Zelle criminal took $23k from elderly victim; BofA (initially) wouldn’t give it back

August 26, 2019 Bob Sullivan 14

Zelle hackers recently stole nearly $23,000 from an 86-year-old New Hampshire woman, draining her Bank of America checking and savings accounts, and the bank denied her dispute of the fraudulent charges for months. Criminals were able to complete eight separate $2,499 withdrawals from the victim’s account — $1 below the [Keep reading]

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Texas cities unplug from Net after widespread ransomware attack

August 20, 2019 Bob Sullivan 0

Maybe you’re bored of reading about ransomware attacks, but plenty of local government agencies wish they were so bored. Organized bands of cybercriminals keep pounding away at smaller government IT systems with great success.  In the latest attack (that we know about), more than 20 agencies across Texas were hit [Keep reading]

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BOB SULLIVAN is a veteran journalist and the author of four books, including the 2008 New York Times Best-Seller, Gotcha Capitalism, and the 2010 New York Times Best Seller, Stop Getting Ripped Off! His latest, The Plateau Effect, was published in 2013, and as a paperback, called Getting Unstuck in 2014. He has won the Society of Professional Journalists prestigious Public Service award, a Peabody award, and The Consumer Federation of America Betty Furness award, and been given Consumer Action’s Consumer Excellence Award.

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