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Month: April 2024
FBI warns online daters to avoid “free” online verification schemes that prove costly
The FBI sent out a warning about fraudsters that trick victims into signing up for an expensive verification process on dating sites
Kaiser health insurance leaked patient data to advertisers
Health insurance giant Kaiser has announced it will notify millions of patients that it shared their data with advertisers.
A week in security (April 22 – April 28)
A list of topics we covered in the week of April 22 to April 28 of 2024
Ring agrees to pay $5.6 million after cameras were used to spy on customers
The FTC is paying Ring customers in the US a total of $5.6 million over charges that the company allowed employees to access private videos.
TikTok comes one step closer to a US ban
The US Senate has approved a bill that will ban TikTok, unless it finds a new owner, bringing it one step closer to being signed into law.
Google ad for Facebook redirects to scam
Beware of this malicious ad campaign currently making the rounds. Read our blog for more details and how to protect yourself.
“Substantial proportion” of Americans may have had health and personal data stolen in Change Healthcare breach
UnitedHealth has made an announcement about the stolen data in the ransomware attack on subsidiary Change Healthcare.
Picking fights and gaining rights, with Justin Brookman: Lock and Code S05E09
This week on the Lock and Code podcast, we speak with Justin Brookman about past consumer wins in the tech world, and how to avoid despair.
Billions of scraped Discord messages up for sale
An internet scraping platform is offering access to a database filled with over four billion Discord messages and combined user profiles.