I know I sound like a broken record, but as businesses start to improve their internal security, attackers focus on compromising businesses’ supply chains. In the case of the Hezbollah attack, the attackers must have, some how, known (a) that they were buying new walkie-talkies and pagers, (b) who they were buying them from, (c) […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Tennessee School District Sends $3 Mil to “Money Mules” – Mules May Wind Up With Felony Convictions Hopefully the US Attorney is a nice person and realizes that these people were just pawns in the game. $3 million later, they caught the ringleader, who also was a pawn – for his supposed fiancé – whom […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The FTC has been investigating Amazon (Twitch), Meta (Facebook), YouTube, Twitter, Snapchat, TikTok, Discord, Reddit and Whatsapp (Meta). The probe began in 2020 investigating their data collection methods, how they track personal and demographic info and the impact of that on kids. FOUR YEARS into it, the FTC released a report. FTC chair Lina Khan […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]For those of you who contract to the DoD or Department of Education – or are a vendor to those who are, this will apply to you sooner; for other executive branch agencies, it will take a little longer. The section of Title 32, the part of the Code of Federal Regulations that the DoD […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Unregistered Crypto Trading Platform Settles with the SEC the eToro stock and crypto trading platform settled with the SEC for $1.5 million and agreed to restrict their services for US customers. They were charged with running and unregistered broker and unregistered clearing agency. The feds are slow and there are a lot of crooks, but […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]People’s credit reports are very important. They affect the ability to get a loan and also the interest rates they pay. In some cases, they would no longer be able to get a mortgage. or get a job. The Consumer Financial Protection bureau (CFPB) says that the bank’s conduct harmed hundreds of thousands of consumers. […]
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