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Security News for the Week Ending October 7, 2022

October 7, 2022 CyberCecurity Leave a comment

IRS Text Spam No, that text message that you just got did not come from the IRS. In fact, text spam, also known as smishing, leveraging the IRS’s name is exploding. I am guessing that because people are scared of the IRS and hence, they will respond to the scam spam. IRS commissioner Chuck Rettig […]

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Feds Bust 100 for ID Theft – Unfortunately, A Drop in the Bucket

February 1, 2017 CyberCecurity Leave a comment

The FBI charged 104 people with identity theft related charges. The people were operating in South Florida. Included in the group was a former secretary for Jackson Health System – she played a key role in stealing patient records that were used in a tax fraud scheme. The group stole records on 24,000 patients in […]

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