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With Terrorists And Scammers Lurking, Is A Crypto Storm Looming?

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Across the globe, terrorists and criminals are leveraging cryptos in what is gearing up to be a significant national security threat to the United States. That’s according to the U.S.

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Elder Financial Exploitation During a Pandemic: An Issue We Can’t Forget

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Other scams include Medicare/Medicaid fraud using online advertisements for durable medical equipment, or routine products and services that they would normally receive from their physicians but are afraid to go in for an office visit due to the health risk. Ignore online offers for vaccinations.

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Facebook Touts Payments and Privacy with Q1 Results

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The federal agency has accused the social media platform of violating a privacy consent decree from 2011. The FTC could also subject the social media giant to tougher checkups to prove it is complying with the settlement. So far, the largest fine the agency has imposed on a tech company was the $22.5 Privacy Push.

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Consumer Watchdog Wants More Than Regulation For Facebook

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Consumer Watchdog has called on Congress to enact legislation that would protect consumers’ online privacy in the wake of Facebook’s data scandal. introduced The Customer Online Notification for Stopping Edge-provider Network Transgressions (CONSENT) Act. Simpson, Consumer Watchdog’s privacy and technology project director.

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FBI Hot On Syrian Money Laundering Trail

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There are two criminal complaints that have been unsealed in Virginia against Peter Romar, Ahmad Umar Agha (known online as “The Pro”) and Firas Dardar (“The Shadow”). Upon successful phishing attempts, the two men would use stolen data, including passwords, to deface websites and hijack social media accounts.

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Big Tech Got Special Access To Facebook User Data

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Over the course of years, Facebook reportedly enabled some of the world’s biggest tech companies to access the personal data of users — which amounted to the social media giant exempting some businesses from the privacy rules its customers thought they were protected under.

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Hackers Steal 171M VK.com User Accounts

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Social networking site VK.com is the latest victim in a string of targeted data breaches that have hit a host of other social media outlets such as LinkedIn, Tumblr and Myspace. ZDNet reported on Monday (June 6) that a hacker obtained 171 million user accounts from VK, which is said to be the largest European social network.