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Bitcoin Daily: Hdac, CertiK Partner For Blockchain-Powered IoT; Tezos Expected To Settle Securities Lawsuit With $25M Settlement

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Connie Ngo , CertiK’s marketing manager, told CoinDesk in an email that the companies agreed “it would make sense to formally partner with one another as a public promise of Hdac’s focus on security and a symbol of CertiK’s ability to support larger enterprise-level solutions such as Hdac’s.”

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Florida City Pays Hundreds Of Thousands To Hackers

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One small Florida city has had to pay cybercriminals thousands of dollars in ransomware. Lake City, a community of about 12,000 people west of Jacksonville, forked over hundreds of thousands of dollars after a ransomware attack crippled its systems.

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PenFed’s Playbook On Helping Government Workers Survive Shutdowns

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In the March Credit Union Tracker , PYMNTS explores how credit unions (CUs) and credit union service organizations (CUSOs) are working to cater to the unique financial needs of their members, while also focusing on continually combating fraud. PSCU is one CUSO focused on proactively fighting fraud. Around the Credit Union Landscape.

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BEC Scam Storms The Sports Field (Literally)

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What we’re doing right now is we’re looking at our processes in place … to make sure this doesn’t happen again,” said Rene Daniels, director of communications and community engagement for Spotsylvania County Public Schools, according to the site, which added that no personal details or confidential information were compromised.

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College Pays Off Hackers With $28K In Bitcoin

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Joseph Moreau, vice chancellor of technology at Foothill-De Anza Community College District in Silicon Valley, was quoted as saying : “Ransomware has rapidly risen, from my perspective, to be one of the foremost threats we’re facing in information technology, anywhere, let alone in higher ed.”.

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The 2022 GonzoBanker Awards

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In December, the founder and CEO of Crypto Exchange company FTX was arrested in the Bahamas (yah, don’t ask) and charged with fraud and conspiracy. Hats off to Thomas Shara at Lakeland and Tony Labozzetta of Provident for architecting the new $25 billion super-community bank in New Jersey. Now that’s what you call a change of momentum.

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Startup Roundup: Letting The Machines Do Their Thing

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Praeger said accounts payable automation can increase security, create greater control around paying bills, and accelerate the payments approval process by enabling electronic signatures and approvals from HOA board members who are wintering out of town.

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