A wave of bomb threats emailed Thursday to hundreds of schools, businesses and government buildings across the U.S. triggered searches, evacuations and fear — but there were no signs of explosives, and authorities said the scare appeared to be a crude extortion attempt.
Category Archives: Fraud & Identity Theft
Attorneys General File First Multistate HIPPA-Related Data Breach Lawsuit
Attorneys General from 12 U.S. states this week filed a lawsuit against a healthcare tech solutions provider over a data breach suffered by the company in 2015.
Sophisticated ‘3ve’ Ad Fraud Scheme Dismantled, Operators Indicted
Law enforcement, cybersecurity companies, Google and other tech firms have worked together on dismantling a sophisticated ad fraud scheme that earned its operators tens of millions of dollars.
Europol, Diebold Nixdorf to Share Information on Cyber Threats
Europol on Friday announced that it has signed a cybersecurity-focused memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Diebold Nixdorf, one of the world’s largest providers of ATM and point-of-sale (PoS) services.