Collaborate Disseminate
A rapper who bragged about fleecing the US Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) on YouTube was arrested for allegedly defrauding the government of $1.2 million in benefits, the Department of Justice (DOJ) disclosed on Friday. According to a press rel… Continue reading Rapper Who Bragged About Defrauding US CARES Act Program Could Face Up to 22 Years in Prison
With health insurance open enrollment season just around the corner, US consumers preparing to change or add to their health coverage should watch out for scammers, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) warns. According to the consumer protection organizati… Continue reading BBB Warns of Health Insurance Open Enrollment Scams
Morgan Stanley investment bank must pay a whopping $60 million fine for failing to properly decommission multiple business data centers that stored sensitive customer information, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced earlier th… Continue reading Morgan Stanley Receives $60 Million Fine for Improper Handling of Customer Data
A comprehensive three-month analysis of Apple’s online services has netted a team of security researchers a $288,500 reward after reporting critical vulnerabilities as part of its bug bounty program. In total, the researchers disclosed 55 vulnerabiliti… Continue reading Security Researchers Awarded over $250,000 for Reporting 55 Vulnerabilities in Apple’s Bug Bounty Program
Cyberattackers have managed to steal personal and medical information of children and adults involved in Child Protective Services (CPS) and DHS Division of Family & Children Services (DFCS) cases, the Georgia Department of Human Services (DHS) has… Continue reading Personal and Medical Information of Children and Adults Stolen in DHS Data Breach
Employees at the Tesla car-manufacturing plant in Freemont, California, have been informed by company officials that a former worker “maliciously sabotaged” operations at the factory last month. According to an internal memo obtained by Bloomberg News,… Continue reading Tesla Fires Employee for Allegedly Sabotaging Operations at California-Based Factory
More than 60 Springfield Public Schools shut down remote learning after a cyberattack affected the school district’s IT network on October 8. Yesterday, the second-largest school district in Massachusetts, offering classes for over 25,000 students, ann… Continue reading Massachusetts Public School District Cancels Online Classes after Alleged Cyberattack
Personal information of roughly 150 patients of Toronto-based St. Michael’s Hospital has been stolen in a data breach, allegedly by a former third-party employee accused of taking them while on duty. According to a letter obtained by a local news chann… Continue reading Former Medical Transcriptionist Accused of Trying to Extort Toronto Hospital Using Stolen Patient Data
25% of Canadian IT decision-makers report they suffered a COVID-19-themed cyberattack
IT teams from private and public sectors forced to create in-house policies and cybersecurity trainings for remote workers
Only 36% of organizations have inf… Continue reading A Quarter of Canadian IT Decision Makers Report Coronavirus-Themed Cyberattacks During Pandemic
The FBI and the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have issued a joint warning to help Americans spot spoofed election-related domains and email accounts that subject them to the risks of cybercrime and disinformation. The alert… Continue reading FBI and CISA Warn of Spoofed Website Domains and Emails Exploiting the 2020 Election