BankInfoSecurity.com reported that “Britain’s independent privacy watchdog, the Information Commissioner’s Office [ICO], and the government’s cybersecurity agency, the National Cyber Security Center” issued a letter urging “lawyers not to advise their clients to pay up. Neither should solicitors suggest that payments to criminals will lessen clients’ exposure to governmental fines. 

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CoinTelegraph.com reported that “A new legal advisory notice from the US Office of Government Ethics prohibits any employee who owns cryptocurrency from working on Federal crypto regulation.”  The July 7, 2022 article entitled “Crypto owners banned from working on US Government crypto policies” included these comments:

A new

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BankInfoSecurity.com reported that “A Vietnamese man accused of orchestrating the largest non-fungible token rug pull to date faces prosecution in the United States for wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering.”  The July 1, 2022 article entitled “US DOJ Targets Baller Ape Rug Pull and Other Crypto Fraud” included

Continue Reading Charges for wire fraud conspiracy & money laundering for NFTs!

BankInfoSecurity.com reported that “That candidate for a remote software coding position may not actually exist, at least not as presented, the FBI says in a warning for tech companies to be on the lookout for deepfake applicants.”  The June 29, 2022 article entitled “FBI: Deepfake Fraudsters Applying for Remote

Continue Reading Stolen Personally Identifiable Information (PII) being used to apply for remote work and WFH positions!

My good friend Judy Greenwald reported at BusinessInsurance.com that “Hijacking and information technology incidents reported to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights among covered entities and business associates have increased by 843% between 2015 and last year.”  The June 27, 2022 report entitled “Breaches

Continue Reading Cyberattacks on healthcare have dramatically soared!

McKinsey.com has “now taken a deep dive into the potential of the metaverse, surveying more than 3,400 consumers and 450 senior leaders globally in its recent report, “Value Creation in the Metaverse,” launching this week at VivaTech in Paris.”  The June 15, 2022 report entitled “Meet the metaverse: Creating

Continue Reading $120 Billion invested in the Metaverse in the first 5 months of 2022!

Reuters.com reported that about a new proposed law Bill C-26 in Canada that “Canadian businesses operating in critical infrastructure sectors would be required to report cyber attacks to the federal government and would have to fortify their cyber systems.”  The June 6, 2022 report entitled “Canada wants companies to

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DarkReading.com reported “As organizations around the world fortify their systems against the threat of cyberattacks, it’s imperative businesses and cities don’t neglect the potential harm from a physical threat. Recent attacks in Sacramento and Brooklyn are horrific examples of the threats that can impact cities without warning.”  The June 8

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DataBreachToday.com reported “The alleged hacker posted a ransom note on the ministry’s website, seeking a payment in bitcoin to not publish exfiltrated data, the state-owned news agency RIA Novosti reported the same day, citing a ministry representative. The representative reportedly told the agency that personal data of all website users

Continue Reading Looks like the Ukraine hacked the website for the Russian Ministry of Construction!