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[Link] Canadian teen nabbed in $36.5M crypto heist – possibly the biggest haul yet by a single individual
Read: 22/11/2021 www.theregister.com
A Canadian teenager has been arrested for allegedly stealing $37 million worth of cryptocurrency ($46M Canadian) via a SIM swap scam, making it the largest virtual cash heist affecting a single person yet, according to police.
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[Link] Why are the Last 4 Digits of an SSN Important?
Read: 11/11/2021 www.stilt.com
Social Security Numbers are issued by the government and they are used for various purposes. A lot of times, different companies will use the last four digits of your SSN. However, these four digits are crucial and you need to protect them. But why are the last 4 digits of an SSNso important?
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[Link] Hostage-Style Bitcoin Scam Videos Are Spreading Across Instagram
Read: 9/11/2021 www.vice.com
Hackers are forcing Instagram users to film hostage-style videos instructing their followers to participate in fraudulent get-rich-quick Bitcoin schemes as part of a new kind of scam that is spreading across the Facebook-owned app.
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[Link] The plan to tighten Australia’s voter ID laws is just a clumsy uptake of US culture wars
Read: 7/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
It resembles many initiatives of the Morrison government, and most of the ideas which have emerged from Australian conservatism more broadly in the past decade or more, in that it is opportunistic, unoriginal, and so unnecessary as to be baffling.
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[Link] The Booming Underground Market for Bots That Steal Your 2FA Codes
Read: 2/11/2021 www.vice.com
The call came from PayPal’s fraud prevention system. Someone had tried to use my PayPal account to spend $58.82, according to the automated voice on the line. PayPal needed to verify my identity to block the transfer.
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[Link] Looks like Steam is getting a QR code login option
Read: 29/10/2021 www.pcgamer.com
A recent update to Steam's code includes signs of an upcoming new login method: Scanning a QR code with the Steam mobile app. That's according to a tweet by SteamDB creator Pavel Djundik.
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[Link] Instagram Hacker Forces Victim to Make Hostage-Style Video
Read: 28/10/2021 www.vice.com
A hacker is taking over Instagram accounts before forcing their owners to make hostage-style videos promoting the hacker's money-making scams to try and get their money back.
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[Link] Croatian police solve mystery of woman on rock with no memory
Read: 23/9/2021 www.theguardian.com
A woman rescued from a Croatian island with no memory of how she got there, where she came from or who she was, has been identified as a Slovakian former designer who had lived in the US and made jewellery for celebrities including Diana Ross.
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[Link] Afghan refugee may lose permanent residency in Australia – for supplying identity document
Read: 9/8/2021 www.theguardian.com
Apermanent resident of Australia – an Afghan refugee who has lived in Brisbane for a decade – has been threatened with having his visa cancelled, and possible deportation, over an identity document the Australian government asked him to produce.
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[Link] Germany Is About to Block One of the Biggest Porn Sites
Read: 27/7/2021 www.wired.com
German child-protection regulators are on the verge of blocking one of the world’s largest pornographic websites.
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