by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 23, 2021 | Scam of the day
While the rate of infections have recently gone down somewhat, the Coronavirus continues to ravage the United States, where fatalities have reached 500,000, as well as the rest of the world. Fortunately, vaccinations are happening although getting an appointment for...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 22, 2021 | Scam of the day
We learned a few days ago that the grocery and pharmacy chain Kroger had suffered a data breach of which it first became aware on January 23rd, but did not notify its customers of the breach until a few days ago. In a statement released on February 19th, Kroger...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 21, 2021 | Scam of the day
Natural disasters, such as the recent snow and ice storms in Texas, Louisiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Oklahoma and Missouri have caused severe hardship to many people. Natural disasters such as this bring out the best in people who want to donate to charities to help...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 20, 2021 | Scam of the day
Two graduates of the State University of New York (SUNY) Plattsburgh, Nicholas Faber and Michael Patrick Fish have pleaded guilty to computer fraud and aggravated identity theft charges related to their their hacking into online accounts of 79 students at SUNY...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 19, 2021 | Scam of the day
Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin have been in the news a lot lately due to significant rises in the value of a number of different cryptocurrencies. However, they were also newsworthy due to a prominent story last month about a Bitcoin owner, Stefan Thomas who had...
