by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 16, 2024 | Scam of the day
As I first reported to you in 2014, the federal Office of Personnel Management (OPM) was hacked by Chinese hackers who stole personal information of more than 21 million present and former federal employees as well as non-employees whose information was gathered by...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 25, 2018 | Scam of the day, Uncategorized
I initially reported to you in 2014 that the federal Office of Personnel Management (OPM) was hacked by Chinese hackers who stole personal information of what we now know is 20 million federal employees, retirees and their family members. We later learned that the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 19, 2018 | Scam of the day, Uncategorized
It shouldn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that protection of employees’ personal data is important. However, Unfortunately the rocket scientists have not quite figured this out yet as an internal memo just sent to NASA employees notified them that...
by admin | Aug 27, 2017 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Last week the FBI arrested Chinese national Yu Pingan in Los Angeles where he came to attend a technology conference. Yu was charged with distributing and using malware including the rarely used Sakula malware program used in the massive data breach against the...
by admin | Nov 12, 2016 | Scam of the day, Site Related
I initially reported to you in 2014 that the federal Office of Personnel Management (OPM) was hacked by Chinese hackers who stole personal information of what was initially thought to be the personal information of about four million present and former federal...