by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 27, 2019 | Scam of the day
The Business Email Compromise scam continues to be an effective scam perpetrated against many companies. According to recently released FBI figures the amount of money lost to victims of this scam doubled in 2018 from the previous year to a record 1.2 billion...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 15, 2019 | Scam of the day
Microsoft has disclosed that it suffered a data breach in which email services that it operates, Outlook, MSN and Hotmail were compromised. According to MIcrosoft, the hackers were able to leverage a customer support account to access the email accounts of a...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 6, 2019 | Scam of the day
Kwamaine Jerell Ford pleaded guilty last week in Federal Court in Atlanta to charges related to his hacking into the accounts of hundreds of prominent professional athletes and rappers. The technique Ford used to hack into the accounts of his victims was simple and...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 22, 2019 | Scam of the day
March Madness is upon us and many people in the United States are following intently the NCAA college basketball tournament. While many of these people are sports fans, merely enjoying the competition, many others bet on the games, largely through office pools where...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 4, 2019 | Scam of the day
It has been more than four years since I first reported to you about the hacking of numerous iCloud accounts of celebrities including Jennifer Lawrence and Kate Upton. Nude photos were stolen from these accounts and posted on the Internet. Since that time four...
