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Wednesday, May 22, 2024

Massive North Korean Fraud Planted Tech Workers, Hit 300 U.S. Companies - Cambridge’s wealthiest college to divest from arms companies

SCOOP: Ahead of last week's @Eurovision, the Israeli government hired expert(s) to set up voting communities across dozens of countries aimed at pumping up the popular votes for the 🇮🇱 song. The effort was successful as the song won 2nd place in the popular vote


Identity crime - This form of fraud entails additional risks beyond monetary loss, including compromised credit ratings and the arduous process of reclaiming financial security

Australia has passed new national digital identity laws. This is what that means for you


The West Australian man was charged after being linked to several purchases of the Genesis Market dark web marketplace, which was shut down by an FBI-led investigation in April 2023.

The man stripped $17,500 from a super fund and other bank accounts from a couple and opened several bank accounts in the name of another man while also racking up mobile phone debts and naming him as the owner of a car involved in four traffic infringements.


Commonwealth credentials are being stolen or breached at an ever-increasing rate, with agencies referring some 25,000 Australians to an identity support service last financial year.

Commonwealth referrals to identity theft support soar


TIL that some tiny bits of bitcoins are more valuable than others. “Those produced in the year bitcoin was created are considered vintage, like a fine wine. Other coveted sats were part of transactions made by bitcoin’s inventor.”


Opinion | Poynter Report special edition: The Pulitzer Prizes

Monday was one of the biggest days of the year in journalism. It was not a typical year for the Pulitzers.



 Sussexes’ Archewell charity could be suspended over late tax returns Telegraph


Global players feature in Dubai property leaksDawn (Micael T). More property as money-laundering.


Predicting police misconduct — evidence for the bad apples theory?


The conspiracy involves thousands of North Korean information technology workers who prosecutors say are dispatched by the government to live abroad and who rely on the stolen identities of Americas to obtain remote employment at U.S.-based Fortune 500 companies, jobs that give them access to sensitive corporate data and lucrative paychecks. The companies did not realize the workers were overseas.

Justice Dept. makes arrests in North Korean identity theft scheme involving thousands of IT workers


How age verification laws could affect you, no matter how old you are

SOURCE: ABC NEWSTOPIC: COMMUNITY AND SOCIETY



HOW THE UK SECURITY SERVICES NEUTRALISED THE COUNTRY’S LEADING LIBERAL NEWSPAPER Declassified UK


UK auditors are rubbish at their jobs

I posted this video to YouTube this morning. In it I argue that UK auditors are rubbish at their jobs. Major audit failures – on
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From PropOrNot to New Lines: How Washington is Weaponizing Media Alan MaCleod, MintPress


Exclusive: Cambridge’s wealthiest college to divest from arms companies Middle East Eye


Gen Z is struggling financially more than Millennials did at their age: Study 


Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, May 11, 2024 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and online security, often without our situational awareness. 

Four highlights from this week: Bank scammers using genuine push notifications to trick their victims; How VISA is using generative AI to battle account fraud attacks; War Zone Surveillance Technology Is Hitting American Streets; and Negating all VPNs may have been possible since 2002.