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Imposter steals two million dollars from local Charlotte suburb
Imposter steals two million dollars from local Charlotte suburb

In a local suburb of Charlotte, Cabarrus County is dealing with more than $2 million in funds missing that intended for a new school construction project.  A hacker, posing as the construction company for the project, sent a fake notice to the county requesting a change in bank account where the funds should be routed to and it was done.

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CybersecurityAaron BockOpkallaSecurity, Cyber Security, How to prevent a data breach, Hacker, password security, email security, Imposter, Spoof
Data Breaches by the Numbers
Data Breaches by the Numbers

According to Wikipedia, there have been 292 data breaches since 2004 where over 30,000 records were breached.  Just to name a few in 2019:

  • Capital One - 106 million records stolen

  • Facebook - 540 million records stolen

  • First American Corporation - 885 million records stolen

  • Quest Diagnostics - 12 million records stolen

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CybersecurityAaron BockOpkallaCyber Security, Opkalla, Data Breach, How to prevent a data breach, password security, protect this mouse, protect this house, email security