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Personal Info Of 50 Million Facebook Users Breached In Attack Personal Info Of 50 Million Facebook Users Breached In Attack
Personal Info Of 50 Million Facebook Users Breached In Attack Millions of people are not going to “like” hearing that a hacker gained access to Facebook accounts in the latest cyber attack to strike the company. A hacker gained access to the information of nearly 50 million Facebook user accounts in what appears to be the largest security breach in the company’s history. In a message posted on Friday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, a White Plains native who attended Ardsley High School, said that “we do not yet know whether these accounts were misused, but we are continuing to look into this and will update when we learn more.” Facebook said that the …

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
State Police Warning: Look Out For Phishing Emails State Police Warning: Look Out For Phishing Emails
State Police Warning: Look Out For Phishing Emails State Police in Connecticut are warning residents not to bite the bait as a “phishing” scheme makes the rounds in the area. An alert was issued by state police involving the latest scam to hit the area, which is typically carried out by email spoofing or text messaging, directing people to enter personal information on a fake website that looks legitimate. Emails may also contain links to websites that will distribute malware. Police said that phishing is “when a scammer attempts to contact you through phone calls, emails, text messages or copycat websites in an attempt to get you to provid…

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by Zak Failla
News
Three Area Residents Victimized By Date Site Scam, Police Say Three Area Residents Victimized By Date Site Scam, Police Say
Three Area Residents Victimized By Date Site Scam, Police Say Looking for that right match? Police in the area are warning residents to be careful of dating sites after reports of three people looking for love being ripped off for more than $15,000. Two women from the Queens and another from Connecticut were the victims, according to Tuckahoe Police Lt. Larry Rotta. The incidents occurred over the past eight months involving the site PlentyofFish.com, Rotta said  This is how the scam works. The man meets the woman online and builds up a trusting relationship by exchanging photos, emails and text messages, Rotta said. The man then tells the woman he…

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by Kathy Reakes
Lifestyle
Change Your Password, Twitter Tells All 336M Users After Bug Found Change Your Password, Twitter Tells All 336M Users After Bug Found
Change Your Password, Twitter Tells All 336M Users After Bug Found Are you a Twitter user? Then you should change your password.  The social media company discovered a bug that saved user passwords on an internal log without proper encryption, it announced on Thursday. "We fixed the bug and have no indication of a breach or misuse by anyone," the company tweeted. "As a precaution, consider changing your password on all services where you’ve used this password." In a blog post you can read here, Twitter said, "we found this error ourselves" and is "implementing plans to prevent this bug from happening again."

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by Joe Lombardi
News
Warning From Homeland Security, FBI: Russia Wants To Hack Your ISP Router Warning From Homeland Security, FBI: Russia Wants To Hack Your ISP Router
Warning From Homeland Security, FBI: Russia Wants To Hack Your ISP Router With the entire world watching what turn the international Russian conflict takes next, federal officials are warning area residents that a cyber strike could be the newest threat as hackers target routers and other network devices. The Department of Homeland Security, FBI and United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre issued a joint Technical Alert on the “worldwide cyber exploitation of network infrastructure devices (such as a) router, switch, firewall, Network-based Intrusion Detection System (NIDS) devices by Russian state-sponsored cyber actors.” Officials said that targets are p…

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by Zak Failla
Business
150 Million Users Of Popular App Exposed In Data Breach 150 Million Users Of Popular App Exposed In Data Breach
150 Million Users Of Popular App Exposed In Data Breach Millions of Americans may have had their user data stolen from a popular Under Armour health application, according to Under Armour, which alerted users to the security breach on Thursday. As many as 150 million accounts were stolen from the MyFitnessPal app last month, including usernames, email addresses and scrambled passwords, in one of the biggest such breaches of its kind. According to reports, more sensitive information such as social security numbers, driver’s license numbers and details from payments were not impacted. In a statement, Under Armour officials said they became aware o…

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by Zak Failla