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FBI Issues Text Message Warning Amid Cyberattacks FBI Issues Text Message Warning Amid Cyberattacks
FBI Issues Text Message Warning Amid Cyberattacks Federal authorities are advising Americans to use encrypted messaging applications to protect their communications from potential foreign surveillance. The warning from the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) comes amid recent cyberattacks on major telecommunication companies. The Wall Street Journal reported that China hacked AT&T, Verizon and Lumen Technologies to spy on customers. Jeff Greene, executive assistant director for cybersecurity at CISA, told NBC News, "Encryption is your friend, whether it's on text messaging or if you have the capaci…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Personal Info Of 73M AT&T Customers Posted To Dark Web In Massive Data Breach, Company Says Personal Info Of 73M AT&T Customers Posted To Dark Web In Massive Data Breach, Company Says
Personal Info Of 73M AT&T Customers Posted To Dark Web In Massive Data Breach, Company Says Personal information of millions of AT&T customers was posted to the dark web in a major data breach announced by the telecom company Saturday, March 30. The data set appears to be from 2019 or earlier, impacting approximately 73 million current AT&T account holders and approximately 65.4 million former account holders, the company said. "With respect to the balance of the data set, which includes personal information such as social security numbers, the source of the data is still being assessed," AT&T said. "Currently, AT&T does not have evidence of unauthorized acce…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Widespread Outage Knocks Service To 73K AT&T Customers For Hours Widespread Outage Knocks Service To 73K AT&T Customers For Hours
Widespread Outage Knocks Service To 73K AT&T Customers For Hours Thousands of AT&T customers were experiencing an outage Thursday, Feb. 22. As of 9:35 a.m., 73,000 customers had reported an issue, according to Downdetector. The company said it was "working urgently" to restore service and encourages the use of Wi-Fi calling. Customers began reporting issues in the early-morning hours, but the issue lasted well into the afternoon for thousands, Downdetector shoes. The issue had resolved for most customers by 2 p.m.

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by Cecilia Levine
Real Estate
$2.1M Home Planned By Morse Code Inventor For Sale In North Jersey (LOOK INSIDE) $2.1M Home Planned By Morse Code Inventor For Sale In North Jersey (LOOK INSIDE)
$2.1M Home Planned By Morse Code Inventor For Sale In North Jersey (Look Inside) A home planned by Alfred Vali, who invented the telegraph and Morse Code, has been listed for sale in Morris County.  The 6-bedroom, 5-bathroom home at 10 Franklin Pl. in Morristown, known as Highgrove Court, will cost you $2.1 million. 10 Franklin Pl., Morristown.Bryan Murawski In House Photography Designed by architect James Winthrop, Vail began planning the house for his wife Amanda before his death in 1859, though it was not completed until the 1870s, according to listing agent Lorraine First, of Sotheby's International Realty. “It’s a good illustration of the Gilded Age of Morrist…

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Ex-Employees Of Franklin Lakes Cellphone Store Charged With Theft, Investigation Continues Ex-Employees Of Franklin Lakes Cellphone Store Charged With Theft, Investigation Continues
Ex-Employees Of Franklin Lakes Cellphone Store Charged With Theft, Investigation Continues Two now-former employees of a cellphone store in Franklin Lakes were charged with using customers’ information to steal from them, authorities announced. Franklin Lakes police conducted an “extensive and comprehensive” investigation over the past several months before filing theft charges against both Robert Q. Hansford, 28, of Clifton, and Haleem K. Mitchell, 25, of East Orange, Capt. Mark McCombs said. Mitchell, who’d worked with Hansford at TS Mobility AT&T on Franklin Avenue, also was charged with conspiracy, the captain said on Tuesday, July 18. Both were released pending court ac…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Habitual Offender From Lodi Charged With Pre-Dawn Break-In At Prospect Park Takeout Joint Habitual Offender From Lodi Charged With Pre-Dawn Break-In At Prospect Park Takeout Joint
Habitual Offender From Lodi Charged With Pre-Dawn Break-In At Prospect Park Takeout Joint A Lodi career criminal with a rap sheet more than 15 years long was arrested after burglarizing a Prospect Park takeout restaurant before dawn Saturday, authorities said. Ryan Patrick Morgan, 34, has been arrested dozens of times in North Jersey since his 18th birthday, records show. Over that time, the tattooed ex-con has been busted in no fewer than seven towns on charges that include robbery, resisting arrest and aggravated assault on a police officer, as well as a string of drug court and probation violations. During a two-week span in 2017, Garfield police said, Morgan swiped a purse …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Police: Pursuit Of 3 Armed Robbers Ends In Getaway Car Rollover Crash On Route 22 Police: Pursuit Of 3 Armed Robbers Ends In Getaway Car Rollover Crash On Route 22
Police: Pursuit Of 3 Armed Robbers Ends In Getaway Car Rollover Crash On Route 22 Three armed robbery suspects were in custody after their vehicle overturned during a police pursuit Wednesday afternoon in Essex County, authorities said. A gunman demanded an employee of the AT&T store on the Morris Turnpike in Short Hills open a safe in a back room, while another man loaded 38 iPhones into a backpack around 3 p.m., Millburn police said. The men ordered a pair of employees and a customer into a back room near the safe, and stole the customer and employees' personal cell phone, too, police said. The trio fled in a silver vehicle, spotted heading eastbound on Route 22 i…

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by Cecilia Levine
Business
HOW IT WORKS: These 18 Garden State Plaza Stores Offering Curbside Pickup HOW IT WORKS: These 18 Garden State Plaza Stores Offering Curbside Pickup
HOW IT Works: These 18 Garden State Plaza Stores Offering Curbside Pickup More than a dozen stores at Westfield's Garden State Plaza in Paramus will begin offering curbside pickup as nonessential businesses in New Jersey begin their reopening. Beginning this Thursday, May 21, shoppers can place orders online or call select retailers (scroll down for complete list) to place an order. Retailers will assign shoppers numbered parking places within pickup zones (see map above). Upon arrival, shoppers will let the retailer know they'e in the zone and an employee will come out to make the curbside delivery. Here are the stores that are offering curbside pickup: Anthr…

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by Cecilia Levine
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AT&T, Verizon Outages Reported Nationwide AT&T, Verizon Outages Reported Nationwide
AT&T, Verizon Outages Reported Nationwide Bergen, Passaic, Hudson and Westchester were among those area counties most affected by nationwide outages reported overnight and into Thursday morning by AT&T and Verizon, according to monitoring reports. The problems reportedly began for Verizon around 1 a.m., most involving mobile phones, DownDetector.com reported. They peaked around 8 a.m. before beginning to drop but still were being reported just before 11:30 a.m. AT&T's problems climbed, meanwhile. Most involved Internet connections.  CHECK FOR OUTAGES IN YOUR AREA: DownDetector.com

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: Bogota Couple Sold Goods Stolen In Dozens Of Cellphone, Cosmetic Store Burglaries Prosecutor: Bogota Couple Sold Goods Stolen In Dozens Of Cellphone, Cosmetic Store Burglaries
Prosecutor: Bogota Couple Sold Goods Stolen In Dozens Of Cellphone, Cosmetic Store Burglaries A Bogota husband-and-wife team fenced goods stolen during dozens of burglaries of North Jersey cellphone and cosmetics stores, said authorities who arrested nine people during a massive law enforcement response. The victimized business included: Verizon stores on Route 17 North in East Rutherford and East Ridgewood Avenue in Ridgewood; an AT&T store on westbound Route 46 in Lodi; a cosmetics store on Van Brundt Street in Englewood. There was also a botched break-in at an AT&T store on northbound Route 17 in Paramus, authorities said. Those involved “typically used large tools to f…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Business
$10.3M Loan Will Fund Massive Self-Storage Center Across From Garden State Plaza $10.3M Loan Will Fund Massive Self-Storage Center Across From Garden State Plaza
$10.3M Loan Will Fund Massive Self-Storage Center Across From Garden State Plaza A self-storage facility is going up at the former AT&T data center in Rochelle Park. Tulfra Real Estate -- a local real estate redevelopment company -- announced a $10.3 million construction loan for the Passaic Street facility, funded by First Bank in Hamilton.  Proceeds from the loan will be used to construct a 100,000-square-foot, 823-unit self-storage facility on approximately two acres of a larger mixed-use site, which has been rebranded as Village Center of Rochelle Park.  The 7.5-acre site is currently home to a two-story, 55,000-square-foot concrete building. The new self-stor…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Reported $10,000 In Merchandise Taken In Fort Lee AT&T Store Smash And Grab Reported $10,000 In Merchandise Taken In Fort Lee AT&T Store Smash And Grab
Reported $10,000 In Merchandise Taken In Fort Lee AT&T Store Smash And Grab Fort Lee police said owners of a burglarized AT&T store were still tabulating the value of stolen items while a search for whoever was responsible continues. Sources put the value around $10,000. Police Capt. Matthew Hinze said police found the front glass door shattered and items missing after responding to an active alarm at the Lemoine Avenue store. The Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification collected evidence, while Fort Lee detectives asked area merchants to check their surveillance cameras. Anyone who might have seen something or has information that could…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Don't Be Another Victim, Police Say, After Cellphone Hacker Swipes $13,750 From Glen Rock Woman Don't Be Another Victim, Police Say, After Cellphone Hacker Swipes $13,750 From Glen Rock Woman
Don't Be Another Victim, Police Say, After Cellphone Hacker Swipes $13,750 From Glen Rock Woman A thief used a Glen Rock woman’s information to ring up $10,000 worth of airline tickets and hotel charges in Colorado, steal $3,750 in other expenses and access her medical records by hacking her i-Phone, authorities said. The information from Englewood Hospital and Medical Center was “used to defraud a third party in Colorado,” Police Chief Dean Ackermann said Monday. Apparently, the thief “hacked into her AT&T I-Phone and obtained her banking information,” the chief said. Then the charges began – and mounted, he said. Ackermann’s detectives were working with their colleagues in Eng…

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by Jerry DeMarco