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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
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Three Area Residents Victimized By Date Site Scam, Police In Westchester Warn Three Area Residents Victimized By Date Site Scam, Police In Westchester Warn
Three Area Residents Victimized By Date Site Scam, Police In Westchester Warn 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
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Westchester Residents Clinton, Patterson Bring Book Tour To County Westchester Residents Clinton, Patterson Bring Book Tour To County
Westchester Residents Clinton, Patterson Bring Book Tour To County Wanna press palms with Bill Clinton of Chappaqua or best-selling author James Patterson of Scarborough?The Westchester writing duo will descend on Eastchester on Tuesday, June 19 to promote their new novel, "The President is Missing." Former President Clinton and Patterson collaborated on the book and will promote it at Barnes & Noble in Scarsdale. Clinton headlined news again this week after his NBC "Today" show comments about Monica Lewinsky, as reported here by Daily Voice. Clinton and his fellow novelist James Patterson will be at Barnes & Noble Eastchester …

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by Jon Craig
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
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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
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Police Warn Of IRS Tax Scam In Rockland Police Warn Of IRS Tax Scam In Rockland
Police Warn Of IRS Tax Scam In Rockland With tax season in full swing, officials with the Clarkstown Police Department are warning Rockland County residents to be aware of opportunistic IRS scammers who may attempt to scam residents in the area. In an alert issued on Monday, the department warned residents that as you may be preparing and filing tax returns, be aware of IRS scammers, who may attempt to intimidate vulnerable people over the phone with threats of arrest if one doesn’t pay with an iTunes gift card. Police said that under no circumstance should one provide a potential caller with any personal information and that one…

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by Zak Failla