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002 True Fraud Stories October 8 2021


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In this first episode of True Fraud Stories from the week of October 8, 2021, I discuss the DOJ's initiative to hold contractors responsible for not reporting hacks, ransomware, and data breaches. Also in this episode, I discuss the newly discovered Iranian group using a new RAT (Remote Access Trojan) to access aerospace and telecommunication companies. UK's Weir Group reported that they had been partially impacted by ransomware. VOIP company Bandwidth announced they are being impacted by a DDoS attack affecting communications and 911 services. The DDoS attackers are requesting 100 bitcoins or $4.2 million dollars to stop the DDoS attack. Our final story is a Facebook account takeover where the attacker requested money from the Facebook account owner. Because the Facebook account didn't pay the ransom, the attacker is using the Facebook account to commit fraud in the name of the Facebook account owner's name.

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Twisted Money RadioBy J. England