The Bid Picture with Bidemi Ologunde

In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde presents the case of a medical center employee in Seattle, Washington who stole medical information of 39 patients to rent an apartment and buy two cars.

The second segment of the episode contains tips on cybersecurity best practices for kids, as the pandemic has caused a drastic increase in screen time across all age groups.

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In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde presents the case of U.S. Postal Inspectors monitoring Americans' social media posts, reactions to that news, a history of the USPIS as well as examples of other agencies (in the U.S. and in Italy) that do the same thing on social media.

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In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde presents the case of Geico's recent data breach announcement in California, a history of privacy issues regarding drivers' data and the possible links between the data breach and recent lawsuits that are being filed against Geico and other auto insurance companies.

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In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde presents the ongoing case of a former track and field coach who stalked female athletes on social media and solicited their nude photos.

In the second segment, a high school student abused her mom's access to student records to cast fraudulent votes to become the homecoming queen. They were subsequently arrested and jailed - her mom was suspended as assistant principal, and she was expelled from school.

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In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde presents the FBI's recent report of a dramatic surge in fraudulent unemployment insurance claims that are being filed using stolen identities - a follow-up to the scam calls discussed in Episode 15, where scammers were spoofing the phone numbers of FBI field offices in West Texas.

In the second segment that contains a trigger warning, an Italian IT expert's girlfriend broke up with him in July 2020, so in February 2021, he paid approximately $12,000 in bitcoin to hire a hitman on the dark web to hurt her.

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In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde presents a case where conspiracy theories motivated an IT consultant to commit multiple cyber crimes in multiple states.

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In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde presents a case where scammers successfully spoofed the official phone numbers of the FBI field offices in El Paso and Midland, Texas.

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In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde presents an analysis of the recent spike in the sale of COVID vaccines, negative COVID test results and COVID vaccine certificates on the dark web as well as an analysis of the rise in the use of COVID vaccine passports.

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In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde presents the case of an IT consultant who hacked and deleted over 1,200 Microsoft Office 365 enterprise user accounts for his former employer's clients (accounts that he helped set up) due to negative performance reviews that the client sent to his former employers.

The revenge hack was done in August 2018 from India, but he was arrested by the FBI in January 2021 as he arrived in New York to visit his brother. He was recently sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to pay a restitution of $567,084 to his former employer's client.

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In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde attempts to provide some context to the ongoing anti-Asian racism, harassment and violence by recalling a cyber bullying incident from March 2020, plus a historical examination of anti-Asian racism in the U.S.

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