Warning issued about social media and email account hacking after reports jump

Social media and email account hacking reports jumped last year, according to Action Fraud data. A total of 35,434 reports ...

Google says your Gmail wasn’t hacked — but maybe check anyway, as the internet’s not buying it after 183M accounts were allegedly breached

It’s not a Gmail breach, it’s just a remix of every other one — according to Google, which denies reports, but 16 million ...

Everything we know about the Gmail password hack as millions of accounts breached

Around 183 million Gmail accounts have been compromised as billions of details emerge from year-long investigation into ...
Billy Penn

Penn investigating apparent hack of its email systems

The crude, disparaging emails associated with the Graduate School of Education were sent to students, parents, employees, ...

Do Not Try This Social Media Money Hack — It’s Fraud

After pleading not guilty to bank fraud charges, New York Attorney General Letitia James said she "will not be distracted" by ...
WGN-TV

What’s worse than thieves hacking into your bank account? When they steal your phone number, too

WASHINGTON (AP) — One Monday morning in May, I woke up and grabbed my cell phone to read the news and scroll through memes. But it was out of cell service. I couldn’t make calls or texts. That, though ...

Signs of hacking: How to identify and respond to digital security breaches

Acting quickly can help you take back control and protect your data.
USA Today

Hacked Elmo X account posted 'disgusting messages,' Sesame Workshop says

Elmo's X account was hacked and infiltrated with antisemitic posts, the producer of the children's show "Sesame Street" said. The beloved Muppet character's account "was compromised by an unknown ...
The Daily Dot

“You are a disgrace”: Calls for a Sesame Street puppet to “resign” follow Elmo’s X account hack

Certain posters are demanding that a red sack with plastic eyes resign from Sesame Street after hackers made Elmo post hate speech. Over the weekend, the official Elmo account on X posted racist and ...
News4Jax

What's worse than thieves hacking into your bank account? When they steal your phone number, too

Corey Cooper, the lead cook at The Salvation Army, was experiencing homelessness when the organization stepped in to help him.l It's the perfect time to save on fabulous finds that will help you jump ...
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What’s worse than thieves hacking into your bank account? When they steal your phone number, too

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — One Monday morning in May, ...