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Puerto Rico online scam targeted more than $4M amid crisis

By DÁNICA COTO | February 13, 2020

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — An online scam that targeted Puerto Rican agencies attempted to steal more than $4 million, police said Thursday, deepening concerns about the management of local government finances during an economic crisis.Authorities...

Official: Puerto Rico govt loses $2.6M in phishing scam

By DANICA COTO | February 12, 2020

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico's government has lost more than $2.6 million after falling for an email phishing scam, according to a senior official.The finance director of the island's Industrial Development Company, Rubén Rivera, said in...

Phishing attempts alleviated

By Sophia Phillips | April 13, 2017

DeKALB — The Division of Information Technology launched its multi-factor authentication security system Monday in response to an increase of phishing attempts to NIU email accounts.Phishing attempts, which became a major issue on campus this semester,...

NIU ITS warns students of phishing scam

By Northern Star staff | October 11, 2011

ITS warns GroupWise users of a current phishing email, according to an NIUToday article.The phishing emails asks NIU GroupWise users for their email addresses, user names, passwords and birth dates. Those who receive this email should not reply, and should...

Online records make us more vulnerable to identity theft

Online records make us more vulnerable to identity theft

By Nathan Fulkerson | April 17, 2011

The Internet is a useful tool for social interaction, business, education and any number of purposes. However, this increasing use of the Internet for every aspect of our lives puts a lot of our personal information into online storage, which in turn...