Cybercrime

The local nonprofit Philabundance provides food to people in need. It lost nearly $1 million this year when a scammer pretended to be a construction company, according to an Inquirer report.

Cyber hackers stole nearly $1 million from local food bank Philabundance. NBC10’s Matt DeLucia has the details.

With the coronavirus pandemic encouraging people to do holiday shopping online, scams are on the rise, experts say. The FBI’s Financial Crimes section expects cybercriminals to be preying on people looking for Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals....
People who are in tighter financial straits or otherwise stressed from the pandemic might be more likely to fall for such scams...

The Justice Department has charged five Chinese citizens with hacks targeting more than 100 companies and institutions in the United States and abroad, including social media and video game companies as well as universities and telecommunications providers

NBC10’s Katy Zachry reports from Philabundance’s South Philadelphia facility ahead of a free food box giveaway for families struggling with food security with the coronavirus pandemic.

Law enforcement and cyber security experts warn of looming fraud threats amid the coronavirus pandemic

NBC10’s Harry Hairston warns you of coronavirus scams. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention impersonators are asking for your credentials.

Puerto Rico’s government says it suspended three employees as federal agents investigate an online scam that attempted to steal more than $4 million from the U.S. territory.

Federal authorities have a consumer warning for shoppers. Hidden skimming devices (commonly thought to be attached to gas station pumps and ATMs) have gone high-tech. “It’s hard to put really — definite numbers around it. But one thing we know for sure is that millions of credit card numbers have been stolen, even over the course of the past two…

The Justice Department has unsealed charges against two Russian men in what authorities say is one of the worst computer hacking and bank fraud schemes of the past decade. The men are charged in a 10-count indictment filed in federal court in Pittsburgh. The charges relate to the creation of malware made to automate the theft of personal and banking...