My Computer EMT

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Encrypted data must remain secure for 10 years or even decades. If data is stolen today, quantum computers will have enough power to decrypt that data in the future.

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Nature of Incident: Business Email Compromise Scams Report Number: N/A Location: County of Ventura Date & Time: February 1, 2021 Unit(s) Responsible: Sheriff’s Major Crimes Bureau Fraud Unit... Narrative: Business Email Compromise scams have been increasing with more residents working remotely from home and email communication being a predominant means of communication. Business Email Compromise (BEC) is a financial damaging online crime that exploits many who rely on email to conduct business. Businesses and residents can easily fall victim to a BEC and lose thousands of dollars with a very slim likelihood of recovering the stolen money. BEC scams target a business or employee email account to compromise account information. The suspect(s) will spoof the business email account by changing a letter or number from the original business email account. The suspect(s) will then target vendors requesting payments to fraudulent banking accounts. Since the emails appear to be authentic, those receiving the emails follow through with the information provided by the spoof email. How to protect yourself or your business: Do not respond to unsolicited emails. Anytime you receive a suspicious email requesting a payment or change in payment procedure, contact the company sending the email by pre-existing contact information to confirm the changes. Do not use phone numbers or emails attached to suspected BEC email. Carefully examine the email address, URL, or spelling in the correspondence. Train your employees on BEC scams, phishing, and other related scams to keep them aware of the risks of being compromised. If you find yourself a victim of a BEC scam, immediately contact your banking institution and have them contact the financial institution where the transfer was sent. Time is of the essence as these funds disappear in a short period of time when transferred. Contact your local Law Enforcement Agency and report the crime immediately.

https://www.signal-arnaques.com/ At the top choose English if needed. This website is a resource to report or inquire about various types of scams.

$13,000 cyber crime averted. Client received email saying CC would be charged for $395 for Norton subscription unless they are called (they don't use Norton). They called, got access to the clients credit union account. Bank did their job however bad guy changed the password on the computer and they were locked out. Ordinarily an easy fix but with the new hard-drives attached to the motherboard and about the size of a flash drive the BIOS does not support booting to the DVD drive (most new computers don't have DVD drives). It will support booting to a USB. So removing the hard drive and attaching it to a USB adapter we can then boot to the DVD and change the password. Easier still, Don't fall for these traps. Call a trusted advisor, IT specialist or local Police Dept. Client could have called the CC company.

Latest network breech....got in through a network connected coffee brewer

There is no technology today that cannot be defeated by social engineering Frank Abagnale