A phishing campaign is making the rounds under the guise of an "Account Validation Request" notice. The email claims there's an issue with your email account's SSL certificate and urges you to "re-validate" it to prevent permanent email loss. Facts…
This e-mail is a mass sextortion scam: a stranger claims to have hacked your computer and filmed you, and demands Bitcoin. Nothing in it is true, and no malware is needed for it to reach you. Facts checked October 26, 2026. Removal…
The US Attorney’s office of the Western District of New York has confirmed that Ryan James Roach, a 35-year-old man from Saskatchewan, Canada, has been handed over to US authorities to face charges that he broke into American university networks…
An email or text that says you owe an unpaid E-ZPass toll and asks you to pay through a link is a scam: toll agencies say they do not ask for payment or personal details by text or email link.
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Criminals have published data stolen from a Bristol City Council schools platform, and the council confirmed it on November 5, 2026. Silicon UK and the BBC both report that the Bristol schools hack has moved from a contained incident to a public…
California residents: see our Notice at Collection & Privacy Choices. Everyone whose private information was potentially compromised in the data security incident at Denver law firm Sherr Puttmann Akins Lamb PC (SPAL) in or around August 2024. The parties’ proposed order put…
The story lands in a busy week for education-sector security. We covered the Michigan State password reset tied to a ransomware claim only days ago, and the pattern is familiar: student records sit in systems built for convenience first and…
California residents: see our Notice at Collection & Privacy Choices. The administrator will look up a class member's Login ID and PIN on request, using the full name and mailing address that Bigfork Valley had on file. Requests go through the…
California residents: see our Notice at Collection & Privacy Choices. The notice estimates about $45.76 for each approved claim, and each invoice that carried an eligible fee is a separate claim. The amount is an estimate: if approved claims would use up…
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