Articles filed under Computer Crime
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Des Plaines woman loses $45,000 to cyber scammersAug 21, 2023 1:00 am - A Des Plaines woman lost $45,000 to scammers who said her computer had been hacked, police said Monday. The 73-year-old victim first heard from the scammers Aug. 16. The...
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Inspired by attacks on bakery, state law allows doxing victims to sue online harassers for moneyAug 11, 2023 5:00 am - The UpRising Bakery and Cafe in Lake in the Hills made national news last year when its plan to hold an all-ages drag brunch sparked not just outcry and protests but thr...
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Credit card skimmer found at cash register in Des Plaines grocery storeAug 08, 2023 1:00 am - An illegal device used to steal credit card information was discovered attached to a legitimate card reader at a Des Plaines grocery store over the weekend, police said....
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White House holds first summit on the ransomware crisis plaguing the nation's public schoolsAug 08, 2023 1:00 am - The White House on Tuesday held its first cybersecurity "summit" on the ransomware attacks plaguing U.S. schools, in which criminal hackers have dumped online sensitive ...
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Ransomware criminals are dumping kids' private files online after school hacksJul 05, 2023 1:00 am - The confidential documents stolen from schools and dumped online by ransomware gangs are raw, intimate and graphic. They describe student sexual assaults, psychiatric ho...
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Des Plaines resident lost $1,000 in Taylor Swift ticket scam, police sayJun 14, 2023 1:00 am - A Des Plaines woman who thought she was buying Taylor Swift concert tickets from someone using social media was scammed out of $1,000, police said Wednesday. The 58-year...
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Des Plaines resident falls victim to crypto scammerMar 23, 2023 1:00 am - A Des Plaines resident was scammed out of $1,900 in cryptocurrency by someone impersonating an employee from a crypto platform, police said. The theft was reported Sunda...
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Scammer swiped $200,000 in cryptocurrency from Des Plaines man, police sayMar 07, 2023 12:00 am - A Des Plaines man was scammed out of roughly $200,000 worth of bitcoin cryptocurrency in recent weeks, police said. The thefts occurred in several transactions between F...
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Criminal racks up huge phone bill on fraudulent accountDec 15, 2022 12:00 am - How does a criminal rack up more than $4,000 in charges on a bogus cellphone account? One call at a time, apparently. That's the billing total for a cellular phone accou...
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Here's how you can avoid holiday scamsNov 28, 2022 4:30 am - The Better Business Bureau has received reports of nearly $380 million in online retail fraud losses in 2022 so far, but 'tis the season when scammers really up their ga...