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Mar252021 by adminNo Comments

Google, Facebook Twitter grilled in US on fake news

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Getty ImagesTech bosses Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai and Jack Dorsey are being grilled by US politicians over the proliferation of disinformation on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook.This latest hearing is the first since the storming of the US Capitol.Politicians believe that was a tipping point for greater regulation.They have said they plan to change the legislation that protects online platforms from liability for content posted by third parties.The session began in combative style with the chair Mike Doyle asking all three executives whether they felt they bore responsibility for the events in Washington. None were prepared to give a one word "yes" or "no" answer as he demanded.He also challenged the platforms to remove 12 prolific anti-vaxxers from their platforms, which he said accoun...

Jan262021 by adminNo Comments

Beware fake Covid vaccination invites, NHS warns

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The NHS has warned people to be vigilant about fake invitations to have the coronavirus vaccination, sent by scammers.The scam email includes a link to "register" for the vaccine, but no registration for the real vaccination is required.The fake site also asks for bank details either to verify identification or to make a payment.The NHS says it would never ask for bank details, and the vaccine is free.Cyber-security consultant Daniel Card told BBC News that traffic data indicates thousands of people had clicked the link to the fake site - although it is unclear how many then filled in the form.The COVID-19 vaccine is free of charge on the NHS.We will never ask for:❌ your bank account or card details❌ your pin or banking password❌ copies of personal documents to prove your identity such as ...

Nov152020 by adminNo Comments

Ex-Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf misled investors in fake accounts scandal, SEC says

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John Stumpf, chief executive officer of Wells Fargo & Co., waits to begin a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016.Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesEx-Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf and former deputy Carrie Tolstedt were charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission with misleading investors about the bank's success in selling multiple products to customers.Stumpf agreed to pay a $ 2.5 million civil penalty to resolve the matter, allowing him to avoid admitting or denying the charges, the SEC said Friday.The two executives had certified in 2015 and 2016 investor disclosures that touted the firm's supposedly robust "cross-sell" metric, despite knowing it was misleading, the SEC said in a statement. The metric is an indu...

Oct112020 by adminNo Comments

Fake asteroid? NASA expert IDs mystery object as old rocket

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The jig may be up for an “asteroid” that’s expected to get nabbed by Earth’s gravity and become a mini moon next month.Instead of a cosmic rock, the newly discovered object appears to be an old rocket from a failed moon-landing mission 54 years ago that’s finally making its way back home, according to NASA's leading asteroid expert. Observations should help nail its identity.“I’m pretty jazzed about this,” Paul Chodas told The Associated Press. “It’s been a hobby of mine to find one of these and draw such a link, and I’ve been doing it for decades now.”Chodas speculates that asteroid 2020 SO, as it is formally known, is actually the Centaur upper rocket stage that successfully propelled NASA’s Surveyor 2 lander to the moon in 1966 before it was discarded. The lander...

Aug162020 by adminNo Comments

Celebs used to dupe victims into making fake investments

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Criminals are defrauding people into making fake investments using forged news stories promoting investment advice from celebrities, the public is being warned.The UK's National Cyber Security Centre, a part of intelligence agency GCHQ, has announced it has foiled a growing number of these scams over the last four months. More than 300,000 malicious URLs linking to investment schemes promoted with fake celebrity endorsements, including Sir Richard Bransom, Ed Sheeran and Martin Lewis, have been taken down during this period.But the growing number of investment scams has caused the cyber security agency to issue a warning to the public, and to let the criminals know that they are being pursued. Image: The scammers wrote a fake account about Ed Sh...