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Apple Users Are Getting Bombarded With ‘Reset Password’ Requests

Wed, 03/27/2024 - 16:45

Apple users are being targeted by an elaborate and annoying phishing scam that aims to change their password and lock them out of their devices, according to a new report from Krebs on Security.

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Letitia James likely won't see a dime of Trump's fraud judgment until after Election Day — and by then he'll owe nearly $29M more

Mon, 03/25/2024 - 18:47

Tech Insider : Politics

politics, Law, donald-trump, letitia-james, Fraud, 2024-presidential-election

Trump just got a huge 62% discount on his bond. That's extremely rare, legal experts say.

Mon, 03/25/2024 - 16:56

Tech Insider : Politics

donald trump manhattan criminal court — Former president Donald Trump speaks to the media after a pre-trial hearing at Criminal Court on March 25, 2024 in New York City.
Justin Lane-Pool/Getty Images

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A millennial who'd bought 3 houses got scammed out of $60,000 buying her fourth — and it's more common than you might think

Wed, 03/20/2024 - 16:42

Tech Insider

An aerial shot of single-family homes in a row. — The FBI reported that $350,328,166 was lost in real-estate scams in 2021.
Bob Sacha/Getty Images

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An AI-generated rat with a giant penis highlights a growing crisis of fake science that's plaguing the publishing business

Mon, 03/18/2024 - 17:37

Tech Insider

illustration of rat sitting up on hind legs with cutout of stomach and a giant veiny bulbous penis-like appendage extending out form the stomach upward beyond the frame of the illustration with three breakout illustrations of — This AI-generated figure from a scientific paper seems... off. (Green annotations were added by Business Insider.)
Guo et al., 2024; Frontiers in Cell Developmental Biology; Business Insider

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The 6 Reasons Prosecutors Want Sam Bankman-Fried to Spend 40-50 Years in Prison

Fri, 03/15/2024 - 16:25

Gizmodo

Prosecutors in New York asked a court on Friday to sentence crypto fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried to between 40 and 50 years in prison for defrauding crypto investors and extracting billions of dollars from his companies

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A Jacksonville Jaguars ex-employee was given 78 months in prison after stealing $22 million that his lawyers said he later lost on Draft Kings and FanDuel

Tue, 03/12/2024 - 23:41

Tech Insider : Sports

Jacksonville Jaguars fans cheer during an NFL game against the Indianapolis Colts at EverBank Field on October 15, 2023 in Jacksonville, Florida.
Perry Knotts/Getty Images

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A con artist told George Santos and Danny Masterson that he could get their criminal charges dropped for a price, prosecutors say

Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:38

Tech Insider : Politics

George Santos, left, and Danny Masterson, right, were targeted in the scheme.
Getty Images

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Scammers Sent Fake iPhones 'For Repair' to Get $3 Million in Authentic Phones From Apple

Tue, 02/20/2024 - 20:10

Gizmodo

Two men in Maryland who sent thousands of counterfeit iPhones to Apple for repairs to get authentic replacement iPhones in return were found guilty by a federal jury on Tuesday, according to an announcement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. The men now face up to 20 years in prison.