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Scammers were able to convince YouTube that other peoples’ music was their own. They successfully stole $23 million before they were caught. No one knows how common this scam is, and how much money total is being stolen in this way. Presumably this is not an uncommon fraud. While the size of the heist and the breadth of the scheme may be very unique, it’s certainly a situation that many YouTube content creators have faced before.
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Dropbox Transfers encrypts the files you share to protect them from unwanted access. The post How to use Dropbox Transfer to securely share files with other people appeared first on TechRepublic.
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Malware downloading data logging and other espionage tools aimed at Ukrainian organizations. The post Russia’s Shuckworm cyber group launching ongoing attacks on Ukraine appeared first on TechRepublic.
Malware downloading data logging and other espionage tools aimed at Ukrainian organizations. The post Russia’s Shuckworm cyber group launching ongoing attacks on Ukraine appeared first on TechRepublic.
Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, has asked his lawyers to sue CIA and the ex-director Mike Pompeo for siphoning data from the phones and computers of him and his employees. Assange, who is seeking asylum in London, is facing an extradition case from the government of the United States and was asked to appear before a court in 2019. But he escaped the extradition hearing because of some loopholes in the law.
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