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You can never be too careful when it comes to online security. Scammers and hackers are a constant danger to your privacy, data and finances. While there is no guaranteed method to remain safe, you can protect yourself and minimize the risk of falling victim. Phishing attacks can target anyone, as they rely on victims’ sense of trust rather than how they secure their accounts and devices. For example, scammers are crafting emails to Office 365 users that trick them into signing into phony websites. Once this is done, the victims’ login information is stolen and their accounts hijacked. Tap or click here for the full story and tips on avoiding this recent scam.A recent incident reads a little different. The hacker, in this case, targeted a certain group of victims and was even personally familiar with some of them. The crook is awaiting sentencing after stealing personal and sensitive data. Here’s the backstoryNicholas Faber of Rochester, N.Y., is going to jail for hacking into dozens of female college students’ accounts and stealing nude photos, among other things. The 25-year-old man received a three-year sentence in federal prison for his crimes after pleading guilty. Faber and co-conspirator Michael Fish targeted…

August 23, 2021Classes were canceled at a Redding high school on Friday after a student posted a violent threat on social media, according to Police. Thursday evening the RPD learned that a student of University Preparatory School on Eureka Way had posted threats via Snapchat. After discussing it with police, school officials decided to cancel classes on Friday. Detectives got an emergency search warrant for the Snapchat account and traced it to a 12-year-old UPREP student, who eventually confessed to the post. Police say the boy had no access to weapons and no means to carry out the threat. The case was sent to Juvenile Probation for possible charges.

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This is the first time the Montgomery County has had a presence on Snapchat, she said. Other platforms utilized in the campaign include Instagram, Facebook, ...

The Supreme Judicial Court is set to decide this fall when social media users have a reasonable expectation of privacy in their posts. The court will consider the case of Commonwealth v. Carrasquillo, in which the defendant was convicted of gun crimes after he posted a video of himself with a weapon to Snapchat. Snapchat is similar to Facebook in that users decide whether to approve requests from other users to join their networks, although Snapchat users tend not to use their real names on their accounts. Snapchat is also different because its posts have a short shelf life, disappearing shortly after they are viewed. That contributes to a sense that material on Snapchat is impermanent. The post in the case at issue was viewable only by the defendant’s friends, but at some point he accepted a friend request from an undercover police officer, who recognized the defendant from his beat in the neighborhood. After “friending” the defendant, the officer received a video on his Snapchat account of a person reaching into his pocket and pulling out a gun. The officer recognized the area in the video as one that the defendant frequented and sent police to the scene. They…

The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday refiled a bolstered version of its antitrust case against Facebook in a last-ditch effort to save what has been described as its most important competition lawsuit in decades.Seeking to overcome a judge’s stunning dismissal of its original lawsuit because the FTC had not presented ample evidence that Facebook is a monopoly, the FTC argues in its new filing that Facebook is in a class of its own and shouldn’t be compared to popular apps such as TikTok, Twitter and Pinterest, which attract a public-facing audience. The complaint argues that Snapchat, with tens of millions fewer monthly users than either Facebook or Instagram, is the company’s next-closest competitor.“Without meaningful competition, Facebook has been able to provide lower levels of service quality on privacy and data protection than it would have to provide in a competitive market,” the FTC said in the complaint.Story continues below advertisementFacebook spokesman Christopher Sgro said in a statement that it was “unfortunate” that the FTC decided to proceed with the case. “There was no valid claim that Facebook was a monopolist — and that has not changed,” he said. “We fight to win people’s time and attention every day, and we…

FTC Commissioner nominee Lina M. Khan testifies during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, April 21, 2021.Graeme Jennings | AFP | Getty ImagesThe Federal Trade Commission filed a new antitrust complaint against Facebook on Thursday, continuing its fight in federal court after a judge threw out its initial claims.Facebook has until Oct. 4 to respond to the FTC's amended complaint.FTC Chair Lina Khan notably did not recuse herself from the vote on the complaint after Facebook petitioned her to do so based on her past critical statements of the industry. In a press release, the agency said that its Office of General Counsel "carefully reviewed Facebook's petition to recuse Chair Lina M. Khan. As the case will be prosecuted before a federal judge, the appropriate constitutional due process protections will be provided to the company. The Office of the Secretary has dismissed the petition."The commission voted 3-2 to bring the complaint, meaning that Khan's participation was crucial to continue the case in federal court. In a dissenting statement, Republican Commissioner Christine Wilson said her participation in the vote should not be mistaken for a judgment call on the recusal petition,…

A Traverse City woman is out $1,600 after falling victim to a scam. Police say it happened over the social media app, Snapchat. Plice say the woman befriended a man, who eventually offered to give her some money. But in order to do so, he said he needed her bank account username and password to log in to her account. That’s when instead of giving her cash, the man took money out of her account, sending it to various places. Police remind you not to share your bank account information with anyone.

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File photo of a man in handcuffs. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) POLK COUNTY, Fla. (CW44 News At 10)–  Hialeah man arrested by Polk County Sheriff’s Office Special Vicitms Unit for traveling to Polk County in order to have sex with a 15-year-old girl. Erick Rabelo. 27, was arrested on Monday, August 16, 2021, as he entered Polk County, after arriving at Orlando International Airport a short time prior.He was charged with Lewd Battery (F2), Travel to Meet a Minor (F2), and Unlawful Use of 2-Way Communication Device (F3).READ MORE: Lakeland Man Arrested For Child AbusePhoto Credits: Polk County Sheriff’s Office “The victim’s mom did the right thing by immediately calling us. The detectives working this case were thorough and swift, getting a dangerously twisted man behind bars. This guy is so messed-up that he actually got a tattoo on his forearm with the victim’s name and the date they met on Snapchat,”  said Grady Judd, Sheriff Detectives first became involved with this investigation Monday morning after the mother of the victim received a text message at 7:16 AM from Rabelo, introducing himself as the person who was “dating” the victim for a year and three months and claiming that…