Everyone wants a good deal. Nothing feels better than getting a nice phone, tablet or laptop at a nicely reduced price. But on the other hand there are millions of these devices lost or stolen each year. Last year alone over 3 million smartphones were reported stolen. Would thieves continue to steal these devices if...
Read More →Alexandria, VA- The African-American Cyber Report has joined forces with Baltimore’s ‘The Fran Allen Show’ to provide cyber news and information to her listening audience. Entitled ‘You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know,’ the ten minute segment will provide the latest Internet news and information tailored for the African-American community. The segment is designed to...
Read More →Alasdair James, President and Chief Member Officer of Kmart, announced on Thursday that the company’s payment systems were hacked. Kmart’s IT team detected the breach of store payment systems. A preliminary investigation revealed a deliberate infection of the store’s system with a new form of malware that compromised credit and debit cards numbers. Kmart says it...
Read More →AT&T and the FTC have come to a settlement agreement over accusations of cell phone cramming. Federal and state regulators announced Wednesday that AT&T has agreed to pay $105 million for “cramming” unauthorized charges on the monthly bills of its wireless customers. The African-American Cyber Report reported on this accusation in March of this year when...
Read More →You want to see a black person mad? Have them pay for something and not get what they paid for. Fraud is a reality whenever you shop online. And nothing is more frustrating than not knowing who to call when you discover you have been ripped off. According to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center...
Read More →The FCC has hit Marriott Hotels with a $600,000 fine for blocking hotel guests personal WiFi signal. This the first time the FCC has investigated a hotel chain for blocking the Wi-Fi signals of its guests. According to a senior FCC official the Marriott wasn’t “jamming” in the traditional sense where some technology is used to jam...
Read More →JP Morgan has set yet another record for data breaches. The financial services and banking giant reveled that 76 million households and 7 million small businesses have potentially had their private data stolen in a record setting cyber attack. According to a new SEC filing JP Morgan said, “User contact information — name, address, phone number and email...
Read More →Stolen cell phones are a big problem. Every year millions of cell and smartphones are stolen and most are never recovered. According to Business Insider 44% of smartphones were stolen simply because owners forgot them in public places like Starbucks. Fourteen percent were stolen from a car or house that was burglarized. Only 11% of victims had...
Read More →Apple started the week on top of the world. The release of the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 plus exploded with sales that topped 4 million in a matter of days. Demand was so high for the new iPhones that the iPhone 6 Plus sold out within hours and the phones have sold 10...
Read More →When it comes to the Internet black people are sometimes unaware of the little things that are happening all around them. For example how many black people knew that there are maps online that can show every house and every WiFi network and even the devices that are on the network in your home? Everything in your...
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