Massive cyber crime bust made on criminals buying and selling personal data on marketplace

The arrests were made in the past 24 to 48 hours, but this does not change the fact that personal data is still floating out in the world for other cyber criminals.

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[jamesryan]

Lock them up for a long time. Make an example of them.

[motherofangels]

Never sign up for rewards cards/memberships (like you get at your local gas station, grocery store, coffee shop, convenient store, etc.). Never click on ads, or links sent to you via txt or email from someone you do not know and even if you know them verify they meant to send you the link or better yet just type in the address yourself. Never gove out personal info over the phone (the IRS, Banks, Courts, utilities etc. will NEVER ask you over the phone for personal info, if someone claims to be them asking for info, they are scammers). Do NOT play stupid 20 questions on social media disguised as some cute game, like "1 point for each yes on the questions"... "remembers their 1st phone#" "still lives in the state they were born". Don't let businesses scan your DL or ID. Never leave more than your insurance card & registration paperwork in your car.

[anonymousmc]

There’s no bigger cyber criminal then the American government 😂

[randomshit]

I remember in 2020 my bank notified that someone was trying to spend my money in Australia. Another person tried to pay an direct tv bill with my money here in Chicago. I cancelled and replaced every card i own and set up every security measure allowed.

[darynadixon]

Darn! I hope the people who did this to me get caught.

[universal]

Oh no. What’ll I do. Maybe I’ll buy some of the malware sponsoring this news report. Gee, thanks for looking out for the little guy ..