Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox warns area residents of an email scam attempting to trick email recipients into believing messages are from a spyware software developer, and they hacked the recipient’s account and computer. Cox says the sheriff’s office has received several reports of the scam, in which the scammer claims to have installed commands […]
The Livingston County Sheriff’s Office received information from a resident Thursday about a scam involving an email account for another resident being hacked. Sheriff Steve Cox reports the scammer hacked the email account before requesting several individuals on the victim’s email place money on a card for the victim’s child. The email also allegedly said […]
NEW YORK (AP) — There’s no way around it: The news from credit reporting company Equifax that 143 million Americans had their information exposed is extremely serious. Crucial pieces of personal data that criminals could use to commit identity theft – Social Security numbers, birthdates, address histories, legal names – were all obtained. That’s information […]
