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26 Jun

Two Florida Cities Paid $1.1 Million to Ransomware Hackers This Month

In the last two weeks, Florida has paid more than $1.1 million in bitcoin to cybercriminals to recover encrypted files from two separate ransomware attacks—one against Riviera Beach and the other against Lake City. Lake City, a city in northern...
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14 Feb

Florida #lags in #cybersecurity preparedness, #excels in #education

Source: National Cyber Security News Despite the state Legislature’s hopes, Florida isn’t the “cyber” state just yet. A newly-released survey of industry professionals about the state’s digital security landscape found that while the Sunshine State lags other states in overall...
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8 Dec

Uber Paid 20-Year-Old Florida Hacker $100,000 to Keep Data Breach Secret

Last year, Uber received an email from an anonymous person demanding money in exchange for the stolen user database. It turns out that a 20-year-old Florida man, with the help of another, breached Uber’s system last year and was paid...
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30 Oct

Florida push to become #bigger player in #cybersecurity comes amid #tough #competition

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Florida probably isn’t the first place that comes to mind in terms of a strong cybersecurity industry. In fact, it has a somewhat insecure reputation — the Sunshine State had the...
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28 Oct

Florida #man gets 16 months over #bitcoin bank #hacker scheme

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans NEW YORK – A Florida software engineer was sentenced to 16 months in prison for helping run an illegal Bitcoin exchange suspected of laundering money for a group of hackers who...
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22 Jul

Florida officer gets 5 years for driver license theft scheme

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans MIAMI A former Florida police officer has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for his role in an identity theft scheme that involved a confidential law enforcement driver license...
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5 Jul

llegal credit card skimmer use on the rise at Florida gas stations

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Protecting your pin while paying for gas at the pump may not be enough to keep your card’s information safe. State inspectors have found more credit card skimmers in the first...
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3 Jul

Florida deputy pleads guilty again in identity theft case

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) – A Florida sheriff’s deputy has pleaded guilty once again to identity theft after withdrawing a previous guilty plea. A U.S. Attorney’s Office news release says...
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19 Jun

Hackers attacked 4 Florida school districts, allegedly hoped to hack voting systems

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans We’ve heard a lot about Russians attackers attempting to hack the US election, but another hacking group also allegedly wanted to interfere with the election; they attempted to pivot from compromised...
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25 May

Florida concealed weapons permit holders exposed in computer hack

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans More than 16,000 concealed weapons permit holders in Florida may have had their names accidently made public because of a data breach at the The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer...
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