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Stefanie Schappert

New York

Senior Journalist at CyberNews

#cybersecurity #cyberchick #cyberstef #cybersecuritystef M.S. Cybersecurity | Senior Journalist @CyberNews writer, reporter, news producer

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  • 2 days ago | cybernews.com | Stefanie Schappert

    An organized international crime gang is busted by international authorities on Tuesday for operating a fake online investment platform that stole millions from dozens of unsuspecting victims. Europol said the organized crime group was responsible for defrauding at least 100 victims out of 3,000,000 euros over the past three years. International law enforcement conducted a total of eight simultaneous searches on Tuesday, May 13th across three counties: Albania, Cyprus and Israel.

  • 3 days ago | cybernews.com | Stefanie Schappert

    The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure SecurityAgency (CISA)on Monday said it is officially changing the way it disseminates online security updates and guidance. CISA says the enhanced information dissemination system will from now on use social media and email only to disperse cybersecurity alerts and advisories, saving its landing page for more critical warnings.

  • 3 days ago | cybernews.com | Stefanie Schappert

    Thousands of Fidelity customers are reporting ongoing issues logging in to the investment company’s trading platform, which began just minutes after the US stock markets opened on Monday morning. Barely five minutes after the opening bell was rung on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time on Monday, Fidelity users began experiencing issues logging into their trading accounts.

  • 6 days ago | cybernews.com | Stefanie Schappert

    The North Korean hacker group Nickel Tapestry has found new ways to adapt its IT worker scams, including impersonating female applicants, and expanding its operations to target companies in Europe and Asia, new research finds. As US employers become more adept at recognizing when fake applicants apply for remote IT jobs – mainly to steal trade secrets and make money for the North Korean government – the nation-state threat actors are simply stepping up their game in response.

  • 6 days ago | cybernews.com | Stefanie Schappert

    The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system said it is recovering from a systemwide network outage due to "unknown causes" that left thousands of commuters in the lurch Friday morning. The computer networking issues impacting trains began about 4:30 a.m. Pacific Time, just as folks were gearing up for the morning commute.

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11 Mar 25

Hacktivist group Dark Storm takes on X, knocking out Musk's platform for thousands of users to protest the DOGE-master and his "lack of humanity." #takedowntwitter @CyberNews https://t.co/NsbRtbsO1h

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cyberstef @stefschappert
20 Jan 25

A lttle history never hurt anyone. here is my latest: The first US President who took to texting may surprise you, and other White House tech tales https://t.co/1mv4PoCbBn

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cyberstef @stefschappert
17 Jan 25

The Supreme Court has the last word over TikTok, for now at least. We'll see what happens come Monday when Trump is sworn into office. Supreme Court upholds law to ban TikTok this Sunday https://t.co/QOM38ezsI2