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24 year old Los Angeles man, charged with six counts of different forms of identity theft and wire fraud. Between 2019-2023 Amir Hossein Golshan attacked social media influencers/models and their friends through Instagram. He was able to do this by retrieving the girls phone number and getting their phone carriers to think it was them and transport the phone number to a device owned by Amir. From there he would change the passwords to the girls social media accounts and ask people for money and their number so he could do the same to them. We could protect ourselves from an incident like this by not sharing our number publicly and establishing a safe word with friends when talking through social media so they know it is really you.
Author: U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California
Source: Department of Justice
Relevance: February 23rd, 2023
Accuracy: Minimal grammar issues, published by the DOJ.
Purpose and Objectivity: Used to inform.
Links and Citations: N/A, N/A. “Alleged ‘Sim Swapper’ Charged with Hacking into Instagram Influencers’ Accounts to Get Money and Sexually Explicit Video Chats.” Central District of California | Alleged “SIM Swapper” Charged with Hacking into Instagram Influencers’ Accounts to Get Money and Sexually Explicit Video Chats | United States Department of Justice, 23 Feb. 2023, www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/alleged-sim-swapper-charged-hacking-instagram-influencers-accounts-get-money-and#.
For this project I will lookup articles in the news that involve cyber security, give a brief summary about them and includes things that can be done to avoid it happening to us.
Jean Andre Bontiffe, 40 year old male, is being charged with multiple counts of bank fraud, passport forging and identity theft. He stole over $13,800 from 3 Massachusetts resident's bank accounts by going into a bank the victims had an account out and presented the forged passport and ID. He was caught because he used the fake ID at the airport when trying to return to Bronx, New York. You could potentially protect yourself from this situation by not allowing others to know where you bank and providing more verifications at your bank
Author: United States Attorney' Office District of Massachusetts
Source: Department of Justice
Relevance: November 7th, 2023
Accuracy: Published by DOJ
Purpose and Objectivity: Used to warn and inform.
Links and Citations: N/A, N/A. “New York Man Arrested for Bank Fraud Scheme Involving Stolen Identities of Three Massachusetts Residents.” District of Massachusetts | New York Man Arrested for Bank Fraud Scheme Involving Stolen Identities of Three Massachusetts Residents | United States Department of Justice, 7 Nov. 2023, www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/new-york-man-arrested-bank-fraud-scheme-involving-stolen-identities-three-massachusetts.
Lesson Learned
From this module, I have learned the better safety steps to take when pertaining to cyber security. I now also know what to look for when signs of fraud and or hacking may be coming my way.
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