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July 01
Palm Springs Police Warn About Uptick in ATM, Gas Pump `Skimming’
- Crime
Palm Springs police Thursday reported an uptick in the discovery of devices placed on ATMs and gas pumps to skim personal information from unsuspecting users. Police did not specify any locations of where the skimming devices had been found, but urged residents and visitors to be vigilant when inputting personal information, and to check their […]

Ceci Partridge
July 30July 30
A hacker gained access to 100 million Capital One credit card applications and accounts
- Entertainment
In one of the biggest data breaches ever, a hacker gained access to more than 100 million Capital One customers’ accounts and credit card applications earlier this year. Paige Thompson is accused of breaking into a Capital One server and gaining access to 140,000 Social Security numbers, 1 million Canadian Social Insurance numbers and 80,000 bank account numbers, in […]
July 23July 23
$5,000 tip on $55 bill leads to woman’s arrest in Florida
- Entertainment
Police say a $5,000 tip a woman left on a $55 cafe bill wasn’t a case of generosity or charity. The woman is accused of using her boyfriend’s credit card to leave the tip as revenge, and she’s charged with theft in the incident. Clearwater police say Serina Wolfe was upset her boyfriend wouldn’t buy […]
June 17June 17
Mastercard to Allow Transgender People to Use Chosen Name
- Entertainment
Mastercard will allow transgender people to use their chosen names on credit and debit cards in an effort to combat discrimination at the cash register. That means that the name on the credit card owned by a transgender person could be different than that found on their birth certificate or driver’s license. It is up […]
July 10July 10
Ticketmaster data theft part of larger credit card scheme, security firm says
- Entertainment
The data breach that Ticketmaster revealed in June is part of a larger credit card-skimming operation that has hit more than 800 e-commerce sites across the internet, according to cybersecurity firm RiskIQ. Hackers were able to penetrate InBenta Technologies, a firm that works with Ticketmaster, according to RiskIQ. Ticketmaster itself wasn’t breached, according to the […]
June 22June 22
Heads-Up: EBT Won’t Be Available for 24 Hours
- Entertainment
The State System of Electronic Benefit Transfer, known as EBT, will not be available on June 23 and 24. Officials of the Department of Public Social Services added that people who have this card will not be able to make cash withdrawals or make food purchases after 11 p.m. on Saturday, June 23. DPSS is […]
April 13April 13
Festival Goers Scammed Out of Thousands of Dollars With Fake Tickets
Imagine paying hundreds of dollars for Coachella weekend one tickets only to find out they are fake. That’s exactly what happened to several people today in Indio. Wyatt B. and his girlfriend Shelby had been planning to attend Coachella for months, spending $1,000 dollars for two tickets from a website called findticketsfast.com. Their contact was a man named […]

Vincenzo Marino
March 20
What You Need To Know About The New Interest Rate Hikes
- Archive
The Federal Reserve’s interest rate increase is the first in a year and the second since the Great Recession of 2008 and although a quarter of a point may not seem like a lot, chances are you will feel it. When it comes to moving the economy forward, President Trump and Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet […]

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