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Two Alleged Hackers Indicted In Florida For Lynda Breach

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Following a data breach at learning platform Lynda in 2016, two hackers were indicted in Florida this month on charges of extortion and hacking. One alleged hacker lived in Florida, while the other was a Canadian citizen who was a Toronto resident, according to reports. drivers’ license numbers.

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US DOJ Charges 14 With $28M In PPP Fraud

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In Florida, nine defendants have been charged in the U.S District Court for the Southern District of Florida with wire and bank fraud and conspiracy for seeking $24 million in forgivable PPP loans. Mckenzie, 38, of Miami Gardens, Florida; Andre M. The defendants include Damion O.

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Apple Loses Copyright Claim Against Phone Maker Corellium

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Apple has lost its copyright claim against a Florida company, Corellium , that makes "virtual iPhones" used by security researchers to test for vulnerabilities in its systems, Bloomberg reported. Corellium's customers, it said, are government agencies, financial institutions and security researchers, per Bloomberg.

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Waze Introduces Contactless Payments At ExxonMobil, Shell Stations

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When drivers pull into participating stations, they will see a notification on Waze prompting their Android or iOS device to securely pay through each company’s app. Val Demmings (D-Florida) on Google’s 2007 acquisition of DoubleClick and its 2017 decision to merge DoubleClick’s data with user account data.

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American Dream?Miami Receives Approval From Florida Officials

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million-square-foot American Dream Miami — potentially the most expensive mall ever built — has received approval from officials in a Florida county. Already, Triple Five has secured zoning approval from a county commission. While the project was originally slated to have 1.5 million square feet of entertainment and 3.5

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Bitcoin Daily: SEC Charges Florida Crypto Trader In $6.8M Fraud Case; Salt Lending To Pay $250,000 Fine, Refund ICO Investors; SEC Alleges Swedish National Bilked Crypto Investors Of $1.5M

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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) claims that a Florida digital currency trader purportedly bilked customers out of $6.8 The individual was charged with different contraventions of securities laws in a U.S. The SEC claims that the ICO served as an illicit unregistered offering of securities, the report stated.

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CORO Global Brings Gold Payment App To Alabama

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The Alabama Securities Commission on Tuesday (Nov. With the approval in Alabama, CORO is now available in the Apple App Store and Google Play store to residents in 13 states: Florida, Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Alaska, Delaware, Idaho, Montana, Massachusetts, Oregon, South Carolina, Washington State and Wisconsin.

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