We need to develop a vaccine against media scare tactics | David Mitchell

We need to develop a vaccine against media scare tactics | David Mitchell
Last week the terrorism threat level was downgraded, but purveyors of news have myriad ways to keep us fretting about the futureIs it a sign of the devaluation of the currency of dread that hardly anyone seemed to notice last week’s announcement that a terrorist attack is likely? I mean, come on! That’s still frightening, isn’t it? Or have we maxed out on stressing about things we can’t control?No we haven’t. Don’t worry: we’re still worriers. The reasonThree Charged Over Fraudulent Vaccine Website Three men in Baltimore County have been accused of impersonating Massachusetts pharmaceutical and biotechnology company Moderna to sell fake COVID-19 vaccines. Twenty-two-year-old Owings Mills resident Kelly Lamont Williams, together with cousins and Windsor Mill residents 22-year-old Olakitan Oluwalade and 25-year-old Odunayo Baba Oluwalade, also known as Olaki and Baba respectively, were arrested on February 11. A criminal US Jails Money Mule KingpinA Ukrainian man will spend the next seven years in prison in the United States for helping Eastern European computer hackers to obtain and launder millions of dollars in stolen funds. Odessa resident Aleksandr Musienko partnered with the hackers to steal over $3m from online bank accounts and businesses in the United States, then launder the stolen money overseas. Information hacked and stolen by the 38-year-old's partners in the scheme allowed them to iDiners Devour Made-to-Order FraudRestaurants and food delivery services are being ripped off by a new made-to-order fraud scheme taking place on the messaging app Telegram.Research and analysis from Sift’s Digital Trust and Safety Architects found that bad actors are advertising heavily discounted food and beverage delivery services on the app's forums. After receiving an order, the cyber-criminals pay with stolen credentials obtained from data breaches and cyber-attacks or leverage aReal Bug Volumes in 2020 Exceed Official CVEs by 29%: Rep ..

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