Remove Energy and Utilities Remove IT Remove Mining Remove Passwords
article thumbnail

The Scammers’ Playbook: How Cybercriminals Get Ahold of Your Data

eSecurity Planet

Often, a scammer will simply target the people in a company and fool them into giving up their personal details, account passwords, and other sensitive information and gain access that way. In 2021 alone, IC3 received 847,376 complaints which amounted to $6.9 billion in reported losses, up from 2020’s 791,790 complaints and $4.2 Individuals.

article thumbnail

The Hacker Mind Podcast: Reverse Engineering Smart Meters

ForAllSecure

For example, in 2009, the Obama administration provided financial incentives to utilities in the United States. And again, smart meters were positioned squarely as making the environment more friendly by knowing how and when energy is being used by individual customers. Environmental effects caused by pollution. I'm Robert Vamosi.