Melissa in the Morning: Cybersecurity and Seniors

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Melissa in the Morning: Cybersecurity and Seniors

A new report out this week says elder fraud reports to FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center rose by 14 percent in 2023. Fred Scholl talked about elder fraud. He is an associate teaching professor and director of the graduate cybersecurity program at Quinnipiac University. Plus, he weighed in on the discovery made regarding United Health NOT using multifactor authentication to avoid a recent nationwide cyberattack.

For full elder fraud report: Elder Fraud, in Focus — FBI

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