Senior Cyber Safety Briefing – September 21, 2025
🚨ALERT ‑ New York Blood Center Breach Exposes Sensitive Data A data breach at the New York Blood Center (NYBCe) has exposed nearly 194,000 people’s personal info: names, Social Security numbers, driver’s license or other IDs, financial info for those with direct deposit, and medical test results. 👉Why it matters - If you donated, got tests done, or supplied financial info there, your identity could be at risk of fraud or phishing. Seniors are often targeted once this sort of data leaks. 📣Call to Action - Check your credit reports for unusual activity; request a free identity protection service or credit monitoring; be on guard for phishing or spoofed messages pretending to be from health providers. 📈ECONOMY & SECURITY ‑ FinWise Insider Attack Hits ~700,000 Customers FinWise (in partnership with American First Finance) disclosed that a former employee accessed sensitive customer data after leaving the company, affecting about 700,000 people. 👉Why it m...