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Senior Cyber Safety Briefing – September 22, 2025

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🚨 ALERT – Stellantis confirms third‑party breach exposing customer contact info 👉 Why it matters – Automakers hold more personal data than you might think. Even when financial or medical info isn’t exposed, contact info (emails, phone numbers) can be used to launch phishing and impersonation scams targeting you.  📣 Call to Action – If you’re a customer of Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, or any brand under Stellantis, watch your email and phone for any unusual messages. Don’t click links unless you’re sure who sent them. If in doubt, call using a number directly from the company’s official site. 📈 ECONOMY & SECURITY – FinWise/AFF breach from insider attack hits ~700,000 👉 Why it matters – A lot of people’s data (names, possibly more) may have been exposed via a former employee. Insider threats are scary because they often bypass outside defenses. Seniors are targets when data is reused or stolen.  📣 Call to Action – Check whether you’re affected via any notice or sta...

Senior Cyber Safety Briefing – September 21, 2025

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  🚨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...