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« on: August 30, 2008, 10:07:44 AM »
Serial killer on the loose in California, police sayStory Highlights
Los Angeles police say same person responsible for 11 slayings in California

Most victims were drug users or prostitutes, police say

Investigators connected slayings through DNA evidence

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From Stan Wilson
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LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Los Angeles, California, police detectives are looking for a serial killer who they believe killed at least 11 people, many of them prostitutes, over a 23-year period.

Los Angeles Police Deputy Chief Charlie Beck said DNA evidence and ballistics tests have convinced detectives that the same killer is connected to the slayings in Los Angeles and Inglewood.

The victims were prostitutes or drug users who were sexually assaulted and then shot and dumped in alleyways or inside dumpsters, police said.

"We have a lot of evidence and the connection between so many cases of DNA will allow us to eventually solve this," Beck said.

The most recent killing -- in January 2007 -- was tied exclusively to DNA analysis to another case after 13 years. However, detectives have not been able to identify the killer through state or federal DNA databases of convicted felons.

According to Beck, authorities are still examining over 50,000 inmates in state prison for similar crimes, but not all of them have DNA profiles.

One theory investigators are exploring about the gaps between the killings is the possibility that the killer served time in prison. Authorities are scouring files of inmates who were in prison serving time during periods of the killer's apparent inactivity.

All of the victims are young African-American females except for one black man.

The first known slaying occurred in 1985 when 29-year-old Debra Jackson was shot multiple times in the chest, police said.

Three years passed before detectives realized that the same weapon used to kill Jackson was used in seven other killings.

In 1988, a woman was sexually assaulted and shot. She survived and gave police a vague description of the suspect. However, Beck said the description was not enough for authorities to draw a composite sketch.

Those cases went cold until detectives connected three additional murders since 2002 based primarily on recently developed DNA technology.

Beck said authorities preserved fluid samples of DNA the killer left behind in earlier killings and found conclusive similarities on the body of three victims, including the most recent slaying from 2007.

Dozens of suspects that detectives previously considered were also ruled out based on DNA evidence, according to Beck.

Another theory investigators are examining is the possibility the killer may have left the state of California and committed crimes in other parts of the country.

"This is the mind of a maniac, but we have a tight victim profile and powerful evidence that has taken us across the country," Beck said. "The victims are the most vulnerable in society and we know the suspect is involved in prostitution. Eventually, we will find him."
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« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2008, 09:22:22 AM »
****Woman sues Tyler Perry for copyright infringement
       Texas – Tyler Perry went to court to face allegations that he stole material from someone else for his blockbuster film "Diary of a Mad Black Woman."

Donna West is suing the actor-screenwriter for copyright infringement in U.S. District Court and wants a jury to award her family all profits made from the film.

"I can't put my play on because the stories are basically the same and nobody wants to see that again," she said.

West testified Tuesday that she developed a script titled "Fantasy of a Black Woman" based primarily on her own experiences. With her in the starring role, the play was performed in July 1991 at the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters at the Dallas Convention Center.

"The play was opened to the public. Anyone could have attended," West said.

Perry's movie, which earned some $50 million, came out in 2005. Jurors on Tuesday watched the film and listened to a reading of the script from West's play.

In her opening remarks to the jury, Perry's attorney, Veronica Lewis, said her client is an "immensely talented" individual "who has no need whatsoever" to use the materials of others.

Lewis noted that Perry had experienced considerable success before and after the film, "so why would he need to copy Ms. West's script?"

Testimony was expected to resume Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Leonard Davis told jurors he anticipates the case will be completed by next Tuesday.****

this is always one of the defense tactics:

"Perry's attorney, Veronica Lewis, said her client is an "immensely talented" individual "who has no need whatsoever" to use the materials of others.

Lewis noted that Perry had experienced considerable success before and after the film, "so why would he need to copy Ms. West's script?"

The truth is most likely that this guy never wrote any of his stuff and it was always lifted from somewhere else ot he couldn't come up with anything else so he found this and true to form in the entertainment industry tried to get away with doing himself.  As one in the music business told us "if you change it just enough...".

Even the biggest stars are at least in the music industry almost always there with someone elses material.  None of the ones of at least today can write their own material.  The whole thing is based on material stolen or swiped from somewhere else.

Like in the book the Hitmen it states how John Cougar Mellencamp would "kill his mother for a hit song".

Why, if he is such a genius at writing as he falsely claims why would he need to do this?  Just write a goodam hit.  He claims as does Dolly Parton, as does John Rich, as does others they have hundreds of songs.  So where are they?

Does anyone really believe Talyor Swift writes her stuff?  That little twit.



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« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2008, 08:00:32 AM »
I like the opinion of one analyst over the weekend who when asked how he could explain how such sophisticated people could be so duped his answer was they must have thought they were "in on something".  They must have thought that Madoff had some sort of inside scheme and they were able to get in on it too.  This guy was a chaiman of the Nasdaq?  Reminds me of Martha Stewart who sat on the board of the NY stock exchange while doing her inside trade.  What a joke on the state of human nature and the world.  Are there any honest people out there?   BO could never be ABe.  He already has proven his capacity to lie with the best of them.  Not blink and eye with no guilt, remorse or any of it.

***Alleged Madoff fraud has worldwide exposure
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 AP – In this Oct. 28, 2008 file photo, customers wait at a Tokyo branch of Nomura Securities Co. Some of the … NEW YORK – The list of investors who say they were duped in one of Wall Street's biggest Ponzi schemes is growing, snaring some of the world's biggest banking institutions and hedge funds, the super rich and the famous, pensioners and charities.

The alleged victims who sunk cash into veteran Wall Street money manager Bernard Madoff's investment pool include real estate magnate Mortimer Zuckerman, the foundation of Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel, and a charity of movie director Steven Spielberg, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Among the world's biggest banking institutions, Britain's HSBC Holdings PLC, Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC and Man Group PLC, Spain's Grupo Santander SA, France's BNP Paribas and Japan's Nomura Holdings all reported that they had fallen victim to Madoff's alleged $50 billion Ponzi scheme.

The 70-year-old Madoff (MAY-doff), well respected in the investment community after serving as chairman of the Nasdaq Stock Market, was arrested Thursday in what prosecutors say was a $50 billion scheme to defraud investors. Some investors claim they've been wiped out, while others are still likely to come forward.

"There were a lot of very sophisticated people who were duped, and that happens a great deal when you've had somebody decide to be unscrupulous," said Harvey Pitt, a former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, a regulator in charge of monitoring investment funds like the one Madoff operated.

The extent of the potential damage prompted a leading fund manager in London to lash out at U.S. regulators for failing to detect the fraud earlier.

"I think now it is very difficult for people to invest in things that are meant to be regulated in America, because they haven fallen down in the job," Nicola Horlick, the manager of Bramdean Alternatives, which has 9 percent of its funds invested in Madoff's scheme, told the British Broadcasting Corp.

"All through the credit crunch this has been apparent," Horlick added. "This is the biggest financial scandal, probably, in the history of the markets."

Among U.S. investors, the Boston-based Robert I. Lappin Charitable Foundation, a charity that financed trips for Jewish youth to Israel, sacked its staff after revealing that the money for its operations was invested with Madoff.

New Jersey Sen. Frank Lautenberg, one of the wealthiest members of the Senate, entrusted his family's charitable foundation to Madoff. Lautenberg's attorney, Michael Griffinger, said they weren't yet sure the extent of the foundation's losses, but that the bulk of its investments had been handled by Madoff.

Lautenberg's foundation handed out more than $765,000 to at least 100 recipients in 2006, according to the most recent listing on Guidestar, which tracks charitable organization filings.

The foundation helps support a variety of religious, educational, civic and arts organizations in New Jersey and elsewhere, and its contributions range from a gift of than $300,000 to the United Jewish Communities of MetroWest New Jersey to a $2,000 donation to a children's program at the Hackensack Medical Center.

Reports from Florida to Minnesota included profiles of ordinary investors who gave Madoff their money. Some had been friends with him for decades, others were able to invest because they were a friend of a friend. They told stories of losing everything from $40,000 to an entire nest egg worth well over $1 million.

They join a list of more powerful investors that have come forward, all worried about the extent of their losses. The roster of names include former Philadelphia Eagles owner Norman Braman, New York Mets owner Fred Wilpon and J. Ezra Merkin, the chairman of GMAC Financial Services, among others.

The Wall Street Journal, citing a person familiar with the matter, said Mortimer Zuckerman, the chairman of real estate firm Boston Properties and owner of the New York Daily News and U.S. News & World Report, had significant exposure through a fund that invested substantially all of its assets with Mr. Madoff.

The Journal also said the Steven Spielberg charity, the Wunderkinder Foundation, in the past appears to have invested a significant portion of its assets with Mr. Madoff. It said the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity, founded by the famed Holocaust survivor and writer, was hard hit by losses, citing two people familiar with the organization's investments.

Messages were left with the Zuckerman fund and Wunderkinder foundation. The Wiesel foundation said it was looking into the matter.

The Journal also reported potential investors and firms exposed to the alleged fraud included: Carl Shapiro, founder and former chairman of women's apparel company Kay Windsor Inc.; Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. co-founder Leonard Feinstein; Yeshiva University; EIM Group; UBS AG; Fairfield Greenwich Advisors; Tremont Capital Management; Maxam Capital Management and Ascot Partners.

Among those overseas confirming exposure on Monday, Banco Santander, the largest bank in the euro zone by market capitalization, said its clients have 2.33 billion euros ($3.07 billion) in exposure with Madoff, mostly through a fund called Optimal Strategic US Equity.

HSBC, Britain's largest bank, said a "small number" of its insitutional clients had exposure totaling some $1 billion in Madoff funds.

It added that it has custody clients who have invested with Madoff, but it did not believe those "custodial arrangements should be a source of exposure to the group."

Royal Bank of Scotland — Britain's second-largest bank, which is now 58 percent owned by the British government — said it could lose around 400 million euros pounds through exposure in trading and collateralized lending to funds of hedge funds invested with Bernard L Madoff Investment Securities LLC.

Man Group, the world's largest publicly traded fund manager that reported exposure of around $360 million on Monday, said "it appears that a systematic and comprehensive fraud may have been committed, evading a range of structural controls."

Japan's Nomura Holdings said it has 27.5 billion yen ($306 million) in exposure, but added that any losses were likely to be limited compared to its capital base.

French banks foresee nearly 1 billion euros in potential losses as indirect victims of the alleged fraud.

Natixis, France's fourth largest bank, set its maximum indirect exposure at about 450 million euros. A statement by the investment bank said it made no direct investments in hedge funds managed by Madoff. However, it said that some of its clients' money was invested in funds managed by "first class custodians," which in turn entrusted those securities to Madoff's investment securities company.

Both Societe Generale and Credit Agricole said they had "negligible" exposure of below 10 million euros each. However, the euro zone's largest bank, BNP Paribas, has estimated its risk exposure to hedge funds managed by Madoff at up to 350 million euros.

In a statement Sunday, BNP Paribas said it has no investment of its own in Madoff's hedge funds, but "does have risk exposure to these funds through its trading business and collateralized lending to funds of hedge funds."

Swiss bank Union Bancaire Privee indicated it had hundreds of millions of dollars in client assets invested under the management of Madoff. The Geneva bank, one of Switzerland's largest, did not disclose a total amount invested, but did say the exposure of its clients "represents less than 1 percent of the total assets under management of the bank."

UBP's announcement Monday followed weekend disclosures by Swiss banks Reichmuth & Co of Lucerne, Benedict Hentsch of Geneva and Neue Privat Bank of Zurich that they had millions of dollars worth of client assets at risk in the case.

In Germany, Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank both declined to comment on the matter.

On Friday, representatives from major U.S. banks — Bank of America Corp., Citigroup Inc., PNC Financial Services Group Inc. and Merrill Lynch & Co. — declined to comment on if they had exposure to Madoff's company. Both BlackRock Inc. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said they had no exposure.

Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo & Co., Comerica Inc. and U.S. Bancorp did not return calls seeking comment.****


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Re: Murders Concentrated in Five Percent of Counties
« Reply #4 on: April 27, 2017, 02:14:31 PM »
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/04/26/us-murders-concentrated-in-5-percent-counties.html

"areas with the highest gun ownership rates have low murder rates"

"counties with zero murders are the counties with by far the highest gun ownership rates"

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2013/05/09/why-own-a-gun-protection-is-now-top-reason/

Guns don't cause murder?  What do leftist, science deniers say about that?

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« Reply #5 on: April 27, 2017, 02:49:29 PM »
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/04/26/us-murders-concentrated-in-5-percent-counties.html

"areas with the highest gun ownership rates have low murder rates"

"counties with zero murders are the counties with by far the highest gun ownership rates"

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2013/05/09/why-own-a-gun-protection-is-now-top-reason/

Guns don't cause murder?  What do leftist, science deniers say about that?

Like anything that doesn't fit with their narrative, they ignore it.

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« Reply #6 on: April 27, 2017, 05:03:38 PM »
"Like anything that doesn't fit with their narrative, they ignore it."

John Lott also has a narrative, "More Guns, Less Crime",
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/More_Guns,_Less_Crime,
but his data comes from good sources and the conclusions he draws are valid.

It's a burden on us that almost all important points conservative are counter-intuitive.

Guns don't cause murder.  Wealth doesn't cause it.  Poverty doesn't even cause it. 
Murder, at least when it happens as an epidemic, is a culture.

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« Reply #7 on: April 27, 2017, 05:38:59 PM »
"Like anything that doesn't fit with their narrative, they ignore it."

John Lott also has a narrative, "More Guns, Less Crime",
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/More_Guns,_Less_Crime,
but his data comes from good sources and the conclusions he draws are valid.

It's a burden on us that almost all important points conservative are counter-intuitive.

Guns don't cause murder.  Wealth doesn't cause it.  Poverty doesn't even cause it.  
Murder, at least when it happens as an epidemic, is a culture.

“Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded — here and there, now and then — are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty.

This is known as "bad luck.”


― Robert A. Heinlein

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http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/263495/curse-violent-crime-democrat-run-cities-discover-networks

THE CURSE OF VIOLENT CRIME IN DEMOCRAT-RUN CITIES
And how one city broke that curse.
July 14, 2016 

America's ten most dangerous cities—as measured by federal crime statistics—have one highly notable feature in common: All are led politically by Democratic mayors. Most, in fact, have been controlled by Democrats for a very long time. For example, Detroit, which in 2015 ranked as the nation's most dangerous city, has not had a Republican mayor since 1961. The second most dangerous city in 2015 was Oakland, California, a Democrat stronghold since 1977. Third was Memphis, in Democratic hands since 1991. Fourth was St. Louis, which has been led exclusively by Democratic mayors since 1949. Fifth was Cleveland, where no Republican has been mayor since 1989. Sixth was Baltimore, Democrat-led since 1967. Seventh was Milwaukee, which has elected only Democratic mayors since 1908. Eighth was Birmingham, which has been Democrat-run since 1975. Ninth was Newark, a Democrat bastion since 1933. And tenth was Kansas City, Missouri, which has not seen a Republican mayor in a quarter-century.

New York City, which in the early 1990s transitioned away from nearly half a century of Democratic leadership, serves as a case study not only of how left-wing law-enforcement policies helped breed crime and chaos for a long period of time, but also how the cessation of those policies caused crime to plummet almost instantly.

From 1946 through 1993, New York was led, in succession, by the following Democratic mayors: William O'Dwyer, Vincent Impellitteri, Robert Wagner, John Lindsay, Abraham Beame, Ed Koch, and David Dinkins. Under the stewardship of these men, the city's crime rates rose sharply and consistently, as reflected most starkly in its homicide statistics. In 1960, some 482 homicides occurred within the confines of New York's five boroughs. By 1970, that figure had risen to 1,117. In 1980, it was 1,814. The apex was reached under Mayor Dinkins in 1990, when 2,245 people lost their lives to violence. During the ensuing three years of Dinkins' mayoralty, the city's homicide totals were 2,154, then 1,995, and finally 1,946.

Throughout his four years in office, Mayor Dinkins repeatedly demonstrated weakness and indecision in dealing with criminals. In some cases, he seemed to be openly at odds with the city's police force. For instance, in the early 1990s a Dinkins administration brochure informed its readers that there “won't be peace” until the police stop running “young men of color … off the streets.”

Dinkins' ineffectiveness in dealing with crime had a profound effect on the quality of life in New York, as the incidence of violence in the city reached an all-time high. In 1989, before Dinkins took office, New York was ranked seventh in the Places Rated Almanac, which rates cities for their overall livability. By 1993, as Dinkins' term drew to a close, the city had slipped to 105th in the rankings. A 1993 poll of New Yorkers found that 59% felt that life in the city had gotten worse on the mayor's watch, while just 8% thought it had improved.

Republican Rudolph Giuliani replaced Dinkins as mayor in 1994 and quickly transformed New York into the safest big city in America. He did this chiefly by increasing the NYPD's manpower from 28,000 officers to 40,000, and adopting a zero-tolerance approach to crime-fighting. Toward that end, Giuliani hired William Bratton as his police chief. Bratton was a proponent of the “broken windows” criminological theory which contends that maintaining urban environments in a well-ordered condition—and clamping down on petty crimes—ultimately helps prevent not only low-level vandalism, but also the commission of more serious offenses. Thus Bratton instructed police to more strictly enforce existing laws against such relatively minor infractions as subway-fare evasion, public drinking, public urination, and shakedown operations by “squeegee men” demanding payment in exchange for their unsolicited wiping of the windshields on cars stopped at red lights.


 
Another vital component of Giuliani's crime-fighting approach was the use of COMPSTAT, an organizational management tool that employs Geographic Information Systems to map crime and identify specific problem areas. In weekly meetings, NYPD executives met with local precinct commanders to discuss the problems revealed by COMPSTAT and devise strategies to deal with them.

The results of Giuliani's efforts were extraordinary, as evidenced by the fact that during his eight years in office, the incidence of homicide in the city fell dramatically, from 1,946 in Dinkins' final year as mayor, to 1,561 in 1994, to 1,177 in 1995, to 983 in 1996, to 770 in 1997, to 633 in 1998, to 671 in 1999, to 673 in 2000, to 649 in 2001.

When Republican Michael Bloomberg succeeded Giuliani as mayor in 2002, he continued the same anti-crime strategies as his predecessor. As a result, homicide rates in the city fell even lower, with totals of 587 in 2002; 597 in 2003; 570 in 2004; 539 in 2005; 596 in 2006; 496 in 2007; 523 in 2008; 471 in 2009; 536 in 2010; 515 in 2011; 419 in 2012; and 335 in 2013.

When Democrat Bill de Blasio succeeded Bloomberg as mayor of New York in 2014, he appointed William Bratton as his chief of police. Despite some changes, most of the Giuliani-Bloomberg policies remained more-or-less in force, and New York's homicide rate stayed at about the level at which it had been when Bloomberg left office.

Those who benefited most, by far, from the policies put in place by Giuliani (and later Bloomberg), were the black and Hispanic residents of such traditionally high-crime areas as Brooklyn's 75th Precinct, Bedford-Stuyvesant's 81st Precinct, and Harlem's 28th Precinct. Indeed, blacks and Hispanics accounted for 79% of the decline in homicide victims citywide between 1993 and 2011. Manhattan Institute Fellow Heather Mac Donald estimates that “more than 10,000 black and Hispanic males avoided the premature death that would have been their fate had New York's homicide rate remained at its early-1990s apex.” Also between 1993 and 2011, the number of rapes that occurred annually in New York City declined by 54.8%; robberies fell by 80.3%; felony assaults dropped by 57.8%; and burglaries were reduced by 84.6%. This means that many tens of thousands of black and Hispanic would-be victims were spared the anguish associated with those crimes as well.
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False conviction rates as measured by exoneration
« Reply #8 on: September 22, 2018, 01:51:20 AM »
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« Reply #9 on: September 22, 2018, 11:57:26 AM »
Since most of this is he said she said it is hard to know how much is fraudulent.

Like claims made when child custody is an issue ,  financial gain or for example getting attention or sympathy


In the workers comp or disability claims  field multiple people who work in that area whom I independently ask say 50 or 60% of claims are they believe fraudulent.

I am not saying fraudulent abuse claims rate is this high,  I suspect not,  but certainly it ain't rare.


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Fake Memories Convict Innocent
« Reply #10 on: October 10, 2018, 09:10:38 AM »
Not sure where to put this, putting this here for its connection to Evidence:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2010/nov/24/false-memories-abuse-convict-innocent

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« Reply #12 on: November 01, 2020, 06:59:09 AM »
https://mail.yahoo.com/d/folders/1/messages/ANAo67UmXsc0X52VJApBAOlEIuc?guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9sb2dpbi55YWhvby5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAIt_3cBsQMbIOy4V25eHTRVhoIJYC927eIo0rUrAWmu0KHOBgYe_bqumscNtJ40vX6jgiiMfboJK3APT61x8rAJsjWOOgrAGAume0ELAsaw4ZWZB_uQhsfC02CwCrSNraRK9i3BGWUxlinB53GmrcoI628q_mjraWWVUh7_9wlb-

I have yet to hear any politician at a Federal level discuss this

this is the biggest threat to our way of life

cyber criminals do not need rehab a psychiatrist, or a job
they need to go to jail big time

all cybercrime should be major felonies with huge jail times

we need a much larger law enforcement footprint here

I doubt the FBI can keep up from what we see.

we need all countries on board with this

no leadership as far as I can see.

If I am wrong let me know.

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« Reply #13 on: November 01, 2020, 07:33:36 AM »
Can't see that without signing in to Yahoo

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« Reply #14 on: November 01, 2020, 08:12:45 AM »
I have been getting a lot of this stuff from state health departments in my email:

HEALTH ALERT

DATE:             October 31, 2020

TO:                  Vermont Healthcare Partners

FROM:             Vermont Department of Health
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Increased and Imminent Cybercrime Threat

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have credible information of an increased and imminent cybercrime threat to U.S. hospitals and healthcare providers. The Vermont Department of Health is sharing this warning so that providers may take timely and reasonable precautions to protect their networks.

CISA has posted a joint cybersecurity advisory that describes the threat and the tactics, techniques, and procedures used by cybercriminals against targets in the Healthcare and Public Health Sector, often leading to ransomware attacks, data theft, and the disruption of healthcare services. View the full advisory with threat details and best practices here: https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/alerts/aa20-302a

 

The Vermont Department of Health encourages healthcare providers to take immediate action in protecting their Information Systems and to consider following the advisory’s mitigation steps.

 

Additionally, the Department of Public Safety strongly recommends that all users be mindful of these essential security tips to protect your facility and personal accounts.  Here are 10 of the top security tips:

 

Recognize that every user is a target.
Practice good password management. Use a variety of characters. Avoid using the same password for different accounts. Don’t write passwords down, especially near your computer.
Ensure your computer and external devices remain attended or locked.
Be VERY careful when clicking on attachments or links in email. If it’s unexpected or suspicious for any reason, don’t click on it. Double check the address of the website the link is pointing to: look for spelling mistakes or addresses similar to but different than real addresses.
Banking or work-related browsing that involves secure information should only be done on a device that belongs to you and on a trusted network (e.g. not public computers and public WiFi).
Back up data regularly.
Be sure your anti-virus software is always up to date.
Be cautious of what you plug in to your computer.
Be mindful of what you share publicly (e.g. on social media).  Information posted there can be used to accelerate vulnerabilities.
Monitor your accounts for any suspicious activity. Contact your vendor if you see anything unusual immediately.
 

If you see any suspicious activity, report it immediately to a supervisor and IT team.

 

And if you see something, say something.

To report related suspicious or criminal activity, contact Vermont Emergency Management at 1-800-347-0488 or the FBI’s 24/7 Cyber Watch at 855-292-3937 (or by email at CyWatch@fbi.gov.)

 

Please include the following information regarding the incident: date, time, and location of the incident; type of activity; number of people affected; type of equipment used for the activity; the name of the submitting company or organization; and a designated point of contact.

 

Contacting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration:

In general , if you think you had a problem with your medical device or a medical device your patient uses, the FDA encourages you to report the problem through the MedWatch Voluntary Reporting Form.

For urgent matters, such as potential medical device impacts related to a cyber attack affecting your hospital system, please contact CyberMed@fda.hhs.gov.

 

 

 

HAN Message Type Definitions

Health Alert: Conveys the highest level of importance; warrants immediate action or attention.

Health Advisory: Provides important information for a specific incident or situation  may not require immediate action.

Health Update: Provides updated information regarding an incident or situation; unlikely to require immediate action.

Info Service Message: Provides general correspondence from VDH, which is not necessarily considered to be of an emergent nature.



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Hugh Grant experiencing what we experienced
« Reply #16 on: April 30, 2023, 01:13:02 PM »
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/hugh-grant-claims-sun-ordered-065833972.html

I can say from my own experiencing this DOES happen
and is probably true since I lived it

tapping into phones, cables, computers, tampering with mail UPS Fed Ex,
 bribing everyone around you possible to turn information over , monitoring devices  planted and
 hiring private dicks to stalk you

Only we never were able to get anyone to rat on what was going on
we are not a well funded celebrities who can fight back


 

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Re: Hugh Grant experiencing what we experienced
« Reply #17 on: April 30, 2023, 01:21:50 PM »
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/hugh-grant-claims-sun-ordered-065833972.html

I can say from my own experiencing this DOES happen
and is probably true since I lived it

tapping into phones, cables, computers, tampering with mail UPS Fed Ex,
 bribing everyone around you possible to turn information over , monitoring devices  planted and
 hiring private dicks to stalk you

Only we never were able to get anyone to rat on what was going on
we are not a well funded celebrities who can fight back

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/harvey-weinsteins-army-of-spies

Pro tip: Former Intelligence operatives usually aren't former.

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Re: Crimes, Criminal Behavior, and Evidence
« Reply #18 on: April 30, 2023, 05:24:33 PM »
You mean the fromer British spy who assembled the Trump dossier wasn't former???  And that the hoax was actually a hit on Trump by British intel???

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Re: Crimes, Criminal Behavior, and Evidence
« Reply #19 on: April 30, 2023, 05:53:20 PM »
You mean the fromer British spy who assembled the Trump dossier wasn't former???  And that the hoax was actually a hit on Trump by British intel???

That is a perfect example.

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necklacing
« Reply #23 on: April 13, 2024, 02:02:44 PM »
A scene from CIVIL WAR movie prompted me to look this up.

Used by anti Apartheid forces in S Africa
and apparently as punishment for crimes :

https://allthatsinteresting.com/necklacing

I don't think this was ever reported in US media:
Though the A.N.C. spoke out against it on paper, Nelson Mandela’s wife, Winnie Mandela, publically and openly cheered the mobs on. As far as she was concerned, necklacing wasn’t just a justifiable evil. It was the weapon that would win South Africa’s freedom.

“We have no guns – we have only stone, boxes of matches and petrol,” she once told a crowd of cheering followers. “Together, hand-in-hand, with our boxes of matches and our necklaces we shall liberate this country.”

Her words made the A.N.C. nervous. They were willing to look the other way and let this happen, but they had an international PR war to win. Winnie was putting that in jeopardy."

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