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Tech support scam

Coverage of Tech support scam in the Nexus archive.

Earliest in view: May 21 · 18:02 UTCMost recent: Jul 16 · 06:27 UTC
Co-mentioned in this coverage
Qantasorganization1Australian Privacy Commissionerorganization1Carly Kindperson1social engineering attacktopic1Australian Privacy Principlestopic1CRM systemtopic1vishing attacktopic1Adam Youngperson1Harrison Gevirtzperson1Indiaplace1Telemarketing fraudtopic1Misprision of a felonytopic1
Recent coverage
  • SECURITYJul 16 · 06:27 UTCTHE REGISTER
    Tech support scam caused massive data breach at Australian airline Qantas

    A tech support scam caused a 2025 data breach at Qantas, exposing 5.7 million customer records. Australia’s Privacy Commissioner found Qantas did not breach privacy obligations, citing measures like employee training, CRM audits, and role-based access controls that met Australian Privacy Principles.

  • SECURITYMay 21 · 18:02 UTCRECORDED FUTURE NEWS
    Two Americans plead guilty to assisting India-based tech support scam centers

    Two American men, Adam Young and Harrison Gevirtz, pleaded guilty to misprision of a felony for assisting India-based tech support scam operations. They provided telecommunications services including phone numbers, call routing, call tracking tools, and call forwarding to telemarketing fraudsters.