A month ago my brother and his wife had their computers hacked into and all their personal info stolen. This has resulted in weeks of frustration in trying to get their bank accounts, phones, email, et al, protected. In the meantime the scammer or scammers have managed to repeatedly use the info to purchase various things including a number of AirBnB rentals, one of which they totally trashed. They have spent many hours with their ISP and cell providers trying to straighten it all out. Very frustrating and potentially financially disastrous. So far the CC companies have covered the illegal transactions.

The tech expert they worked with thought that their devices were broken into via bluetooth when they were staying in a lodging while on vacation. The hacking started immediately after that stay. I've never heard of such a thing and am a bit skeptical about this.

Much of the illegal activity seemed to take place in Indonesia.

A person could be financially ruined by these kinds of attacks. WHY is enforcement so difficult?

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