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Got a call with Caller ID saying it's from my Credit Union.
They told me there was an account breach. In a very Indian accent.
I asked if it was a breach or an incident.
He told me it was a breach.
I asked what of my data had been exfiltrated.
He said third parties had access to all of my personal info and that they needed to verify some of my information before resuming with the disclosures.
I told him I would call my credit union back to make sure there was a legit problem.
"Sir, you must read the caller ID, we are from your credit union!"
Yeah, Caller ID can be spoofed. Both number and name. AAMOF, I have an app I've done it with as a prank.
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Just remember, folks, Caller ID name and number CAN be spoofed. Always tell someone who claims to be from a financial institution that you'll call them back.
It’s been 6 months since I got the phone call that changed a lot of things in my life. I might have been sent to a really low place in the aftermath but I have grown and processed past trauma and still continue to do so for my future, whether people join me or not.
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I don't know what the phone call was, but I hope things are okay. *hug*
(Resharing for the photo, not the text.)
Hurrah. I think I've established that the spare RAM I have sitting in a box is not compatible with the server I was planning to put it in (at least, alongside the other RAM it's already got), so that saves a job.
To be specific, the machine currently has 48GB in 6 sticks and I have another 48GB in 12 sticks, so I could have doubled its capacity without buying anything, which would be nice, but I'm pretty sure now that the current RAM is RDIMMs and the spare RAM is UDIMMs, and the machine can't have mixed DIMM types, so that's that. Someday I might grab 24×32GB off ebay and max this server out with 768GB total (or maybe cheap out and go to 24×16GB for 384GB total), but… not today!
‘The #Greens in England and Wales have more than 100,000 members for the first time, the party has announced, a near-50% rise since Zack #Polanski took over as leader last month.
It puts them on a potential course to overtake the #Tories and comes little more than a week after the Greens announced they had moved past the #LibDems in membership number’
Green party in England and Wales has had near-50% rise in membership since since Zack Polanski took over last monthPeter Walker (The Guardian)
‘The #Greens’ surge has caused worries among some senior #Labour figures, who believe it could take votes and seats from the party in next May’s local elections in England, particularly in some London boroughs.’
Maybe if #Starmer actually implemented some of his manifesto promises, stood up to rightwing autocrats and tech bros rather than invite them into the heart of government and stopped creating the system architecture to enable fascism to thrive come 2029, then he’d have a claim to votes.
Finished another lap around the sun! Thanks for the birthday wishes so far y’all!
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“I would say I was somebody sent to this world to try to give people hope in dark times because without hope, we fall into apathy and do nothing.” Earlier th...YouTube
This is the single best and most terrifying explanation of the AI bubble I have seen so far. Holy shit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBCujAQtdfQ
Open AI has recently announced deals worth $600 Billion with Nvidia, AMD, and Oracle.OpenAI is able to spend hundreds of billions of dollars they do not have...YouTube
"Wot I dun", last Thursday's edition: I think I've found out why 8 consecutive keys on my late uncle's digital piano keyboard don't work. While following traces on one of they keyboard PCBs I brushed away what seemed like a bit of blue-green dirt, only to find a little gap in the track underneath. I think the "dirt" must have been a crystal of corroded copper! The 8 keys the trace connects to are the ones that don't work, so I may have found the problem. Now just need to solder a bit of wire on to fix it. (Not sure I'm even going to try just bridging the gap with solder because it's in an area with lots of very tiny tracks very close together and I can barely see the individual tracks without a loupe. But either side are sparser areas where I should be able to solder a wire without too much trouble.)
My aunt has lamented that she didn't know while my uncle was alive that it was something I'd be able to fix. I didn't even know while he was alive that there was something wrong with it that needed fixing - apparently he was good at playing tunes that avoided those particular keys.
“Even today, when the planet is dark, there still is hope. Don’t lose hope. If you lose hope, you become apathetic and do nothing,” she said.
“And if you want to save what is still beautiful in this world – if you want to save the planet for the future generations, your grandchildren, their grandchildren – then think about the actions you take each day. Because, multiplied a million, a billion times, even small actions will make for great change.”
Jane Goodall
“You can imagine who I’d put on that spaceship. Along with #Musk would be Trump and some of #Trump’s real supporters.
And then I would put [Russian president Vladimir] #Putin in there, and I would put [China’s] President #Xi. I’d certainly put [Israeli prime minister Benjamin] #Netanyahu in there and his far-right government. Put them all on that spaceship and send them off.”
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/oct/06/jane-goodall-trump-elon-musk-putin
Primatologist said in interview released after her death she would also put Putin, Xi and Netanyahu on that spaceshipRichard Luscombe (The Guardian)
Shamelessly stolen. I'm not sure I have ADHD but I surely have terrible burnout. I don't think I talk to anyone who'd say they didn't.
Anyway, I find myself naturally doing pretty much all of these things. I'm really trying to simplify my life, and being okay with just doing that "one thing" per day.
We usually root for the heroes and despise the villains. But what if the villains were the ones who actually had a point?In this video, we explore 7 iconic m...YouTube
Had a blast fursuiting in Sydney PEI on the #furrycruise
Thank you so much KeetCollie and our cruise group coordinator for making it possible.
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This is probably the best description of the internet I've ever heard.
And it's musical, so #Musicofthemoment tonight is "Welcome to the Internet" by Bo Burnham.
Apple Music,
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YouTube,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1BneeJTDcU
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Lounging werewolf, #WPAFW 2025, waiting for the kaiju stomp event. The weird thing in front of me was one of several inflatable balls that were being tossed back and forth.
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To me, Furry isn't a "Fandom". It's a community. It's a culture. It's my tribe. It's my family.
I've never considered 'quitting' Furry. Interests and relationships change and evolve, but I don't know how I'd 'quit' my family.
okay that makes sense and small apologies I would've suggested otherwise.
I agree the friends I do have in the fandom are really nice. If we would land in a zombie apocalypse I'd rather be in it with them.
Isn't that kind of self-contradictory?
"All personal info held by your credit union is available to third parties, but trust me, I'm from your credit union and we just need to verify your personal info to proceed."
Sounds legit to you?
(In all honesty, I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry.)
@mkj I have a preferred name with my FCU.
IF they need to call me (rarely, because they just text) or when I call, they call me by my preferred, not legal name.
This guy called, mispronouncing my legal name.
Sus right off the bat.
But to someone who doesn't know any of this, they could've easily given out PII.
What can I say? I got a call from some random cell phone number not all that long ago, on a number I barely use. Answered with for all intents and purposes "hello". Automated or recorded voice (in the wrong language, even) saying that it was from the Police Department (you could practically hear the capital letters), that there was an arrest warrant in my name, and IIRC to press some digit to talk to a person.
I know the police aren't fancied in parts of Fedi but who tf falls for that?
@mkj Yeah, it sucks. One of the things these folks like to do is say, "We need you to provide us with your 2FA code so we may access your account." I've heard horror stories of people falling for that one.
That's just a cue for me to change my password on whichever site that may be.
And I tell them, "Oh, I need to change my login password? Doing so right now. Thanks, chief!"
@JCBlubaugh I don't think so. A safe word is one for use when you want someone to stop, isn't it? This is one you'd want the other to use when they start. Total opposites.
@LeoBurr
@mkj @JCBlubaugh
Access main program (beeeeep)
Access main security (beeeeeep)
Access main program grid (beeeeeep)
We could help customers do other things themselves through the app or the website, but when there was no way for them to login or register themselves because of losing all ways to login, we had to send them to an actual office.
Or sometimes they called, mad that our fraud department had stopped them from sending money to their totally real Hollywood actor friend on Facebook who was just a bit strapped for cash.
I wanna do it as a prank to my colleagues too :3c
@raccoon I haven't used them in years, so you'd have to look into them.
But I've used it to show folks who were lax on security just how easy it is to get past their walls.
I called them using our boss's # spoofed, which showed on their phone, with his photo, since he was a known contact.
Then they looked at me as if I was some sort of magician.
Fam, this is some script kiddy type stuff.
"yes, hello, this is peter from the microsofts, i want to cancel your norton antivirus via paypal!" ....
yeah, i always call back under a legit (known!) number, if anyone comes around with something regarding personal data. even if it seems legit, scammers dont sleep and have advanced too.... so you always have to be on the lookout.
and to verify they sent me a request to the mobile app to verify both that I am who I claim I am and also so they can verify that they are who they claim they are.
I generally dislike banks having mobile apps but I got to admit that's pretty cool.
@MarkAssPandi Counterpoint: How do you know that the in-app verification request is tied to the actual, specific call you're on?
@LeoBurr
@MarkAssPandi That sounds reasonable enough at a glance. I've heard of cases where it's been just a "are you talking to us at <name of bank>?" yes / no. In which case you can be talking to someone who's next to another person who's talking to the bank, and that *other* person was just asked to "please confirm in the app that we're talking to you".
@LeoBurr
Fair point
However, in this case verification also had information about if it was an outgoing or incoming call, aka if bank called you, or you called bank
but yeah good point it's always best to be cautions and just call the bank yourself (tho it's also best to verify for sure if that's correct number, I remember case where google AI search shown an scam number which is WILD)
@pattykimura My mother tells everyone to call "her son", stating that I am a tech professional and have financial power of attorney and she defers all tech/financial calls to me.
I've yet to get a single call.
Well now what am I going to do with all these surplus gift cards?
#scam #scammers #CallerID #CreditUnion #breach
@satire I've had calls where I just reply, "How about I just go down to Walgreens and get you some Amazon gift cards?
It always results in a disconnect.
I ddid that with comcasst. Because they said I hhad to ppay for their discount. Needless to say when the spoffer called back, I told them that comcast never hadd us payy to keep a sdiscount. I hung up after.
(Nor does comcast ask for the information they were wanting (Passwordd, etc), so there's that, too.)
Got a call with Caller ID saying it's from my Credit Union.
Just remember, folks, Caller ID name and number CAN be spoofed. Always tell someone who claims to be from a financial institution that you'll call them back.
Please play confused and Waste as much of their time as possible before promising them something unfriendly.
Never ever confirm information, if they have any it can help you to decide which,
if any, changes are needed.
I got a call like that once, and when I said I needed to check with my credit union, the man said, "No problem" and gave me a case number.
Turned out to be legit.
If they protest when you ask to check, they aren't legit.
all of your info had been leaked, and that's why they needed to verify some info.
lol. wee bit contradictory innit
Thank you for the PSA.
I want to add: AND THEN YOU CALL THE NUMBER ON YOUR STATEMENT OR THAT YOU ALREADY HAD SAVED IN CONTACTS.
DO NOT PUSH REDIAL. DO NOT CALL THE NUMBER THAT WAS ON CALLER ID.
but SHAKEN/STIR will totally fix this hell that SIP introduced!
</ALL THE FUCKING SARCASM>
before banks in the UK figured this out it was pretty funny.
[mobile rings] them: "hi I'm with $bank. before we proceed I need you to answer some security questions."
me: "err, no. you know who I am. *you* called *me*. ***I*** don't know who ***you*** are."
i used to know the correct pronunciation of whatever Hindi phrase essentially means "your mom licks a donkey's ass."
Apparently they don't like that.
Their doctor calls and immediately asks for personal information over the phone. If you ask them if they feel responsible, they will get offended.
Dude even said I can't call my bank, because the general staff doesn't know about his department.
Their story was I had to transfer all my money to a safe account so the bad guys can't get it.
I kept him taking as long as I could, knowing he was full of it, but just gave up when I had actual work to do.