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Donate A Paper To Join – Beware The Paper Mill
EDUCATION

Donate A Paper To Join – Beware The Paper Mill

The paper mill is the global industry based on the sale of academic essays to students. There are a number of ways that additional papers are added to the paper mill; here are three of them. Essay Databases: Donate a paper to join. There are a number of websites that hold databases of tens of thousands of papers all browse-able and searchable once you have registered. These sites are sometimes even free! Wow. But hold on they are not exactly free, first you have to contribute an essay yourself by uploading it to the database. Now you may ask "What's wrong with that?"; maybe it's an old essay that has already been marked. Well to a point you are right but remember these websites are commercial businesses and some are very profitable. The profit is earned as a result of having all these pa...
How Paper Checks Stolen By Cybercriminals From Mailboxes Are Turned Into Bitcoin
CYBERCRIME

How Paper Checks Stolen By Cybercriminals From Mailboxes Are Turned Into Bitcoin

While cybercrime gets a lot of attention from law enforcement and the media these days, I’ve been documenting a less high-tech threat emerging in recent months: a surge in stolen checks. Criminals are increasingly targeting U.S. Postal Service and personal mailboxes to pilfer filled-out checks and sell them over the internet using social media platforms. The buyers then alter the payee and amount listed on the checks to rob victims’ bank accounts of thousands of dollars. While the banks themselves typically bear the financial burden and reimburse targeted accounts, criminals can use the checks to steal victims’ identities, which can have severe consequences. I founded and now direct Georgia State University’s Evidence Based Cybersecurity Research Group, which is aimed at learning what wo...