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Hillary Hanning stands behind her bar, The Little House, in New Orleans, La. She lost $10,000 after fraudsters took over her social media accounts.
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Hillary Hanning stands behind her bar, The Little House, in New Orleans, La. She lost $10,000 after fraudsters took over her social media accounts.
Stephan Bisaha/Gulf States Newsroom
Many small businesses are online now, but so are cyber criminals trying to take advantage. On today’s show, how one bar owner fell victim to a Facebook scam and if big tech could do more to protect small business owners from increasing cyber attacks.
Read Stephan’s original piece.
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After being scammed, one woman tries to get her money back
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