The Department of Veterans Affairs is warning its callers of a marketing scam that is targeting veterans, announced the Defense Department. The VA learned of a marketing company that had purchased two telephone numbers each off by one digit from the VA National Call Center and the GI Bill Center, according to a Dec. 6 release. If either number is dialed, “the answering party will offer a gift card and try to obtain personal and financial information, including credit card information from the caller,” wrote the VA in a recent Facebook post. The answering party may even transfer the caller to the VA after the caller’s information is obtained.” The VA asserts it “will never ask for credit card or banking information over the phone.”
DNI: Cyber Is The Common Weapon Among Top Adversaries
April 17, 2021
The top four U.S. adversaries—China, Russia, Iran and North Korea—are improving their military capabilities but relying increasingly on cyber means to challenge the U.S. and blunt its influence around the world, the intelligence community's annual threat assessment says. The report comes amid military tensions with both China and Russia.