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Open Mike 10/01/2026

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  1. Karolyn_IS 1
    10 January 2026 at 9:55 am

    This is a very big issue with the Manage My Health hack.

    An RNZ article warns that the hack can provide thieves with enough ID markers to steal money from individuals' bank accounts.

    "Using this information, with phone banking and others, you can easily get access to a number of bank accounts and transfer money, even in this period," he said.

    "Many banks and other institutions will just ask you, 'Hey, what's your name, what's your date of birth, what's your email address, what's your phone number', and some of that information or all of that information is basically in that app, Manage My Health."

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    Chopra said hackers often targeted people on holiday or out of business hours, so victims couldn't verify the information given with an official channel.

    "Either you are busy doing something and you will just fall for that thing that they have said, or if they have created kind of an emergency kind of situation, then you fall for it," he said.

    "If you even call your own bank or your agency, or someone else, you will be outside of office hours and you will not be able to get that answer back."

    For myself I don't use a phone banking other than getting a code sent to my non-smart mobile when I ask for transfers out of my account.

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    • SPC 1.1
      10 January 2026 at 10:44 am

      'what's your name, what's your date of birth, email address, phone number'

      Name and birth date information was once easy to access (public records available in libraries).

      Generally banks have questions, they can ask.

      Safety measures include storing most money in term deposits.

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  2. Visubversa 2
    10 January 2026 at 9:57 am

    There is a bunch of Gay men who are very worried. They don't want their medical records in the public domain.

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  3. Drowsy M. Kram 3
    10 January 2026 at 12:17 pm

    Trump ramps up Greenland threats and says US will intervene ‘whether they like it or not’ [The Guardian, 9 Jan 2026]
    US president doubled down on threats to acquire territory at a White House meeting with oil and gas executives

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