Internet users in Romania are targeted by a pig butchering scam campaign that can cause devastating damage to victims, warns the team of the National Cyber Security Dispatch, recommending increased vigilance in online interactions."What is pig butchering? A type of scam in which attackers gradually gain the trust of victims, over long periods of time, under the guise of looking for friends. Subsequently, they will convince the victims to deposit money with fake investment platforms. Since the platforms are controlled by the attackers, they can simulate significant winnings that encourage the victim to deposit even more funds. In the end, the attackers steal all the deposited funds, usually very large amounts," DNSC experts explain.As protection against pig butchering, they recommend: be careful; read messages from strangers carefully and do not act impulsively; do not access links in text messages from unknown sources and completely avoid interacting with platforms recommended by attackers; contact the bank immediately if you have deposited funds with the platform controlled by the attackers and cannot withdraw them; report the incident to the authorities on the PNRISC platform (https://pnrisc.dnsc.ro/) or to the emergency number 1911.
If December were a performance, Corinthia Grand Hotel du Boulevard would be its grand stage. This winter, Bucharest’s newest grand dame has reimagined the festive season not only as decoration, but as storytelling: one told through light, music, architecture and flavour. Inspired by Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, the hotel’s concept unfolds in three chapters […]
The HALO Events Center in Bucharest is set to open the largest event space in Europe equipped with a 360° panoramic LED display within the Romexpo complex. The new location is designed for large-scale, fully digitalized events, and it is the result of an EUR 4 million investment. The venue has a maximum indoor capacity of […]
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Ukraine’s Security Service, or SBU, announced on Wednesday, December 3, that all its “Sea Baby” maritime drones engaged in operational missions in the Black Sea region have been identified, that it has not lost any of them, and that none entered Romanian territorial waters. The announcement came after Romania’s Defense Ministry said in a press […]
Rescuers part of the Brașov County Salvamont Service spent the night in the Bucegi Mountains on Wednesday to Thursday, December 3-4, to continue searches for missing 18-year-old British citizen George Smyth. In the morning, the team of 17 mountain rescuers who slept in a chalet resumed the search in the Țigănești area despite difficult conditions […]
