#NY ambulance company downplayed Hive Gang hack of 300K users

#NY ambulance company downplayed Hive Gang hack of 300K users

“NY ambulance company downplayed Hive Gang hack of 300K users” One of the state’s largest private ambulance companies is facing a potentially massive class action lawsuit for waiting months to tell over 318,000 of their clients that their personal information was stolen by hackers.  Empress Ambulance Services also allegedly downplayed the hack by Hive Gang,…

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#FDNY seeks firewall to stop doxxing of workers’ personal data

#FDNY seeks firewall to stop doxxing of workers’ personal data

“FDNY seeks firewall to stop doxxing of workers’ personal data” The FDNY is seeking to build a digital firewall to protect the Big Apple’s thousands of rescue workers from cyberattacks, including “doxxing,” The Post has learned. The department recently put out a call in the City Record for consultant services “for the development and implementation…

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#Slow response to shooting like Uvalde wouldn’t happen in NYC

#Slow response to shooting like Uvalde wouldn’t happen in NYC

“Slow response to shooting like Uvalde wouldn’t happen in NYC” Mayor Eric Adams insisted Tuesday that New York City first responders wouldn’t mishandle a school shooting like last week’s massacre in Texas — declaring NYPD officers and medics would “go in with an active shooter” unlike police in Uvalde.  “That is not going to happen in New York. We…

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#More NY EMS workers are getting attacked on the job

#More NY EMS workers are getting attacked on the job

“More NY EMS workers are getting attacked on the job” They’re helping to save lives — while their own are being threatened. Assaults and other threats leveled against emergency medical service workers are almost a daily occurrence — skyrocketing 137% from 2018 through last year, according to city data obtained exclusively by The Post. The staggering numbers…

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#Letters to the Editor — May 2, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — May 2, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — May 2, 2021” Limits of EMSAs a former volunteer with Emergency Medical Services, I have responded to quite a few calls involving Emotionally Disturbed Persons (“NYC expands no-police mental-health program,” April 27). I can tell you that EMS and social workers alone are not adequate for a lot of these…

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#Two EMS workers robbed at gunpoint in Brooklyn

#Two EMS workers robbed at gunpoint in Brooklyn

“#Two EMS workers robbed at gunpoint in Brooklyn” Two EMS workers were robbed at gunpoint after responding to a call for help at a Brooklyn apartment building, police said. The unsuspecting first responders went to 330 Frost St. in East Williamsburg around 2:30 a.m. Saturday after getting a call about someone with a “medical condition” at the…

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