#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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#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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#NYC medics get pay raise, union announces

#NYC medics get pay raise, union announces

“#NYC medics get pay raise, union announces” New York City medics are set to receive a pay raise in a tentative deal with City Hall, Mayor Bill de Blasio and the union representing EMS workers announced Friday. Under the handshake agreement, the salary for an FDNY EMT who just started their job will be $39,386…

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#CT EMT accused of tossing Molotov cocktails at four facilities

#CT EMT accused of tossing Molotov cocktails at four facilities

“#CT EMT accused of tossing Molotov cocktails at four facilities” An emergency medical worker in Connecticut was arrested after allegedly using Molotov cocktails to set fires at four ambulance facilities on Saturday, police said. Richard White, 37, was busted in Pennsylvania following his alleged spree against EMS agencies in Meriden, Old Saybrook and Roxbury, NBC…

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#Two brothers busted in social media ‘stabbing’ hoax

#Two brothers busted in social media ‘stabbing’ hoax

“#Two brothers busted in social media ‘stabbing’ hoax” Two brothers staged a stabbing in their Maryland kitchen — complete with a puddle of bogus blood — and then summoned a crowd of cops and paramedics to the scene as a social media stunt, police said Thursday. The prank was revealed when the “stabbed” brother, Denidson…

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