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Households urged to keep birthdays secret as scammers target them
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. Birmingham Mail is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 4 Nov 2026, 10:31 UTC. The headline in use is “Households urged to keep birthdays secret as scammers target them”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Jake Moore, an adviser for the cybersecurity company ESET, says information gathered during hacks can be sold on and used by scammers.
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- First reported by Birmingham Mail
Households urged to keep birthdays secret as scammers target them
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- Birmingham Mail