RALEIGH – State Chief Information Officer Eric Boyette and State Chief Risk Officer Maria Thompson are urging North Carolinians to be cautious of cybercrime before, during, and after Hurricane Florence.
WARNING: State says cyber attacks on the rise during Hurricane Florence
Hurricane Florence makes landfall in North Carolina, slamming state with 'life-threatening' rainfall
Hurricane Florence continued sweeping across part of the southeastern United States on Friday, making landfall in North Carolina and bringing …
LUMBERTON, N.C. - The storm known as Florence is creating a slow-motion natural disaster for the Carolinas that could prove deceptively lethal…
RALEIGH – Malicious emails sent to the state of North Carolina increased more than 60 percent during the days leading up to the landfall of Hu…
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