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A scam Kansas Turnpike Authority text campaign has been in progress for the last few days. Some have received it two days in a row. The website link changes daily, but it's the same "charge of $4.15. Settle your balance." Stay away from this scam.

FAKE TEXT ALERT!!

This image shows a FRAUDULENT text that mimics the DriveKS site in an attempt to steal your personal information. It's the latest smishing scam involving KTA and many toll roads across the US.

Remember, KTA never sends unsolicited texts. Always verify the link is accurate. For KTA, the main website is www.DriveKs.com. Any variation of this MAIN website is fraudulent. Do not click or use inaccurate website.

KTA is working to get this site taken down. In the meantime, help us out. If you get such a text, please report to FBI at www.ic3.gov.

Be alert and stay vigilant!

Thanks for caring for us and for all the nice things you said, Jamie Lou Hornbaker - State Farm Agent. We are the lucky ones with the best insurance agency in Kansas. We couldn't ask for anyone better!

Microsoft 365 services appear to be down or degraded this morning. This includes the desktop and web versions of Outlook. However, some mobile devices appear to be receiving emails at this time. Microsoft has acknowledged service issues as of 07:38 CT.

There is a major national IT services outage, currently in progress, impacting multiple systems from Microsoft to airlines, banks and many other cloud services this morning.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/19/latest-live-updates-on-a-major-it-outage-spreading-worldwide.html

CrowdStrike says global IT outage not a cyberattack, fix deployed for defect: Live updates A major IT outage has grounded planes and sent broadcasters off air.

QuickBooks Online is completely down this morning. We're receiving multiple calls about people not signing into the service, and the website is sending a message about a problem with QuickBooks systems.

AT&T is having a nationwide outage affecting different services. We don’t have any information other than that at this time.

For our Douglas County / Lawrence, KS residents and clients.

5G internet is great, but it's not for everyone who has access to a traditional internet provider. Should you decide to make the switch, check out the carrier's fine print about bandwidth caps and overages.

What Is 5G Home Internet? Here’s Everything You Need to Know Carriers are starting to offer home internet packages that rely on 5G cellular data service. We’ll help you decide if it’s right for you.

LastPass is raising awareness of an active phishing campaign targeting our customers. Be suspicious of, and ignore unsolicited incoming calls and texts claiming to be from LastPass.

Never tell your LastPass master password to anyone for any reason. Read about this active phishing campaign here: https://bit.ly/3xSEh6D.

Remember, we will never ask you for your master password! Learn more ways to help protect yourself from phishing scams here: https://bit.ly/4aZP7WX.

AT&T wireless services in Kansas are down due to a fiber cut. The estimated restore time is after Midnight, possibly several hours into tomorrow. You can enable wi-fi calling in your cellular settings if your phone says SOS mode to regain phone abilities.

AT&T service outage impacts Topeka customers Update: “There are no nationwide mobility issues,” AT&T spokesperson Tracy Donaldson told 27 News by email. We have asked the company why customers in Topeka are affected. We will keep you…

Here's a helpful PSA since we've seen and heard from people about the lack of warning notifications during regional weather this morning. Checking these settings now ensures your device receives only the most severe weather warning notifications.

For iPhones, navigate to the Settings app - select Notifications - scroll to the bottom, choose Emergency Alerts, and turn on Local Awareness.

Android also stores its emergency alerts in settings - notifications and elsewhere like safety and security on certain Android devices.

https://www.macrumors.com/how-to/improve-reliability-emergency-alerts/

Apple has released updates for the following devices.

iPhone XS and later, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad 5th generation, iPad Pro 9.7-inch, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch 1st generation

iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Apple fixes two new iOS zero-days exploited in attacks on iPhones Apple released emergency security updates to fix two iOS zero-day vulnerabilities that were exploited in attacks on iPhones.