Early voting for the November 5th election in Virginia kicks off today. This also includes absentee voting. Requirements for voting in Virginia are available online at elections-dot-virginia-dot-gov.
There is a mail-in ballot error in Virginia Beach.Preview: An audit on the Office of Emergency Medical Services in Virginia shows millions of dollars of misappropriated funds due to years of mismanagement. The Virginia Department of Health began the audit back in July of 2023. The audit found around 33-million-dollars is mismanaged funds. This includes around four-million-dollars of fraud, which was turned over to the Office of the Inspector General, the U.S. Attorney's Office, and the Virginia State Police.
A new report shows 80% of college students are using already-breached passwords and putting their private information and the school's network at risk. SpyCloud Chief Product Officer Damon Fleury says students are not trained on how to avoid computer viruses, malware, and spyware.Preview: He suggests keeping private information, like banking and remote access, on one device and doing your gaming on a separate device. He also recommends using multi-step verification on accounts and instaling a antivirus software on all devices. You can listen to the entire Virginia Focus podcast on the iHeart app or on iHeart dot com.