PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2020

Telegram has reported previous data breaches, including one in August 2019 in which Hong Kong activists reported breaches to their phone activity that allowed law enforcement to track them. The company said there was no way to tell exactly how many had been affected, but it seemed billing data had not been compromised.

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Fintech News

JANUARY 7, 2024

These hackers typically compromise private keys and seed phrases, essential security elements of digital wallets. Moreover, the DPRK has been continually evolving its money laundering tactics to evade international law enforcement.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2021

We also immediately reported this matter to federal law enforcement and are now in the process of notifying impacted customers.”. Customers whose call data has been compromised, even if their names haven't been obtained, are at heightened risk of attacks such as phishing by bad actors pretending to be mobile carriers.

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Fintech News

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Among these, private key thefts and seed phrase compromises were particularly damaging, allowing hackers to gain access to cryptocurrency systems’ fundamental infrastructure elements, such as servers, networks, or software, enabling them to steal funds or manipulate transactions.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

It also notified law enforcement authorities, as well as any customers that might have been impacted by the incident. “We do not believe that any passwords were compromised because we do not actually store passwords, except in a one-way encrypted form that is salted uniquely per user,” the company wrote.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 27, 2016

. “By replacing possibly compromised cards preemptively, banks and shops can save an amount in the triple-digit million (Danish crowns) range, which they could suffer in losses from trades made with stolen credit card information,” the company said in a statement. Jyske Bank has already said it will block and replace 7,000 cards.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 5, 2019

The upside is AeroGrow does not collect other personal information about its customers, such as Social Security number, personal identification number (PIN), driver’s license number, or financial account information, so the only data compromised was related to the credit card. ” This is the latest malware attack on a company.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2018

The SEC’s investigations focused on “business email compromises” (BECs), where criminals posed as company executives or vendors and used emails to trick employees into sending large sums to fraudulent bank accounts. The activity sometimes lasted months and was often only discovered after law enforcement or other third parties got involved.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 13, 2020

B2B payments are far from immune to fraud, and in this week’s B2B Data Digest, the business email compromise (BEC) scam reigns. The scams reportedly ran between 2018 and 2020, with targeted businesses operating across a range of industries, law enforcement said.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Mitiga is working with law enforcement after uncovering a widespread business email compromise (BEC) scam that has netted more than $15 million.

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2019

The company said it discovered July 19 that there was unauthorized access and fixed the configuration vulnerability, then immediately notified federal law enforcement. The breach impacts about 100 million individuals in the United States and around 6 million in Canada.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

Anything of value that is smart and connected can be compromised and held for ransom,” said Steve Grobman, the chief technology officer at McAfee. “If Europol, the European Union’s law enforcement agency, considers ransomware the “most widespread and financially damaging form of cyberattack.”. and Europe.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 15, 2019

We also notified federal law enforcement and the payment card networks. “After recently detecting unauthorized activity on some of our payment processing systems, we immediately began an investigation with the help of leading cybersecurity firms.

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VISTA InfoSec

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Data breaches, cyberattacks and misuse of personal information are severe threats challenging the privacy of customers data, they can not only damage a companys reputation but can also lead to heavy fines if compromised. To overcome these challenges, data protection laws are established.

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VISTA InfoSec

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Data breaches, cyberattacks and misuse of personal information are severe threats challenging the privacy of customer’s data, they can not only damage a company’s reputation but can also lead to heavy fines if compromised. To overcome these challenges, data protection laws are established.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2016

According to researcher and developer Willem de Groot, the online storefront for the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) was one of nearly 5,900 eCommerce sites compromised by malicious skimming software. 4 post revealing the NRSC compromise. The culprits are hiding behind a shell company in Belize.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

The brand also confirmed that some credit and debit cards may have been compromised beginning on July 29, though it does not believe all card transactions were effected. As of yet, there is no information as to who planted the devices, though they have since been removed and law enforcement has already been involved in the case.

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The Fintech Times

JUNE 6, 2024

The UK fintech, which boasts more than eight million UK customers and 40 million globally, says the Wealth Protection feature helps protect customers who have had their unlocked phone stolen, or password and face recognition compromised, and stops criminals from withdrawing customers’ savings out of their accounts.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

” Nordstrom has since notified law enforcement and started an investigation. “We In April, retailer Hudson’s Bay disclosed that customers at Saks and Lord & Taylor stores in North America had their payment cards compromised. We have no evidence [that] data was shared or used inappropriately,” Nordstrom said.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Meanwhile, Yu Weimin, vice president at Alibaba, said the company has 3,000 employees focused on security, and it is “working with law enforcement” to reduce some content. With all this technology, together, we can win the war on terrorism.”.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2016

The company noted that the breach has been reported to its credit card processor along with federal law enforcement officials. The company notes that the credentials may have been breached by a third party between the dates of May 12, 2015 and April 28, 2016.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

But that message is apparently lost on criminals, who, according to a new report, have stolen some $26 billion over the last three years in a scam generally known as “ business email compromise.”. This is not the first time the FBI has sounded a warning about business email compromise. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Fraud Trends.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 15, 2016

Yahoo stated that it has taken measures to secure user accounts and is currently working with law enforcement in an investigation. In September of this year, it was revealed that over 500 million Yahoo accounts had been compromised back in 2014. Verizon, which has been in negotiations with Yahoo since July over a $4.83

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Yahoo’s deal to sell its core assets to Verizon may have been dealt a new blow when the internet company disclosed in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing that it discovered the hack that led to the compromise of a half-a-million user accounts two years before it went public with it. Yahoo said on Monday (Nov.

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FICO

MAY 27, 2021

This includes phishing of personal and account-level information as well as compromising the PAN / CVV for use in a fast-following fraud attack. These fraudulent services run as legitimate businesses until a customer reports the illegitimate service to law enforcement and industry groups.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 22, 2020

But don’t let the good news fool you: just because business email compromise scammers may not be targeting c-suite executives doesn’t mean their fraudulent crimes are easing. ” $74,000 was sent to a fraudulent vendor by one Irish company last week , according to law enforcement officials and reports in Buzz.ie.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2019

In the effort to combat bad actors who would compromise ATMs, financial institutions must strive to deploy innovative sensing technology to improve defenses against malicious activity. “In many cases, the fraudsters’ devices are wireless-enabled, so data is very quickly extracted so they can use it to create fake cards.”.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2018

In addition to engaging third-party cybersecurity experts to assist with our investigation, RMH also notified law enforcement about the incident and will continue to cooperate in their investigation,” the company said in a statement. The company said all its 167 locations were impacted, Bank Info Security reported. “In

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FICO

OCTOBER 11, 2017

They could get access by pretending to be a new merchant, and/or by compromising a merchant system to gain access to a payments channel, as well as banks’ testing and governance partitions. How Fraudsters Create an AI Attack Model. Criminals can learn the AI we rely on by directing fake test data at banks’ AI systems. Just Like Neo.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2020

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network recently issued a warning that fraudsters are leveraging various illicit methods, including malware, phishing schemes, extortion and business email compromise (BEC) scams — all with a COVID-19 twist.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 23, 2019

He was convicted of blackmail attempt against Apple and given a suspended two-year prison sentence subject to carrying out 300 hours of unpaid work, complying with a six-month electronic curfew and staying out of further trouble with the law. law enforcement authorities. But cyber-crime doesn’t pay.”.

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Fi911

JULY 8, 2024

Social Engineering Social engineering is a manipulation technique used by criminals to deceive individuals into revealing confidential information or performing actions that compromise security. This type of fraud exploits human psychology rather than technical vulnerabilities, making it challenging to detect and prevent.

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PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2017

Saber also confirms that it has contacted law enforcement about the breach in its SynXis Central Reservations, which offers booking services for hotels and airlines. Saber also confirms that it has contacted law enforcement about the breach in its SynXis Central Reservations, which offers booking services for hotels and airlines.

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Clearly Payments

MARCH 4, 2024

From the Target data breach that compromised millions of customer accounts to the collapse of Wirecard AG following revelations of accounting fraud, these fraud events serve as stark reminders of the vulnerabilities within payment systems. Over 40 million credit and debit card accounts compromised.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Ring denied any claims that the company’s data was compromised. Our security team has investigated these incidents and we have no evidence of an unauthorized intrusion or compromise of Ring’s systems or network,” said a company spokesperson to BuzzFeed. “It law enforcement agencies. BuzzFeed News wrote on Thursday (Dec.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Still, whether Congress will eventually require tech companies to grant access to law enforcement investigators or the phones remain 100 percent inaccessible to everyone but the owner, the technicians in the new lab in New York City will have their work cut out for them. data breach ). Europol reported a surge in cybercrime in the EU.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 30, 2018

Under Armour has revealed that it’s suffered one of the biggest hacks in history after data from 150 million users of its MyFitnessPal diet and fitness app was compromised in February. Social Security numbers, drivers’ license numbers and payment card data were not compromised.

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