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Cybersecurity
Federal Websites’ Certificates Expire During Govt. Shutdown
January 17, 2019

Add federal websites to the fallout from the government shutdown. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this...

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Apple CEO Wants FTC To Let Consumers Control Their Data
January 17, 2019

Tim Cook, Apple’s chief executive who has emerged as a powerful privacy advocate, has called on the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to put in place a new framework to increase the transparency of companies that handle user data. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Symantec Spots Attacks On West African Financial Institutions
January 17, 2019

Hackers are targeting financial firms in the Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Congo, Ghana and Equatorial Guinea, using commodity malware and living off the land tools, reported Symantec, the cybersecurity company, in a new blog post. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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Check Point Finds Flaws In Fortnite’s Single Sign-On System
January 16, 2019

Through a series of vulnerabilities in the technology of the Fortnite game, an attacker could have been able to gain control of user accounts on the platform, per research from Check Point. Researchers from the IT security firm told Epic Games about the bugs in...

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Ukraine Hacker, Others Charged In Hacking SEC’s EDGAR Database
January 15, 2019

U.S. authorities charged a hacker residing in Ukraine and several others on Tuesday (Jan. 15) with trading on non-public corporate earnings information they got by hacking the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s EDGAR database. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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UK Gov’t Taps Banking Heavyweights To Fight Money Laundering
January 14, 2019

Aiming to fight more financial crime, the U.K. government has recruited senior executives from Barclays, Lloyds Banking and Banco Santander. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

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Hackers Make $3.7M In Ryuk Ransomware Attack
January 14, 2019

Ryuk, a ransomware threat that has been spreading online, has earned the hackers more than 705 bitcoin in five months, which has an estimated value of $3.7 million. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

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Warren Seeks Better Fraud Protection For Gov’t Prepaid Programs
January 11, 2019

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has asked the Treasury Department to boost fraud protection in the Direct Express prepaid program after hundreds of federal benefits recipients were victims of fraud. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

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Hospital Cyberattacker Receives 10-Year Prison Sentence
January 11, 2019

A Massachusetts man has been sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for a cyberattack that disrupted Boston Children’s Hospital‘s network for two weeks. Reuters reported that 34-year-old Martin Gottesfeld carried out the attack for hacking activist group Anonymous, which was protesting a custody case involving a...