security & fraud

Facebook Hit With Fine In The UK Over Cambridge Analytica Scandal
Facebook Hit With Fine In The UK Over Cambridge Analytica Scandal
July 11, 2018  |  Facebook

Facebook was hit with a $660,000 fine, the maximum allowed, by the British Information Commissioner’s Office over its data scandal with now-defunct political consulting firm...

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Investors Flee Danske Bank Following Money Laundering Allegations
Investors Flee Danske Bank Following Money Laundering Allegations
July 09, 2018  |  Bank Regulation

Danske Bank is facing backlash from a money laundering scandal that has now resulted in it losing client Unity Technologies, a video game startup that is valued...

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Apple’s New iOS Could Make Users More Vulnerable To Banking Fraud
Apple’s New iOS Could Make Users More Vulnerable To Banking Fraud
July 05, 2018  |  Apple

Apple’s new iOS 12 includes a security code auto-fill feature that according to a researcher makes customers more susceptible to banking fraud. A report in BGR cited...

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SEC, FBI Investigating Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica Data Scandal
SEC, FBI Investigating Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica Data Scandal
July 03, 2018  |  Facebook

Facebook’s data scandal, in which the now defunct political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica accessed the data on 87 million users without their consent, is getting further...

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Wells Fargo Hit With Lawsuit Over Financing Fees
Wells Fargo Hit With Lawsuit Over Financing Fees
July 02, 2018  |  Legal

Wells Fargo is facing a new lawsuit, this time from the Texas jeweler J. Edwards Jewelry Distributing and the company’s president, John Silverman, for charging what...

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Real-Time Trouble, Real-Time Solutions
Real-Time Trouble, Real-Time Solutions
June 29, 2018  |  Today In Data

Fraudsters tend to show up in all kinds of places — expected and not. The global travel market, for example, is anticipating tens of billions...

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California Passes Online Privacy Data Law Aimed At Protecting Consumers
California Passes Online Privacy Data Law Aimed At Protecting Consumers
June 29, 2018  |  Data

The state of California passed a new digital privacy law that provides consumers with more transparency and control over their digital data. According to a...

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FBI Has 130 Open Cases Related To Cryptocurrency
FBI Has 130 Open Cases Related To Cryptocurrency
June 28, 2018  |  Cryptocurrency

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is busy when it comes to cryptocurrencies — Kyle Armstrong, a supervisory special agent, said at a conference this week...

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Exactis Exposes Non-Financial Data On Close To 340M Americans
Exactis Exposes Non-Financial Data On Close To 340M Americans
June 28, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Exactis, the marketing and data aggregation firm, was the subject of a data breach in which customer information ended up on the Internet for hackers...

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