security & fraud

SEC Charges Centra Tech Co-Founders With ICO Scam
SEC Charges Centra Tech Co-Founders With ICO Scam
April 03, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

The Securities and Exchange Commission is going after another company raising money via an initial coin offering, charging Centra Tech, a Miami-based startup, with scamming...

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SEC Charges Founder Of Mozido With Defrauding Investors
SEC Charges Founder Of Mozido With Defrauding Investors
April 02, 2018  |  Regulation

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced news on Monday (April 2) that it charged Michael Liberty, the founder of Mozido, the FinTech startup, with scamming...

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Equifax Confirms It Sent Out Letters To Hack Victims With Wrong Information
Equifax Confirms It Sent Out Letters To Hack Victims With Wrong Information
April 02, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Equifax, the credit reporting company still suffering the aftermath of a massive data breach last fall, has confirmed it sent out notification letters to victims...

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Facebook To Require Marketers To Confirm Email Addresses Were Collected Properly
Facebook To Require Marketers To Confirm Email Addresses Were Collected Properly
April 02, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Facebook, reeling from the data scandal brought on by Cambridge Analytica, is rushing to add more protection to users’ data, readying a certification tool that...

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Russian Accused Of Hacking US Tech Companies Pleads Not Guilty
Russian Accused Of Hacking US Tech Companies Pleads Not Guilty
April 02, 2018  |  International

A Russian man claimed his innocence late last week after being accused of hacking three U.S. tech companies, potentially accessing personal information on 100 million LinkedIn...

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Under Armour Breach Exposed 150M MyFitnessPal Accounts
Under Armour Breach Exposed 150M MyFitnessPal Accounts
March 30, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

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...

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Bitcoin, Other Cryptocurrencies Continue Decline Over Regulation Fears
Bitcoin, Other Cryptocurrencies Continue Decline Over Regulation Fears
March 30, 2018  |  Cryptocurrency

With fresh concerns about government regulation of cryptocurrency surfacing, Bitcoin and other digital tokens continued the recent declines in value, erasing $550 billion in value for...

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South Korean Investigators Looking At North Korea’s Role In Youbit Demise
South Korean Investigators Looking At North Korea’s Role In Youbit Demise
March 29, 2018  |  International

Law enforcement in South Korea is looking into Youbit, the South Korean bitcoin exchange that was the subject of a heist that brought the exchange...

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Facebook Pulling Back The Amount Of Third-Party Data Sharing
Facebook Pulling Back The Amount Of Third-Party Data Sharing
March 29, 2018  |  Facebook

Facebook, in an effort to quell some of the backlash since it revealed its latest data scandal with Cambridge Analytica, is limiting the information it...

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