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Coding Error To Blame In Breaches At Commonwealth Bank?
Security & Fraud // August 08, 2017

In regards to the Commonwealth Bank breaches — might it all have been due to coding errors? As Reuters reports, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has announced news that software is to blame for the more than 53,000 times it broke laws tied to anti-money...

Human Error To Blame For Much Of Corporate Finance Scam, Says Verizon
B2B Payments // May 09, 2017

The bad news keeps on coming for businesses facing cyberattacks. The FBI released new data last week warning businesses that the business email compromise scam has led to an uptick in wire fraud. The scam resulted in $5.3 billion in attempted fraud between October 2013 and...

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Report: ‘Human Coding Error’ Caused IRS Posting of Confidential Data 

September 02, 2022
Names, contact information and some financial information of about 120,000 people was reportedly posted in error by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on its website. This confidential taxpayer information had been submitted on Form 990-T, which covers people with individual retirement accounts (IRAs) who earn certain type of business income, and was posted to the […]

Coding Error To Blame In Breaches At Commonwealth Bank?

August 08, 2017
In regards to the Commonwealth Bank breaches — might it all have been due to coding errors? As Reuters reports, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has announced news that software...