Scams, Hacks & Breaches

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10th-Largest US Bank Paying $3,000,000,000 Fine in Historic Admission of Guilt After Criminals ‘Dump Piles of Cash’ on Banks’ Counters

9 months ago bitnews

The 10th-largest bank in the US is preparing to pay a $3 billion fine after becoming the first in American...

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77,099 Americans Exposed As Financial Giant Leaks Private Customer Information, Discloses Data Breach

9 months ago bitnews

A US financial giant says thousands of customers have had their personal information exposed in a mysterious data breach. A...

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Revolut Says Company Has Prevented $621,880,000 in Potentially Fraudulent Crypto and Fiat Transfers

9 months ago bitnews

Digital banking app Revolut says the company blocked more than $621 million of suspected fraudulent crypto and fiat transfers in...

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$14,000 Drained From Wells Fargo Account in Alleged Chemical Con Job – Bank Says ‘Your Money Is Gone’, Refuses To Reimburse: Report

9 months ago bitnews

Wells Fargo says it feels bad for a customer, but refuses to reimburse, after a con artist ripped $14,000 from...

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Internet Service Giant Says 237,703 Customers’ Social Security Numbers Exposed in Major Data Breach

9 months ago bitnews

One of the largest internet service providers in the US says hundreds of thousands of customers’ social security numbers have...

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Vitalik Buterin Donates 100 Ethereum (ETH) to Tornado Cash Developer Roman Storm’s Legal Defense Fund

9 months ago bitnews

Ethereum co-creator Vitalik Buterin is donating 100 ETH to bolster the legal defense fund of Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm....

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Funds Lost in Crypto Hacks Witnessing Downtrend As Industry Adopts Stronger Security Measures, Says Binance

10 months ago bitnews

Crypto exchange Binance says that the amount of digital assets lost in hacks this year is significantly lower than the...

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Banking Giant Paying $4,700,000 To Victims of Billion-Dollar Market Manipulation Scheme: US Department of Justice

10 months ago bitnews

A group of US regulators including the Department of Justice (DOJ) is hitting a banking giant with a multi-million dollar...

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$17,900 Drained From JPMorgan Chase Account, Sent To Wells Fargo – Now Both Banks Are Refusing To Reimburse: Report

10 months ago bitnews

A JPMorgan Chase customer says her money would be safer under the mattress after scammers successfully moved $17,900 from her...

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Banks Under Attack As ‘Octo2′ Drains Customers’ Accounts in Secret Smartphone Takeover: Report

10 months ago bitnews

Hackers have unleashed a highly advanced piece of malware that quietly infects mobile devices, takes control and drains bank accounts...