Scams, Hacks & Breaches

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$304,500 in Counterfeit Cash Seized at New York Airport, Triggering Secret Service Investigation

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The Secret Service has been called in to investigate the discovery and seizure of $304,500 in fake U.S. currency at...

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644,869 Records on American Citizens Exposed As Massive Data Breach Reveals Full Names, Addresses, Emails, Employment Details, Social Media Accounts, Phone Numbers and Criminal Records: Report

5 months ago bitnews

A security researcher says he has discovered a massive, unprotected database online containing 644,869 files with extremely sensitive data on...

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$16,800,000 Drained From Official Bank Accounts As Uganda Central Bank Hacked: Report

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Uganda’s central bank just confirmed rumors of a hack, revealing a trove of cash has been drained from the nation’s...

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Wells Fargo Issues Fraud Warning As Scammers Drain $503,910,000 From US Banks in Three Months

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Wells Fargo is issuing a warning to US bank customers as new numbers shed light on the amount of fraudulent...

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Senior Fed Official Pockets $770,000 in Insider Trading Scheme, Faces 25 Years in Prison: US Department of Justice

5 months ago bitnews

An ex-bank examiner and senior manager at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (FRBR) could spend decades behind bars for...

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Billionaire’s $13,000,000,000 Fortune Allegedly Vanishes Amid Accusations of Decades-Long Fraud and Betrayal

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An 81-year-old heir to the Hermès fortune says he’s lost a staggering $13 billion in assets. Nicolas Puech says he...

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Crypto Hackers and Rug Pullers Steal $71,021,500 in November With BNB Chain Emerging As the Top Target

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New data from crypto security firm ImmuneFi reveals that hackers and fraudsters stole tens of millions of dollars with the...

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$1,900,000 To Be Handed To Victims of ‘Free Credit Report’ Scam That Conned 42,849 People

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is preparing to send a total of $1.9 million to victims of an alleged free...

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Uniswap Labs Launches ‘Biggest Bug Bounty in History’ To Find Vulnerabilities in DEX

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The firm behind the largest decentralized exchange (DEX) by trading volume is launching a $15.5 million bug bounty of historic...

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Bank Executive Steals $60,181 From Dead Customer’s Account, Tells Colleagues He’s in Touch With Client: Report

5 months ago bitnews

A former executive at the seventh-largest bank in the US just admitted to taking tens of thousands of dollars from...