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Leader Of Russian Cybercrime Ring Pleads Guilty

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Infraud was created in 2010 by Svyatoslav Bondarenko, 34, of Ukraine, to promote and grow interest in the Infraud Organization as the premier destination for purchasing retail items with counterfeit or stolen credit card information online, the Justice Department alleged in the indictment. In April, a joint study by the U.S.

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Report: FinCEN Files Reveal Billions In Suspicious Money Flows

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Since 2010, prosecution has been delayed by 18 banks for anti-money laundering, according to BuzzFeed. Standard Chartered moved cash for a Dubai business that was later accused of laundering cash on behalf of the Taliban. Between 1999 and 2017, FinCEN flagged more than $2 trillion in suspicious transactions.

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Preventing consumer e-commerce fraud in the age of EMV

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After years of lagging behind many other developed nations, the US market is rolling out EMV technology. While the transition is still in process, and has in many cases been a bumpy, road to adoption, it will go a long way towards tackling some of the most common types of fraud. The shift to e-commerce CNP fraud.

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Hackers Leveraged SWIFT Gaps To Pull Off Heists

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The controversy over SWIFT’s security flaws, especially those tied to its messaging terminals, has been growing since 2016. A number of officials have spoken out against SWIFT’s lack of action in addressing these flaws and broader security concerns. The network reportedly released new security standards for its customers in April.

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DHS Updates U.S. Critical Infrastructures Including Payments And Securities Settlement

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Department of Homeland Security last week released an update to its list of 16 critical infrastructures, which included financial services such as payments and clearing and settlement of securities. Valerie Abend, managing director, Accenture Security, said the department took a comprehensive view of security. “It

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Wells Fargo Computer Glitch Forced Hundreds Of Foreclosures

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Wells Fargo , the embattled national bank, disclosed in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing that hundreds of individuals saw their homes in foreclosure because of a glitch in software the company used. The computer glitch impacted some accounts that were in the foreclosure process between April of 2010 and October of 2015.

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Data privacy: How to keep customer data safe

Independent Banker

But as the prevalence of security breaches grows, so do the opportunities for community banks to position themselves as guardians of their customers’ personal data through compliance, technology and relationship building. Data privacy and security is a hot topic and is only getting hotter. By Katie Kuehner-Hebert. Bob Hickok.

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