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Why US Credit Card Fraud Complaints Are On The Rise

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Credit card fraud complaints in the U.S. ValuePenguin analyzed data collected by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and found that there were approximately 70,000 credit card fraud complaints submitted in 2015. At the state level, the number of credit card fraud complaints were much more pronounced. Across the U.S.,

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Victims Of Tech Support Scam Get Refunds

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The scheme convinced consumers to purchase tech support services by saying their computers had malware, viruses or other types of security bugs. FTC actions led to over $232 million in refunds to consumers across the nation last year, according to the release. Many of the recipients will receive refunds through PayPal.

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Regulators Want Answers From Uber Over Hidden Hack

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Attorneys general in Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts and New York said they were launching their own investigations. s National Cyber Security Centre to determine how large the breach was and how many people in the U.K. Meanwhile, in the U.K., The ICO plans to work with the U.K.’s were impacted by it.

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Data privacy: How to keep customer data safe

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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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Dr. Alexa? How Voice Assistants Can Cure Patient Billing’s Ills

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Global technology market advisory company ABI Research recently asserted that cities may not be sufficiently investing in IoT security even as they deploy more and more of the technology. The September IoT Tracker explores recent 5G explorations and IoT applications and limitations. Around The IoT World. Two Democratic U.S.