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APRIL 21, 2016

A Washington, D.C.-area area grocery story chain is only allowing customers to purchase reloadable or prepaid gift cards with cash or bank PIN-based debit due to a significant increase in credit card fraud. Brian Krebs reported the change to grocer Giant Food’s policy yesterday (April 20) on his cybersecurity blog Krebs on Security.

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DECEMBER 5, 2019

The duo allegedly — and with the help of more than a dozen others — worked to deploy malware known as Dridex (aka Cridex and Bugat) and for committing wire and bank fraud. They are connected with a Russian hacking group known as Evil Corp., which has been known to release malware.

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DECEMBER 17, 2020

A less sunny aphorism, to be sure, but one that is unfortunately applicable this week as two pieces of good news – the circulation of a vaccine for COVID-19 and signs of life in a stimulus deal out of Washington before Congress breaks for the holidays – are spotlighting the dark clouds accompanying them. The FTC marked $201.26

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JULY 7, 2020

Americans have lost more than $77 million in COVID-19 fraud since the start of the year, according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). But that number misses an unprecedented scope of scams connected to the coronavirus, according to John Breyault , a spokesman for the National Consumers League , the Washington, D.C.-based

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DECEMBER 5, 2019

The duo allegedly — and with the help of more than a dozen others — worked to deploy malware known as Dridex (aka Cridex and Bugat) and for committing wire and bank fraud. They are connected with a Russian hacking group known as Evil Corp., which has been known to release malware.

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JULY 30, 2019

The security breach at Capital One that exposed 100 million credit card applications and thousands of bank accounts and Social Security numbers is rapidly seeing repercussions. . About 140,000 Social Security numbers and 80,000 bank account numbers were compromised. . Reuters reported. The suit is seeking class-action status. .

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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Metromile launched in 2016 and is currently available in eight states, including California, New York, Washington, Pennsylvania and Arizona. Metromile also licenses its cloud-based software to other insurance companies to help them increase efficiency, automate claims, reduce fraud losses and boost employee productivity.

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APRIL 1, 2020

In the March Credit Union Tracker® , PYMNTS analyzes the latest developments in the CU space, such as how they are tackling fraud protection challenges in a growing online banking ecosystem. CUs are also employing technologies for security and for consumer satisfaction. How USSFCU Secures Its Digital Infrastructure Makeover.

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DECEMBER 20, 2022

5 Ways Digital Payments Will Change FIs and Fraud in 2023. Financial institutions (FIs) are not letting fraud trends like scams fade into background noise, but fraud awareness is rising among customers and both the banks and customers are eager to mitigate as much as possible. FICO Admin. Tue, 07/02/2019 - 02:45. by TJ Horan.

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APRIL 2, 2020

The story, first reported by TechCrunch, revealed the alleged fraud by Jian Liu is believed to have begun in the second quarter of last year. The three-person special committee has retained Chicago-based law firm Kirkland & Ellis as counsel and FTI Consulting of Washington, D.C.

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OCTOBER 26, 2018

Amid reports this week that changes to accounting standards are coming over the next few weeks, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has said that financial professionals, including accountants, must be mindful of cybersecurity risks. BEC, the acronym for business email compromise scams, is getting its share of attention.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

federal judge says that securities law applies to crypto fraud, China has a lead in an important patent area and a major bank makes a big investment push in cities. He first revealed his plans to sell in a March Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing, saying that the proceeds would “fund sidecar investments with the company.”.

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JANUARY 19, 2021

In the latest PYMNTS TV episode, GeoGuard CEO David Briggs and People’s United Bank Vice President of Financial Crimes and Fraud Intelligence Karen Boyer build the business case for why financial institutions (FIs) must now use geodata and geodata analytics in the fight against fraud and financial crime.

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JULY 29, 2019

Capital One announced that a hacker had accessed about 100 million credit card applications, as well as thousands of Social Security and bank account numbers. The Washington Post reported that the FBI has arrested a Seattle area woman, Paige A. The Washington Post reported that the FBI has arrested a Seattle area woman, Paige A.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2023

When looking at total fraud cases related to skimming, we saw that 70% were tied to POCs in 5 states: California (38%), New York (16%), Pennsylvania (6%) and Florida/Washington (5%). We saw that in 2022, 58% of the attempted transactions in fraud cases were balance inquiries.

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AUGUST 20, 2019

Third parties who obtained DD Perks account holders’ usernames and passwords through other companies’ or organizations’ security breaches may have used this information to log into certain DD Perks accounts if the account holders used the same username and password for unrelated accounts,” a Dunkin’ spokesperson told ZDNet at the time.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2019

As fraudsters get more brazen and inventive in the digital information ecosystem, many companies are realizing they can’t thwart these bad actors on their own, and must instead turn to new partnerships in their fight against fraud. A recent partnership in India aims to add further biometric security to the nation’s Aadhaar system.

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JANUARY 17, 2019

According to a new report in The Washington Post , with the shutdown now dragging into its 27th day, a growing number of websites operated by the federal government are breaking down. The paper reported that during this week, several web security certificates owned by U.S.

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OCTOBER 11, 2018

IBT Media, which owned Newsweek during the alleged fraud but has since spun the publication off into a separate entity, is accused of partnering with Christian Media Corp. , a faith-based online publisher in Washington, D.C., to carry out the fraud scheme.

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MAY 22, 2020

Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois and Ohio have warned tens of thousands of residents who have applied online for unemployment benefits due to COVID-19 of possible data breaches that could have exposed names, addresses and Social Security numbers.

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JUNE 11, 2020

What is new is the way in which the technology is being incorporated into businesses’ broader efforts to comply with relevant AML/KYC regulations to help mitigate identity theft and fraud and the legislation being adopted to support those technologies and govern the ways they are implemented. Washington, D.C.-based

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NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The impacted utilities operate in 18 states from Maine to Washington, including Cloverland Electric Cooperation in Michigan, Klickitat Public Utility District in Washington state and Basin Electric Power Cooperative in North Dakota. The email was then downloaded onto a disk and sent to the FBI for analysis.

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JUNE 20, 2019

As for allegations of bank and wire fraud against the company, as well as his daughter, CFO Meng Wanzhou, Ren said the banks “have full knowledge of all those business activities.”. prosecutors filed criminal charges against China’s largest technology company, accusing it of stealing trade secrets and committing bank fraud.

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JANUARY 7, 2019

Biometrics promise to take a larger role in authentication security in 2019, helping to stop online fraud and bringing speed, efficiency and security to transactions ranging from QSR mobile-order ahead to airport car rentals.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) unveiled charges against Washington state-based digital eSports gaming and gambling company Unikrn for holding an “unregistered initial coin offering (ICO),” according to a press release. In other news, the U.S.

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AUGUST 12, 2019

As reported this past week by Fox 5 in Washington, D.C., In a smattering of individual instances of fraud: In Canada, SaskEnergy said that it fired an employee amid allegations that the unnamed worker had misappropriated a fuel card, racking up $30,000 in charges between 2004 and 2019. In Canada – and in the US, too.

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APRIL 11, 2016

In an internal FDIC document obtained by The Washington Post , it was revealed that the data of 44,000 FDIC customers was breached by an employee who left the agency in February. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has become the latest federal system impacted by a major data breach.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2021

With the 2021 change in administration in Washington, D.C., This topic has continued to be emphasized by FinCEN throughout the years, as demonstrated by former FinCEN Deputy Director Jamal El-Hindi in a 2019 speech centered around national security concerns within our U.S. Fraud Prevention. Fraud Trends. BSA Training.

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MARCH 3, 2020

According to the two-count indictment filed in federal court in Washington, D.C. The hacking of virtual currency exchanges and related money laundering for the benefit of North Korean actors poses a grave threat to the security and integrity of the global financial system,” said U.S. national security,” said Don Fort, chief, IRS-CI.

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JULY 23, 2019

The social media giant is now compelled to address a growing number of fabricated exchanges associated with its digital asset, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday (July 23). It also introduces a new programming language, Move, designed to make it more efficient and secure.

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APRIL 14, 2016

People familiar with the matter claim that the researchers hired by the federal agency discovered a previously unknown software flaw that allowed them to create a piece of hardware to crack the iPhone’s four-digit passcode, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday (April 12). Comey recently called a “narrow slice” of devices.

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DECEMBER 26, 2018

According to one security expert, the answer is, unfortunately, yes. founder and managing director of cybersecurity venture firm AllegisCyber , and co-founder of DataTribe , a cybersecurity startup in Washington, D.C., Will the New Year bring an increase in cyberattacks? According to Robert Ackerman, Jr.,

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FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The year 2021 saw a continuation of pandemic policies and changes, a new administration in Washington , and regulatory reform from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ( FinCEN ). House of Representatives advanced the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act to the Senate for the sixth time. What to Watch. Now that the?

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JULY 12, 2019

That said, in a first-ever congressional hearing on marijuana law reform, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security convened July 10 to debate altering federal law around cannabis. Fraud, in the herbal world, is a very common occurrence,” she told PYMNTS in a recent interview.

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JULY 31, 2019

Seattle-based Thompson was charged with one count of computer fraud and abuse following her arrest on Monday (July 29). Kevin Zosiak, who lives in Stamford, Connecticut, and whose personal information was compromised in the data breach, filed the suit in federal court in Washington, D.C., Reuters reported.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2016

In a press release , Sionic said the integration with Oracle Hospitality provides a cardless, three-digit checkout, enabling restaurants to quickly and securely process mobile payments. Sionic Mobile announced on Tuesday (Nov. 29) the integration of its ION Commerce Engine (ICE) with Oracle Hospitality MICROS POS solution.

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JUNE 2, 2016

This data specifically refers to the Washington-based Board of Governors, a federal agency that is required by law to maintain public records. 7 | Number of fraud incident reports by the Fed’s national cybersecurity team that impacted the Board of Governors between 2011-2015.

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