A Russian national has admitted to carrying out the largest-known computer hack on a US bank. His 2014 breach of JPMorgan Chase generated hundreds of millions of dollars in illicit revenue and stole the data of more than 80 million JPMorgan clients. Andrei Tyurin, 35, whose last name is also spelled Tiurin, also pleaded guilty […]
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As companies continue to invest in heavily amping up their security measures, fraudsters are shifting their aim — now targeting business’s less-secure alternative payment methods. A record-breaking 82% of organizations became victims of payment fraud in 2018, according to the Association for Financial Professionals. The threats facing small and midsize businesses are more severe. The
(GeekWire Photo) Amazon alleges in a new lawsuit that a group of unnamed individuals used the tech giant’s name, trademarks and branding to dupe people into clicking on links with the promise of fraudulent Amazon gift cards and other rewards that would never come. The company says in the suit that the defendants profited off
80 Scammers Charged in International Romance Fraud Conspiracy By Caleb Danziger You’ve probably heard about or even received the emails from people who claim to be stranded in desperate situations and need money immediately wired to them. Some of them take the time to befriend their victims first and spark supposed romances with them. Some
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BiljaST / Pixabay There’s been a lot of news about the mining of our personal data by companies (and countries) to use for advertising purposes or other nefarious reasons. Most Social Media users are shocked to see ads for items they were viewing on the Internet or ads for things they were searching for on
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