Category : Scams, Hacks & Breaches
1,600,000 Americans Set To Receive Up To $2,500 in Data Breach Lawsuit Involving Six Insurance Companies
A $6 million class action settlement has been reached in a lawsuit against an insurance claim service provider and multiple insurance companies. The case stems...
US Crypto Investor Loses $3,000,000 in XRP in Devastating Hack
An American crypto investor says he just lost his retirement savings after hackers stole $3 million in XRP. Brandon LaRoque, a 54-year-old from North Carolina,...
Hackers Exploiting WhatsApp To Steal Bank Customers’ Credentials, Warns Cybersecurity Researchers
Cybersecurity researchers are warning about a dangerous new malware strain that targets banking customers by exploiting WhatsApp and SMS. Dubbed “GhostBat RAT,” the malicious software...
Interpol Dismantles Massive $439,000,000 Financial Scam Syndicate in ‘Operation HAECHI’
Interpol says it has dismantled a massive financial crime network that stole hundreds of millions of dollars through online scams, money laundering and crypto fraud....
Data Breach Victims Will Receive Up To $5,000 After North Carolina Firm Settles Million-Dollar Lawsuit
A North Carolina-based healthcare firm has agreed to pay millions of dollars to settle a class action lawsuit filed over a data breach that happened...
70,000 Discord Users Warned After Massive Hack – Drivers Licenses, Passports, Credit Card Numbers, IP Addresses and More Affected: Report
Discord says a security breach may have compromised the sensitive information of at least 70,000 users. The social giant says one of its third-party vendors...
‘Devastated’ Elderly Woman Scammed out of $63,000 by Supposed FBI Agent Claiming Her Apple ID Was Stolen: Report
A woman from Oakland, California, was reportedly scammed out of tens of thousands of dollars by a fraudster allegedly posing as an agent of the...
Woman Who Defrauded JPMorgan Chase of $175,000,000 Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison
The CEO of a startup acquired by JPMorgan Chase in 2021 will spend seven years behind bars for fraudulently inducing the banking giant to purchase...
Alleged Fraudsters Run Ponzi-Style Payments After Raising $112,000,000 From Investors
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is suing three individuals for allegedly conducting fraudulent securities offerings, misusing investor funds and engaging in a Ponzi...
Pennsylvania Firm Handing Out $5,000 per Person To Settle Lawsuit Over Data Breach That Exposed Social Security Numbers of at Least 1,400,000 People
A US pharmaceutical giant has agreed to compensate those who were impacted by a major 2024 data breach. According to the newly updated settlement portal,...