Category : Scams, Hacks & Breaches
Citibank Employee Transfers $166,000 To Himself After Gaining Unauthorized Access to 79-Year-Old Dementia Patient’s Account: Manhattan District Attorney
A former personal banker at Citibank has admitted to stealing a huge pile of cash from an elderly customer. According to the office of the...
92,554 Users Exposed As Crypto Payments Firm Reveals Attacker Accessed Names, Birth Dates, Passports, Drivers Licenses and More
A US-based crypto payments firm says tens of thousands of users are exposed after a hacker gained access to an employee’s laptop. The fiat-to-crypto payment...
$109,000 Drained From 81 Year-Old’s Bank Account in Devastating Social Security Scam: Report
An 81 year-old woman says she’s lost her entire life savings to a Social Security scam. Washington, D.C.-based Gladys Baxley says she recently received a...
Wells Fargo Customers’ Data Exposed, Used for Fraud in ‘Preventable Hack’, Alleges New Class Action Lawsuit
Wells Fargo is facing a new class action lawsuit over the bank’s alleged failure to properly secure customers’ personally identifiable information. The lawsuit, filed by...
Scarlett Johansson, Kylie Jenner and Taylor Swift Are Top 3 Celebrity Names Exploited for Online Scams: Cybersecurity Giant McAfee
Cybersecurity giant McAfee says thieves are increasingly using the names of popular US celebrities to lure consumers to online scams. In a new report, McAfee...
Bad Actors Selling Deepfake Tool To Bypass Crypto Exchange Security Protocols, According to Cybersecurity Firm
A network security firm is warning that criminals have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that targets crypto exchange platforms. In a new report, Cato...
10th-Largest US Bank Paying $3,100,000,000 Fine in Historic Admission of Guilt After Criminals ‘Dump Piles of Cash’ on Banks’ Counters
The 10th-largest bank in the US is preparing to pay a $3.1 billion fine after becoming the first in American history to plead guilty to...
$14,000 Drained From Wells Fargo Account in Alleged Chemical Con Job – Bank Says ‘Your Money Is Gone’, Refuses To Reimburse: Report
Wells Fargo says it feels bad for a customer, but refuses to reimburse, after a con artist ripped $14,000 from her account. It all started...
Banking Giant Paying $4,700,000 To Victims of Billion-Dollar Market Manipulation Scheme: US Department of Justice
A group of US regulators including the Department of Justice (DOJ) is hitting a banking giant with a multi-million dollar fine to settle criminal charges...
Tether Says It Helped US Government Seize $6,000,000 in Crypto From Southeast Asian Scheme
The company behind the world’s largest stablecoin by market cap says it aided US authorities in confiscating the proceeds of an overseas crypto-confidence scheme. Perpetrators...