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Hackers Hit Wormhole DeFi Project, Take $320M
February 02, 2022

Wormhole, a communication bridge between Solana and other decentralized finance (DeFi) blockchain networks, was hacked to the tune of about $320 million in cryptocurrency, according to a Bloomberg report Wednesday (Feb. 2). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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FTC Warns Social Media Users About Advertising Scams
February 02, 2022

Americans reported losing about $770 million to fraud on social media last year, an 18-fold increase from 2017, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

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Criminals See NFTs as a Lucrative Target — They May Be Wrong
February 02, 2022

Nonfungible token (NFT) collector Larry Lawliet announced Monday (Jan. 31) on Twitter that he had lost $2.7 million worth of super-hot Bored Ape and Mutant Ape tokens to a hacker. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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Congress Eyes Giving Federal Regulators More Tools to Combat Pandemic-Related Scams, Price Gouging
February 02, 2022

As the world enters the third year of battling COVID-19, lawmakers said regulators must do more to stop price gouging and scams targeting the public seeking protection against the coronavirus, UPI reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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Preventing Online Fraud Should Start by Examining Customer Intent
February 01, 2022

There are promises made in commerce — unspoken promises that are too often broken, inadvertently, in the digital age. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe...

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Consortium Model Adds Risk Mitigation Layers for FIs Through Shared Insight
February 01, 2022

As we all move online, especially to bank, Mary-Helen McElfresh, vice president, fraud risk management at Early Warning Services, LLC, told PYMNTS that a consortium approach could cut fraud rates and false positives. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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As Money Laundering Booms, Crypto Thieves Flock to DeFi
January 27, 2022

The amount cryptocurrency stolen, scammed and blackmailed nearly doubled in 2021. So, it stands to reason that money laundering would be up as well. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

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Banks and Businesses Say Fraud Isn’t a Problem — Until It Happens to Them
January 26, 2022

Most people think their relatively paltry sum of money isn’t enough to make them the target of fraud, especially when there are so many other bigger and more obvious targets out there. And that attitude is music to the ears of hackers, who are increasingly...

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PYMNTS Crypto Crime Series: In India Hacking Case, Bitcoin Trail Leads to Hamas
January 24, 2022

Three years ago, the digital wallet of a west Delhi, India, cryptocurrency investor was hacked, and more than a half million dollars in bitcoin, ether and Bitcoin Cash was taken. Delhi police revealed Monday (Jan. 24) that the stolen funds made their way to Hamas....