The Justice Department reported Monday (March 21) that a former State Department employee was sentenced to 57 months in prison, punishment for an international email phishing, hacking and cyberstalking scheme that ensnared hundreds of victims, both in the United States and abroad. Get the Full...
In the ongoing battle over unlocking a terrorist’s Apple iPhone, a Tuesday (March 22) hearing —in which a federal court would have heard the Justice Department’s request to have the consumer electronics giant unlock a phone — has been postponed because the government has said...
What’s the biggest obstacle facing the on-demand delivery economy? Some might say it’s a legal issue of how to pay workers enough without sacrificing innovation and growth. Others might point to ever-growing logistics costs in the face of similarly increasing consumer expectations on when they...
There are plenty of people with incredibly powerful smartphones in their pockets who all too easily pooh-pooh the idea of driverless or connected cars soon ruling the roads. However, if the Federal Bureau of Investigation is to be believed, that future — as well as the...
Reuters has reported that a cybercrime maven has gone missing in Bangladesh just after talking to police and media outlets about a brazen $951 million would-be theft from the country’s central bank. The disappearance of Tanveer Hassan Zoha was reported by his wife, said the...
As details are emerging about the hack of Bangladeshi funds out of an account held at the New York Fed last week, SWIFT is gearing up to reach out to banks to remind them of proper security practices, according to reports over the weekend. That...
For fans of digital data security, last week might not have been the best week to recruit new members to the fan club. In fact, it was a really bad time, as hackers cracked the NY Fed, researchers cracked fingerprint scanning, Amex admitted to a...
Embedded digital security company Oberthur Technologies released on Thursday (March 17) the results of a survey showing that 80 percent of respondents would be more likely to use a MOTION CODE-enabled card over one that has a static and printed CVV code when shopping online. Get...
The initial push by payments firm Square into Australia hit a rough patch after the security of its mPOS reader was scrutinized, as noted by The Australian. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
