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Data Shows Employees Tried 65 Million Times To Export Source Code In Q2
August 12, 2021

Employees at various companies are increasingly taking sensitive computer code with them as they quit their jobs, the Financial Times (FT) reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

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Crypto Platform Poly Network Says Hacker Returned Much Of Taken Funds
August 12, 2021

The hacker or hackers behind the theft from Poly Network, which facilitates peer-to-peer (P2P) transactions, have now returned almost all the $613 million they stole, Reuters reported, as they claim they always intended to do. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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Poly Network Hackers Return Half Of Stolen $613M
August 12, 2021

A group of hackers who carried out what is believed to be the largest cryptocurrency heist on record have returned more than half of the money they stole. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

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P2P Crypto Platform Poly Network Hackers Targeted Smart Contracts, Have Returned Millions
August 11, 2021

Hackers of decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Poly Network have returned over a third of the $613 million they stole, Reuters reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

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Half Of Consumers ‘Very’ Or ‘Extremely’ Concerned About Using Personal Info Online
August 11, 2021

With the FBI reporting a 400 percent increase in cyberattacks on personal consumer data in 2020, PYMNTS analyzes the problem in the August 2021 study “The Privacy Paradox: Securing Data to Build Customer Engagement,” a Very Good Security collaboration, surveying nearly 2,260 U.S. consumers about...

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Bottomline Debuts Watchlist Screening To Limit False Positives
August 11, 2021

Bottomline, a provider of automated and digitized services for its 1,200 bank and financial institution (FI) customers, on Wednesday (Aug. 11) announced the launch of its Watchlist Screening. Powered by an application programming interface (API), the real-time solution will be delivered via the company’s Software-as-a-Service...

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Hackers Return Some Money From $600M Crypto Theft 
August 11, 2021

A group of hackers behind a more than $600 million cryptocurrency heist — one of the largest of its kind – has begun to return the money it stole.  Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

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Record Crypto Heist Nets Hackers Over $600M
August 11, 2021

In what is likely the biggest cryptocurrency theft in history, hackers made off with more than $600 million by exploiting a vulnerability in the multi-chain DeFi protocol Poly Network, according to multiple media reports and Twitter.  Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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Metal Credit Cards Take On New Role As Virtual Ignition Keys To A Password-less World
August 11, 2021

At first glance, the metal or plastic credit card’s place in the connected economy seems a bit … well, tenuous. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....