security & fraud

Equifax Confirms It Sent Out Letters To Hack Victims With Wrong Information

Equifax Confirms It Sent Out Letters To Hack Victims With Wrong Information
Equifax Confirms It Sent Out Letters To Hack Victims With Wrong Information
April 02, 2018  |  Cybersecurity

Equifax, the credit reporting company still suffering the aftermath of a massive data breach last fall, has confirmed it sent out notification letters to victims...

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Facebook To Require Marketers To Confirm Email Addresses Were Collected Properly
Facebook To Require Marketers To Confirm Email Addresses Were Collected Properly
April 02, 2018  |  Cybersecurity

Facebook, reeling from the data scandal brought on by Cambridge Analytica, is rushing to add more protection to users’ data, readying a certification tool that...

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Russian Accused Of Hacking US Tech Companies Pleads Not Guilty
Russian Accused Of Hacking US Tech Companies Pleads Not Guilty
April 02, 2018  |  Cross-border Payments

A Russian man claimed his innocence late last week after being accused of hacking three U.S. tech companies, potentially accessing personal information on 100 million LinkedIn...

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Under Armour Breach Exposed 150M MyFitnessPal Accounts
Under Armour Breach Exposed 150M MyFitnessPal Accounts
March 30, 2018  |  Cybersecurity

Under Armour has revealed that it’s suffered one of the biggest hacks in history after data from 150 million users of its MyFitnessPal diet and...

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Bitcoin, Other Cryptocurrencies Continue Decline Over Regulation Fears
Bitcoin, Other Cryptocurrencies Continue Decline Over Regulation Fears
March 30, 2018  |  Cryptocurrency

With fresh concerns about government regulation of cryptocurrency surfacing, Bitcoin and other digital tokens continued the recent declines in value, erasing $550 billion in value for...

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South Korean Investigators Looking At North Korea’s Role In Youbit Demise
South Korean Investigators Looking At North Korea’s Role In Youbit Demise
March 29, 2018  |  Cross-border Payments

Law enforcement in South Korea is looking into Youbit, the South Korean bitcoin exchange that was the subject of a heist that brought the exchange...

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Facebook Pulling Back The Amount Of Third-Party Data Sharing
Facebook Pulling Back The Amount Of Third-Party Data Sharing
March 29, 2018  |  Facebook / Meta

Facebook, in an effort to quell some of the backlash since it revealed its latest data scandal with Cambridge Analytica, is limiting the information it...

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The Prospect Of More Tech Regulation Sinks Global Stocks
The Prospect Of More Tech Regulation Sinks Global Stocks
March 28, 2018  |  Legal & Regulation

With concerns that technology companies can face more regulation, tech stocks were declining all over the globe — with the tech-heavy Nasdaq falling 2.9 percent...

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