security & fraud

Scott Tucker To Appeal Payday Lending Conviction

Scott Tucker To Appeal Payday Lending Conviction
Scott Tucker To Appeal Payday Lending Conviction
October 16, 2017  |  Legal & Regulation

Kansas City businessman Scott Tucker was found guilty on racketeering charges for interest rates of as much as 700 percent on short-term loans. Get the...

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IRS Suspends Equifax Contract
IRS Suspends Equifax Contract
October 16, 2017  |  Cybersecurity

Equifax, the embattled credit scoring company, was dealt another blow last week when the Internal Revenue Service suspended a contract that is worth more than...

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Hyatt Hotels Gets Cyber Intruder…Again
Hyatt Hotels Gets Cyber Intruder…Again
October 13, 2017  |  Cybersecurity

Hyatt, the hotel operator, is alerting its customers that it was hit with a credit card breach, marking the second big breach in a few...

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Equifax Says It Was Not Breached Again
Equifax Says It Was Not Breached Again
October 13, 2017  |  Fraud Prevention

Equifax, the embattled credit reporting company, was under pressure in Thursday (Oct. 12) trading after rumors began to circulate about a potential new data breach....

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The Latest Gig Workers: North Korean Diplomats
The Latest Gig Workers: North Korean Diplomats
October 09, 2017  |  Cross-border Payments

With tough sanctions by the United Nations effectively isolating North Korea from the world, the country’s embassies have been forced to engage in illicit businesses...

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Analyst Warned Of Equifax’s Lax Cybersecurity Last Year
Analyst Warned Of Equifax’s Lax Cybersecurity Last Year
October 09, 2017  |  Cybersecurity

Financial company MSCI had warned Equifax a year before its massive data breach that there were signs it wasn’t protecting the data of its millions...

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Treasury Investigates Illegal Data Gathering Of Financial Records
Treasury Investigates Illegal Data Gathering Of Financial Records
October 09, 2017  |  Cybersecurity

The U.S. Treasury’s in-house watchdog is reportedly looking into claims that officials at the Treasury department broke the law by looking at the financial records...

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Judge Tells Wells Board, Execs They Can Be Sued
Judge Tells Wells Board, Execs They Can Be Sued
October 06, 2017  |  Cybersecurity

Wells Fargo’s current and former executives and directors have to face most of the lawsuits lodged against the company and its executives by shareholders who...

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