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Scams, Hacks & Breaches

$47,646 Drained From Customers’ Accounts at Wells Fargo As Rogue Executive Mounts Year-Long Campaign To Steal Cash: US Bank Regulator

A Wells Fargo executive has been ordered to leave the banking industry after draining tens of thousands of dollars from…

July 20, 2024

Security Breach at Coinbase-Linked Bank Exposes the Personal Info of More Than 150 of the Exchange’s Customers

A security breach at a Coinbase-linked bank earlier this month exposed the sensitive personal information of more than 150 of…

July 20, 2024

Crypto Exchange WazirX Hacked, Loses Over $230,000,000 in Ethereum, Shiba Inu and Other Assets: On-Chain Data

Hackers have breached and siphoned large amounts of assets from the India-based crypto exchange WazirX. According to blockchain tracking firm…

July 19, 2024

Crypto Sleuth Suggests $230,000,000 WazirX Crypto Hack Linked to North Korea’s Lazarus Group

A crypto exchange based out of India has confirmed a multi-million dollar security breach on a multi-sig wallet. According to…

July 18, 2024

North Korean Hackers Lazarus Group May Be Behind $305,000,000 DMM Bitcoin Attack, Says On-Chain Researcher

The North Korean hacking outfit, Lazarus Group, could be responsible for the cyber attack on a Japanese crypto exchange in…

July 16, 2024

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Deepfake Video Scams Steal $273,350 From Three Men: Report

Three Canadian men reportedly lost hundreds of thousands of dollars after watching videos that purportedly showed prominent figures vouching for…

July 14, 2024

$40,000 Drained From JPMorgan Chase Account by Malicious ‘Ghost’ As Bank Rejects Customer’s Plea for Reimbursement: Report

A JPMorgan Chase customer says he's struggled to pick up the pieces after a mysterious malicious actor drained $40,000 from…

July 13, 2024

$1,640,000,000 in Crypto Assets Lost on BNB Chain Since Launch, Says Bug Bounty Platform Immunefi

New data from bug bounty platform Immunefi finds that nearly $1.7 billion in crypto assets have been drained on BNB…

July 13, 2024

Founder of Peer-to-Peer Crypto Exchange Paxful Pleads Guilty Over Anti-Money Laundering Program Failures: DOJ

The co-founder and former director of peer-to-peer cryptocurrency marketplace Paxful has pleaded guilty to charges related to the platform’s failure…

July 11, 2024