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Scams, Hacks & Breaches

Bank Paying Up To $5,000 Per Customer After Data Breach Exposed Social Security Numbers, Account Numbers and Contact Info

A US bank has agreed to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to settle a class action lawsuit accusing the…

December 20, 2025

5,836,521 Americans Alerted After Hackers Breach Credit Reporting Firm – Names, Social Security Numbers and More Potentially Exposed

A massive data breach at a credit reporting firm has potentially exposed the personal information of more than 5.8 million…

December 19, 2025

Staggering $420,000,000 Real Estate Scheme Exposed As DOJ Nabs Bank Fraud Mastermind

The U.S. Department of Justice says a 34-year-old nurse anesthetist and real estate investor is the mastermind of a massive…

December 18, 2025

Scammer Posing As JPMorgan Chase Convinces Woman To Withdraw $12,000 From Bank Account, Hand It to ‘FBI Agent’: Report

An elderly woman has lost $12,000 after a fraudster pretending to work at JPMorgan Chase duped her into thinking her…

December 16, 2025

Post Office Worker Steals $156,000 From Residents, Cashing Stolen Checks in Fraudulent Bank Account: DOJ

A US postal worker has admitted to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars by cashing people's checks in the mail.…

December 15, 2025

Insider Drains $345,014 From Accounts Within Weeks of Joining US Lender – Here’s How

A former employee at a US lender will spend more than two years behind bars for taking hundreds of thousands…

December 14, 2025

87,565 Americans Warned After Hackers Hit Healthcare Firm, Copy ‘Protected Information’ From Network

A newly disclosed data breach at a US-based healthcare firm has triggered a warning for 87,565 Americans. According to a…

December 14, 2025

Bank Employee Fakes Customers’ Signatures, Withdraws Over $38,000 From Accounts: Federal Reserve

A US bank employee is being banned from working in the financial industry after he allegedly forged customer signatures to…

December 14, 2025

US Lender Handing Up To $5,100 To Customers After Data Breach Exposes Names, Social Security Numbers and Other Sensitive Material

A US lender has agreed to pay millions of dollars to settle a lawsuit over a major data breach. According…

December 13, 2025

Bank CEO Issues Fraudulent Loans to Friends and Neighbors, Manipulating Records To Hide Scheme From Bank’s Board and US Government: DOJ

A US bank executive is facing federal fraud charges after allegedly steering his institution into a years-long scheme that enriched…

December 13, 2025