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Scams, Hacks & Breaches

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

$262,000,000 Drained From US Bank Accounts in One Year As FBI Issues Warning on Account Takeover Scams

The FBI is warning the public about an epidemic of scams draining bank accounts across the country. In a new…

December 13, 2025

Major US Bank Paying $33,000,000 To Settle Lawsuit Accusing Lender of Knowingly Facilitating Consumer Fraud

A US banking giant has agreed to pay tens of millions of dollars to settle allegations that it knowingly facilitated…

December 13, 2025

319,177 Americans Affected As Healthcare Firm Hacked – Names, Addresses, Social Security Numbers, Health Records and More Potentially Exposed

The personal identifying information of hundreds of thousands of Americans is at risk after a healthcare firm suffered a major…

December 12, 2025

FBI Searching for Woman Who Allegedly Drained $30,000,000 From Banks and Financial Institutions While Posing As Wealthy Heiress: Report

A 73-year-old Michigan native is on the run after allegedly scamming nearly $30 million from banks and financial institutions by…

December 11, 2025

Hackers Targeting Android Users’ Bank Accounts As Devious New Malware Spreads: Report

Hackers are increasingly deploying a devious type of malware designed to drain Android users' bank accounts. This malware, called NGate,…

December 9, 2025