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Scams, Hacks & Breaches

Scammers Drain $700,000 From UBS, TD Bank and Merrill Lynch Customer in Cyber Fraud Scheme: Report

Scammers have stolen $700,000 from an elderly woman, wiping her bank accounts in a cyber fraud scheme. Scammers have drained…

October 8, 2025

Cybercriminals Steal 1,000,000,000 Sensitive Records From Salesforce Containing Personally Identiable Information: Report

Cybercriminals claiming ties to the “LAPSUS$” hacking group say they have stolen nearly 1 billion records from companies that use…

October 7, 2025

Woman Orchestrates Massive Bank Fraud, Extracts $300,000 From Wells Fargo and PNC Bank: Report

A North Carolina woman is facing felony charges for allegedly carrying out fraudulent schemes to extract $300,000 from Wells Fargo…

October 7, 2025

‘Devastated’ Elderly Woman Scammed out of $63,000 by Supposed FBI Agent Claiming Her Apple ID Was Stolen: Report

A woman from Oakland, California, was reportedly scammed out of tens of thousands of dollars by a fraudster allegedly posing…

October 5, 2025

Wells Fargo Employees Accused of Stealing $40,670 From Bank’s ATMs

Two Wells Fargo employees are accused of stealing thousands of dollars from the bank, according to new consent orders filed…

October 4, 2025

Healthcare Firm Handing Up To $5,000 Per Person To Settle Lawsuit Over Cyberattack and Data Breach

A nonprofit healthcare firm has agreed to pay millions of dollars as a settlement over a data breach that happened…

October 4, 2025

Woman Found With 253 Stolen Treasury Checks After Masterminding $3,540,000 Fraud and Identity Theft: DOJ

A federal court in Missouri has imposed an 11-year prison term on a 29-year-old Kansas City resident after she admitted…

October 4, 2025

Hacker Hits Bank’s Computer Network, Accesses Customer Files Containing Names, Social Security Numbers and More

A US bank is notifying its customers of a cybersecurity incident that potentially exposed personally identifying information. In a new…

October 4, 2025

766,670 People Impacted After Hackers Breach Tech Firm – Names, Social Security Numbers and More Potentially Exposed

Hackers have infiltrated the systems of a software company, potentially compromising the personal data of hundreds of thousands of Americans.…

October 4, 2025

Life Insurance Giant Allianz Now Says Nearly 1,500,000 People Impacted in July Data Breach – Names, Addresses, Dates of Birth and Social Security Numbers Exposed

A US-based life insurer that suffered a massive data breach in July says that the security incident has affected more…

October 3, 2025