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Scams, Hacks & Breaches

Scammer Posing As FDIC Investigator Dupes Wells Fargo Customer Into Handing Over Nearly $60,000: Report

A fraudster posing as an investigator with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) scammed a Wells Fargo customer out of…

September 28, 2025

Wells Fargo Customer Loses $20,000 to Scammer Posing As Bank Employee: Report

An elderly customer of Wells Fargo has reportedly been defrauded out of $20,000 after bad actors posing as employees of…

September 28, 2025

Federal Reserve Slaps Bank Insider With Industry Ban After He Was Convicted for Stealing $26,428 From His Billion-Dollar Employer

The US Federal Reserve Board of Governors is taking action against a former employee at a bank branch in North…

September 27, 2025

Bank Employee Bank Banned From Industry After Stealing Customer Info Used To Drain Accounts

A former bank employee is now banned from working in the banking industry after federal regulators accused him of leaking…

September 27, 2025

Hyperliquid DeFi Project Hypervault Accused of Rug Pull As $3,600,000 Worth of Crypto Disappears Into Tornado Cash: PeckShield

The decentralized finance (DeFi) project HyperVault is facing rug pull accusations after $3.6 million worth of crypto disappeared from its…

September 27, 2025

Bank Issues Data Breach Alert To Customers After Hacker Accesses Sensitive Personal Information

A US bank says a hack involving an employee’s email account has placed some of its customers’ information at risk.…

September 27, 2025

82-Year-Old California Woman Loses $35,000 to Scammer Claiming To Be U.S. Treasury Employee: Report

An 82-year-old California woman was conned out of $35,000 after being targeted in a bank scam. Donna Ouchida, of Sacramento…

September 27, 2025

Health Care Firm Hacked, Affecting 211,000 Americans – Names, Birthdays and Other Personal Info Stolen: Report

A US-based health care company says it has been hacked, exposing 211,000 of its clients personal information. On July 3,…

September 27, 2025

Pennsylvania Firm Handing Out $5,000 per Person To Settle Lawsuit Over Data Breach That Exposed Social Security Numbers of at Least 1,400,000 People

A US pharmaceutical giant has agreed to compensate those who were impacted by a major 2024 data breach. According to…

September 26, 2025

AT&T Customers Could Be Eligible for up to $5,000 in Compensation As Company Settles Data Breach Incident: Report

Customers of mobile giant AT&T could reportedly be eligible for thousands of dollars in compensation as part of a data…

September 25, 2025