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Scams, Hacks & Breaches

Bank Insider Allegedly Obtains Customers’ Debit Card PINs, Drains $440,000 From Their Accounts in Just Two Months: DOJ

An associate banker at a large national bank is accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from customers in…

July 13, 2025

World’s Largest Gambling Company Discloses Hack Affecting 800,000 Users – IP Addresses, Emails and Online Activity Exposed

Online gambling giant Flutter Entertainment says hundreds of thousands of users are affected by a massive hack on its subsidiaries.…

July 13, 2025

Merrill Lynch Financial Advisor Banned From Industry After Allegedly Draining $2,580,000 From Former NFL Player’s Account: Report

A financial advisor from Bank of America's wealth management division is reportedly banned from the industry amid allegations that he…

July 13, 2025

Crypto Hacker Who Drained $42,000,000 From GMX Goes White Hat, Returns Funds in Exchange for $5,000,000 Bounty

A crypto hacker who stole tens of millions of dollars from the decentralized crypto perpetuals exchange GMX (GMX) is turning…

July 12, 2025

Record $14,600,000,000 Health Care Fraud Involving Doctors, Nurses, Pharmacists And Others Taken Down By Feds

The US government has just taken down the largest health care fraud operation in history. The DOJ says it has…

July 12, 2025

Bank Insider Allegedly Drains $477,000 From 12 Customer Accounts Without Authorization: US Department of Justice

The federal government is accusing a bank employee of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from a dozen customers. The…

July 12, 2025

New Banking Malware Hammers US and Canada, Reaches Over 50,000 Android Users in Just Six Days

A dangerous Android-based banking malware is rapidly spreading across the United States and Canada. Anatsa is capable of stealing banking…

July 12, 2025

Football Pro Loses $240,000 in JPMorgan Chase Bank Scam, Triggering Inside Job Inquiry: Report

A pro football player has lost a huge sum of cash to a bank fraud scheme, raising suspicions of insider…

July 12, 2025

Financial Giant Handing up to $5,000 per Person in Data Breach Settlement After Names, Social Security Numbers and More Exposed

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

July 12, 2025

JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo Refuse To Reimburse Customers After $22,450 Drained From Bank Accounts

Customers at JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo say the banks have refused to reimburse after bad actors…

July 11, 2025