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Scams, Hacks & Breaches

Billion-Dollar Bank Handing Thousands of Dollars To Data Breach Victim After Cybersecurity Incident Exposed Names, Social Security Numbers, Account Details

Victims of a bank data breach are set to receive up to $3,000 each after a settlement was reached in…

July 5, 2025

US Lawmakers Probe $870,000,000 in Customer Losses on Zelle, Targeting JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo’s Reimbursement Practices

Zelle and the banks that own the popular payments platform are facing new scrutiny over scams on the trillion-dollar network.…

July 5, 2025

Mobile Giant AT&T Paying $177,000,000 To Current and Former Customers in Massive Data Breach Settlement

Mobile giant AT&T is preparing to pay millions of dollars to current and former customers to settle a class action…

July 4, 2025

U.S. Treasury Sanctions Russian Crypto Wallet Linked to Ransomware Operations

The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has just added the bulletproof hosting (BPH) services provider Aeza…

July 3, 2025

Medicare and Medicaid Data Breach Hits 103,000 Americans As Fraudulent Accounts Opened Using Victims’ Personally Identifiable Information

A newly discovered data breach of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has impacted more than 100,000…

July 3, 2025

Two Billion-Dollar Banks Suffer Data Breaches – Names, Social Security Numbers and Account Details of 1,890 People Impacted

Two banking giants recently reported data breaches that impacted thousands of people in the state of Texas. The Phoenix-based Western…

July 3, 2025

Standard Chartered Bank Hit With $2,700,000,000 Lawsuit Over Alleged Role in Malaysian Sovereign Wealth Fund Fraud

Liquidators are reportedly suing the Singapore arm of Standard Chartered over allegations the British banking giant enabled fraud that caused…

July 3, 2025

Scammers Drain $20,000 From Billion-Dollar Bank Customer Who Took Out Loan for Business Purposes: Report

A customer of a billion-dollar US bank reportedly says scammers stole the funds from her small business loan that she…

July 2, 2025

Man Allegedly Converts $1,700,000 Worth of Fake Checks and Fraudulent Wire Transfers Into Bitcoin After Multiple Scams

A central New York man is currently in custody for turning $1.7 million worth of fraudulent checks into Bitcoin (BTC).…

July 1, 2025

‘It Sounded Reasonable at the Time’ – Elderly JPMorgan Chase Customer Duped out of $13,000 by Contest Scam: Report

An elderly JPMorgan Chase customer is out thousands of dollars after scammers convinced him he won a big prize. An…

July 1, 2025