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Scams, Hacks & Breaches

Detroit Man Loses $37,000 To Fraudster Posing As JPMorgan Chase Representative: Report

A Michigan man has lost $37,000 after being manipulated by scammers posing as tech support and a bank representative. Steven…

April 24, 2026

47,876 Americans Warned After Hackers Hit NYSE-Listed Firm, Placing Personal and Financial Data at Risk

A Minnesota-based financial services firm with $1.7 trillion in assets under management has suffered a second security incident in a…

April 24, 2026

Meta Accused of ‘Knowingly’ Generating $16,000,000,000 From Scam Ads

The Consumer Federation of America (CFA) has filed a class-action lawsuit against Meta Platforms, accusing the social media giant of…

April 23, 2026

Crypto Coin Founder Who Drained $20,000,000 From 1,000 Investors Sentenced to 23 Years in Prison

A man accused of carrying out a cryptocurrency scam that siphoned more than $20 million from victims has just been…

April 23, 2026

DOJ Moves To Compensate Victims of OneCoin’s $4,000,000,000 Global Crypto Fraud Scheme

The U.S. Department of Justice has announced the launch of a compensation process for victims of the OneCoin cryptocurrency fraud…

April 22, 2026

Massive $290,000,000 Crypto Hack on KelpDAO Likely the Work of North Korea’s Lazarus Group: LayerZero

The total value locked on decentralized lending platform Aave is plunging after hackers exploited KelpDAO’s cross-chain rsETH configuration, with LayerZero…

April 21, 2026

Sensitive Information Belonging to 337,917 People Potentially Exposed As Tennessee Healthcare Firm Hit by Data Breach

Hundreds thousands of people are impacted by a cybersecurity incident at a US healthcare facility. According to a new filing…

April 20, 2026

$6,280,000,000 Abruptly Exits Ethereum-Based Lending Platform As Cross-Chain Hack Triggers Mass Withdrawals

The total value locked in one of crypto's most trusted decentralized lending platforms is plummeting after hackers successfully attacked a…

April 19, 2026

50,640 People Affected After Hackers Hit Healthcare Firm, Stealing Personal, Financial and Medical Data

New data shows that tens of thousands of people have been affected after hackers attacked a healthcare firm and accessed…

April 18, 2026

Hackers Expose 1,000,000 US Bank Accounts in One Year, With Thieves Sharing Usernames and Passwords Freely on Dark Web: Kaspersky

More than one million online banking accounts were compromised in 2025 as cybercriminals increasingly relied on infostealers to collect financial…

April 18, 2026