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Scams, Hacks & Breaches

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

Woman Who Defrauded JPMorgan Chase of $175,000,000 Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison

The CEO of a startup acquired by JPMorgan Chase in 2021 will spend seven years behind bars for fraudulently inducing…

October 2, 2025

Two Mississippi Men Allegedly Use $300,000 in Fake US Dollars To Purchase Gold Jewelry, Rolexes, Patek Phillipe, Audemars Piguet and Cartier Watches

A duo from Mississippi who travelled to Pineville, North Carolina, to defraud a jewelry store has just been charged for…

October 2, 2025

Chinese Woman Who Orchestrated $7,400,000,000 Bitcoin (BTC) Fraud Pleads Guilty at London Court

A Chinese woman pleaded guilty to two offenses in a United Kingdom court after participating in a massive $7.4 billion…

October 1, 2025

Hacked Credit Reporting Agencies Leading to Rampant Scams That Drain American Bank Accounts, According to Expert: Report

An executive at one US bank reportedly says that the hacks of credit reporting agencies are fueling rampant scams that…

October 1, 2025

Scammer Drains $3,000,000 From Thousands of Victims in US Law Enforcement Fraud Scheme

A Peruvian national who established the technical backbone for a fraud ring that targeted thousands of US victims has been…

October 1, 2025