Scams, Hacks & Breaches

A former toy store owner from Minnesota has reportedly been handed a sentence of 15 months in prison for defrauding the U.S. Department of...

Federal prosecutors say eight people have been sentenced for their roles in a multi-year scheme that defrauded U.S. COVID-19 relief programs of more than...

A firm operating in the healthcare industry is warning that hundreds of thousands of Americans are at risk of identity theft and fraud following...

Three men from Florida have been handed multiyear prison sentences for their roles in a tax scam that stole millions of dollars from the...

A four-time World Series of Poker Circuit winner and car dealer from Michigan, who claimed he was kidnapped and held in a basement in...

A staff member at banking giant Wells Fargo is accused of stealing from a 90-year-old's bank account after she passed away. A former Wells...

Two New Jersey brothers are facing criminal charges over allegations they posed as employees at Apple, the FBI and other entities to scam elderly...

Security researchers say a mobile banking trojan first spotted in 2020 is now targeting financial institutions across the globe. In a new report, the...

Healthcare company Specialty Networks is preparing to pay out millions of dollars to settle a class action lawsuit filed over a massive data security...

Anthropic says a cybercriminal has used its artificial intelligence (AI) model to steal sensitive personal information and demand hefty ransoms to not expose it....