Scams, Hacks & Breaches

An Alabama man has pled guilty to hacking the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) X account last year and faces up to five...

The chief executive of stablecoin issuer Tether (USDT) says that quantum computing will allow hackers to steal Bitcoin (BTC) from lost wallets. In a...

Millions of US schoolkids have fallen victim to a massive data breach after a company that tracks their personal information reportedly failed to take...

A billion-dollar fintech firm is preparing to send a total of $735,000 to tens of thousands of customers in a major settlement with regulators....

A group of Bank of America customers are joining together to sue the US financial giant. A proposed class action lawsuit alleges BofA promised...

A young Canadian hacker is now wanted after allegedly exploiting a "glitch" to loot $48.8 million in crypto from the decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol...

A pseudonymous on-chain investigator is saying that Coinbase users lose millions of dollars annually to social engineering scams on the crypto exchange. The on-chain...

A former bank employee is facing a slew of charges after being accused of lifting millions of dollars from the lender. Fedrick Jeffries is...

A New York-based bank is reportedly facing a new lawsuit after thieves allegedly looted $15.5 million from an account that belonged to a public...

The tenth-largest bank in the US by total assets just disclosed a new cybersecurity incident that's affecting customers’ data. In a filing with the...