Scams, Hacks & Breaches

The co-founder and former director of peer-to-peer cryptocurrency marketplace Paxful has pleaded guilty to charges related to the platform’s failure to gather sufficient know-your-customer...

The U.S. Department of Justice says a former bank manager has admitted to stealing over a quarter million dollars from customers to fund his...

Wells Fargo is facing a new proposed class-action lawsuit, accused of breaking the law by forcing customers to accept responsibility for unauthorized transfers. The...

Hackers stole more than twice the amount of crypto assets in the first half of 2024 compared to the same period last year, according...

JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo have reportedly agreed to testify at a US Senate hearing over hundreds of millions of dollars...

New research from cybersecurity firm SlowMist reveals that the Ethereum (ETH) ecosystem has lost $400 million in exploits year-to-date as the number of crypto...

A notorious hacker has successfully breached a major US bank, stealing sensitive customer information from a long list of financial firms in the process....

A trustee of defunct crypto exchange Mt. Gox says that some of its creditors have received compensation in the form of digital assets. In...

A North Carolina-based bank is facing a proposed class-action lawsuit over a data breach that has allegedly placed customers at serious risk of fraud...

A JPMorgan Chase customer is filing a lawsuit after the banking giant refused to reimburse thousands of dollars drained from her account by a...