security & fraud

App Defect May Have Exposed First American Financial Customers’ Data
App Defect May Have Exposed First American Financial Customers’ Data
May 26, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

First American Financial, the real estate title insurance company, may have provided unauthorized access to the financial information of its customers. According to a report...

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FinCEN Calls For Private Sector Innovation
FinCEN Calls For Private Sector Innovation
May 24, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is launching an initiative called the FinCEN Innovation Hours Program, as a call to private sector companies that have...

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Crypto Diamonds Are For … Never(?)
Crypto Diamonds Are For … Never(?)
May 24, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Charles Ponzi built his eponymous schemes on the promise of profits tied to postage stamps. But ours is a decidedly high-tech world, where fortunes are...

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Truecaller Denies Hack As User Info Emerges On Dark Web
Truecaller Denies Hack As User Info Emerges On Dark Web
May 22, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Data from Truecaller, the Swedish caller identity app company, is reportedly being sold in private internet forums, including data on customer phone numbers and email...

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NY AG, Mayor Launch Inquiries In Taxi Industry Practices
NY AG, Mayor Launch Inquiries In Taxi Industry Practices
May 21, 2019  |  Ridesharing

The New York Attorney General’s office and New York Mayor Bill de Blasio have both ordered investigations into the practices of the taxi industry that...

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Google Cuts Ties With Huawei
Google Cuts Ties With Huawei
May 19, 2019  |  Google

Google is halting a business relationship with Huawei, the Chinese telecommunications company, in what is seen as a blow to the company that has been...

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NY Seizes Municipal Credit Union After Embezzlement
NY Seizes Municipal Credit Union After Embezzlement
May 19, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

New York’s Department of Financial Services seized Municipal Credit Union, New York’s oldest credit union, on Friday (May 17), saying it is facing “unsafe and...

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Regulators Investigate China’s Ex-Securities Regulator
Regulators Investigate China’s Ex-Securities Regulator
May 19, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Liu Shiyu, the former head of China’s securities regulator, is being investigated for violating anti-corruption laws. According to a report in Reuters citing the Central...

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EU Fines Banks Billions For Manipulating Currency Prices
EU Fines Banks Billions For Manipulating Currency Prices
May 16, 2019  |  Regulation

The European Union has slapped Barclays, RBS, Citigroup, JPMorgan and MUFG with a €1.07bn fine over allegations that they worked together to manipulate the foreign exchange...

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