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Professor That Gathered Facebook Data For Cambridge Analytica Is Sorry
Professor That Gathered Facebook Data For Cambridge Analytica Is Sorry
April 23, 2018  |  Facebook

Aleksandr Kogan, the professor who collected information on millions of Facebook users for Cambridge Analytica, doesn’t think he did anything wrong but regrets his role...

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Former Regulator For Obama Says More Scrutiny Of Ether, Ripple Coming
Former Regulator For Obama Says More Scrutiny Of Ether, Ripple Coming
April 23, 2018  |  Cryptocurrency

Gary Gensler, the finance chief for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential bid and one of the top financial regulators in the Obama administration, is delving into...

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Zelle’s Growing Pains With Fraud
Zelle’s Growing Pains With Fraud
April 23, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

While Zelle’s business is booming, many people are reporting that hackers have used it to clean out their bank accounts. Zelle was created as the...

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Australia’s Government Facing More Pressure For Lack of Banking Oversight
Australia’s Government Facing More Pressure For Lack of Banking Oversight
April 23, 2018  |  International

The government of Australia is facing new pressure this weekend over its initial desire not to launch an inquiry into the banking sector, which is...

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Iran’s Banks Banned From Crypto Transactions
Iran’s Banks Banned From Crypto Transactions
April 23, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Iran’s central bank has banned the country’s banks from dealing in all cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin. According to Reuters, the decision was made over money laundering...

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Half Of UK Factories Admit To Being Hit With Cyber Attack
Half Of UK Factories Admit To Being Hit With Cyber Attack
April 23, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

A new survey has found that 48 percent of U.K. factories have been hit by a cyberattack. According to The Daily Telegraph, the data comes...

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Cybersecurity Conference App Exposed Attendee Data
Cybersecurity Conference App Exposed Attendee Data
April 20, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

In an ironic twist of events, an engineer was able to access attendee information stored in a cybersecurity conference’s mobile app. A Twitter user that goes...

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Bitcoin And The Break-Even Conundrum
Bitcoin And The Break-Even Conundrum
April 20, 2018  |  Cryptocurrency

Profits in cryptos: Easy come, maybe; easy go, certainly. News came this week that bitcoin mining just ain’t what it used to be. More to...

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Two South Koreans Sentenced For $20M Bitcoin Scam
Two South Koreans Sentenced For $20M Bitcoin Scam
April 20, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Two men from South Korea were sentenced for running a bitcoin pyramid scheme that stole around 20 billion Korean won ($20 million) from investors. According...

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