The Jan. 9 hack of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) account on the social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) was apparently the result of a “SIM swap” attack. The regulator announced this finding in a Monday (Jan. 22) statement to the media, which was posted...
Crypto wallet firm Ledger experienced a security breach on Thursday (Dec. 14) in which hackers managed to steal $484,000. The hackers did so by inserting malicious code into Ledger’s widely used blockchain software, Connect Kit, CoinDesk reported Thursday. “Ledger’s technology and security teams were alerted and a fix was...
Crypto lender Exactly Protocol has suffered a hack, reportedly resulting in the loss of as much as $12 million. The decentralized credit market, which operates on the Optimism network, was targeted by a bridge exploit, CoinDesk reported Friday (Aug. 18), citing information from blockchain security firm De.Fi. The hacker utilized...
A married couple from New York City have pleaded guilty to money laundering and conspiracy charges stemming from the hack and theft of 120,000 bitcoin from the global cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex. The hack took place in 2016, and customers’ money was lost or stolen in...
December 31, 2019
It’s the list no one likes to be on. It’s kind of like being on the “worst dressed list” except that we’re talking about stolen data and, probably, lots of lawsuits. Welcome, then, to the Top Data Breaches of 2019. The readings are pretty grim. At a high level, the numbers are staggering. Millions of […]
July 29, 2019
It’s pretty much a given these days that – more or less – a business is nothing without a robust mobile experience when it comes to commerce, payments and customer...
February 12, 2019
Do you want to gain a step on fraudsters? Do you want to beat them while also making it as seamless as possible for legitimate consumers to buy from your...
July 31, 2017
Most of the drama this week was in Washington. The healthcare debate turned into something that was one aria short of a full-blown opera, and the entering communications director brought...
July 15, 2024
Disney has reportedly suffered a hack of its Slack system, with data from thousands of the channels of the company’s workplace collaboration system being leaked online. The data goes back as far as 2019 and includes material ranging from discussions about ad campaigns to assessments of job applicants to photos of employees’ dogs, The Wall […]
January 22, 2024
The Jan. 9 hack of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) account on the social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) was apparently the result of a “SIM swap” attack. The...
December 14, 2023
Crypto wallet firm Ledger experienced a security breach on Thursday (Dec. 14) in which hackers managed to steal $484,000. The hackers did so by inserting malicious code into Ledger’s widely used blockchain...
August 18, 2023
Crypto lender Exactly Protocol has suffered a hack, reportedly resulting in the loss of as much as $12 million. The decentralized credit market, which operates on the Optimism network, was targeted by...
