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Cosmetics Brand Natura Exposes Customer Data

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Furthermore, several Amazon bucket names were mentioned in the leak, including PDF documents referring to formal agreements between various parties.”. “The compromised server contained website and mobile site API logs, thereby exposing all production server information. The company then contacted Amazon, which asked Natura & Co.

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Technology Safeguarding The Age-Old Practice Of Financial Data Sharing

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Earlier this week the firm announced that Wells Fargo has struck a data sharing agreement and will facilitate the sharing of data with Finicity for the apps and other financial tools deploying Finicity’s services. But these agreements also tend to inflame the debate over data privacy.

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Why Do Fraudsters Use Synthetic Identities?

FICO

This type of fraud is less likely to be traced back to the perpetrator, but it is also self-limiting in that the fraudster needs access to a unique identity and related dataset in order to commit the crime. Keen to find a way around these limitations, fraudsters are increasingly turning to a third method – synthetic identity fraud.

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Socure Acquires Real-Time Risk Decisioning Company Effectiv for $136 Million

Finovate

The acquisition will enable Socure to enhance fraud prevention, automate identity verification, and manage risk across onboarding, authentication, payments, account changes, and more. Digital identity verification company Socure has acquired risk decisioning company Effectiv in a $136 million deal.

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Trulioo Taps Into Mastercard’s Identity Solutions

Finovate

Global identity platform Trulioo announced today it has teamed up with Mastercard to help merchants streamline digital onboarding while helping them combat fraud. Under the agreement, Trulioo will leverage Mastercard’s identity solutions to power two of its products– Person Match and Risk Intelligence.

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In Conversation With Mastercard at Web Summit Qatar 2025

The Fintech Times

“It participates in the cybersecurity world and supports a lot of governments, as well as a large number of players globally, to prevent cyberattacks and identity theft by merging information from the deep web, but also the real web,” Khalil explained.

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PYMNTS Money Quiz: How Do You Stack Up?

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QUESTION #3: Oscar winners, upon receiving their award, must sign a binding agreement that if they choose to sell the statuette, they have a legal obligation to first sell it to the Academy for how much? QUESTION #7: Which state had the most identity theft last year? a) $50 billion. b) $150 billion. a) $1.