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SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Uber is the focus of a federal investigation in New York as authorities determine whether the ridesharing company used software to interfere illegally with its competitors. The probe, led by the New York office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Manhattan U.S.

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Finovate

MAY 22, 2025

For now, here’s a quick preview of what we’ve got in store for you: Senior Research Analyst Julie Muhn in conversation with: John Iannarelli , The Voice of Cyber & Security, FBI John Rob Thatcher , Founder and CEO, BankShift Yamini Sagar , CEO and Founder, Instarails Javier Prez Garca , Global Director, VASS Financial Services Research (..)

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OCTOBER 19, 2020

To make sure that the malicious code is executed from Cmmlib.dll, the malware's author copied the real export list of that legitimate DLL but made sure to modify it and have all the functions direct to the same address — the malicious code's address space," IBM security researchers Chen Nahman, Ofir Ozer, and Limor Kessem told ZDNet.

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MARCH 13, 2017

The FBI announced the most expensive bounty ever for a cybercriminal to help catch Evgeniy M. The New York Times reported that the FBI has been trying to track down Bogachev, and last year the Obama administration even announced sanctions against him for his computer crimes. authorities. Bogachev, who was indicted in the U.S.

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Innovative Payments Association

JANUARY 13, 2025

Early reporting can minimize losses and help authorities track down scammers. Report Suspicious Activity: If you suspect fraud, report it to your bank, payment provider, and law enforcement immediately. A Community Effort Family members, caregivers, and community organizations play an essential role in preventing elder fraud.

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JULY 20, 2016

A new notice from the FBI continues its crackdown of the scheme and pinpoints what reports call “ground zero” for the scam. The FBI has dubbed the Business Email Compromise a “super swindle” due to the value of money already stolen through the scam. billion from unsuspecting companies.

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DECEMBER 18, 2020

The paper said that prior to the approval of vaccines by regulators in the United States and the European Union, authorities had warned that fraudsters would use the opportunity to launch scams or sell stolen doses. In the United States, the FBI posted guidelines on its website for avoiding COVID-19 crime.

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APRIL 5, 2019

Stacy Arruda, a former special agent with the FBI and now executive director of the state of Florida ISAO on cybersecurity, said that part of the problem is that when it comes to protecting credit unions — and really any financial institution — danger lurks in what they don’t know. And as for these far-flung groups getting paid? What to Do.

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JUNE 22, 2020

A cyberattack from Maze ransomware against global business and tech firm Cognizant mostly hit the company’s corporate cards that had been issued to employees, the company told authorities, according to The Times of India. Also, the FBI has been called to assist with finding out the perpetrator.

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AUGUST 11, 2020

Federal and state authorities are targeting companies that allegedly lend money to small businesses at extreme rates and seek to collect payments with heavy-handed tactics, NBC News reported Tuesday (Aug. One business owners said he felt as if he were dealing with an entity almost like “a gangster operation.”.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Authorities have frozen at least $2.9 The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) froze the funds and will return them, the statement said. 23, the Puerto Rican government has been working with federal authorities to find who was responsible for the scam, according to the statement. . million, said an anonymous official.

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OCTOBER 9, 2020

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are continuing to attract attention from authorities for all the wrong reasons. FBI Director Christopher Wray added that his agents have observed the dangers of cryptocurrency’s criminal usage firsthand, noting that a promising technology has sometimes been used to conduct illicit activities. “We

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OCTOBER 13, 2016

The Fort Wayne-based company said it was alerted by FBI authorities back in September after credit card data — including card numbers, shoppers’ names, expression data and verification codes — from payment processing systems may have been accessed by hackers.

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JUNE 19, 2017

Department of Justice authorization to carry them out. When Troia could not even confirm whether such authorization existed, Coinbase suspended his account and blocked him from creating accounts in family members’ names to continue conducting business. Even the FBI has said that paying ransom is sometimes the smarter thing to do.

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JUNE 16, 2020

In addition, National Security Institute Founder and Executive Director Jamil Jaffer suggested that the Secret Service be moved to the Treasury Department from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and to give it further investigative authorities and resources, among other recommendations.

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MAY 14, 2019

Equifax went to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and the company even began looking into a way to monitor the computer activity of its Chinese employees. law enforcement authorities and cooperated with the federal agencies.”. It “brought the investigation to the attention of U.S.

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MARCH 4, 2016

As Apple and the FBI continue to seek appeals to court orders that support one side and sandbag the other, Carter’s conciliatory tone marked a departure from the only stance yet heard from the federal government pressuring SV companies: comply, or else. and the new ones in the Bay Area.

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AUGUST 7, 2020

German authorities are cracking down on several allegedly illicit cryptocurrency-related operations in the country. BaFin, Germany’s financial regulatory authority, has begun shuttering crypto ATMs run by KKT UG, CoinDesk reported. The police worked with the FBI to trace and identify the Bitcoin involved.

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JANUARY 4, 2019

Through the “Don’t Be a Mule” campaign, the FBI has been warning that the fraudsters are targeting companies, schools and nonprofits across the United States. Paul and Minneapolis has linked with authorities to investigate an alleged theft by three women, who took thousands of dollars meant to help the homeless.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

This is not the first time the FBI has sounded a warning about business email compromise. The numbers come from the FBI’s annual Internet Crime Report , which detailed that the use of social engineering, emails and other methods to get victims to wire money to fraudsters was a lucrative business. Fraud Trends. billion in 2018.

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JANUARY 26, 2017

After nearly four years of evading authorities, a fugitive implicated in one of the Justice Department’s largest credit card fraud schemes gave himself up.

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MAY 24, 2018

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is dismantling a “large network of hacked routers and storage devices” that could have enabled a “massive cyberattack ,” according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. The FBI move came after Cisco Systems Inc. The FBI move came after Cisco Systems Inc.

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MARCH 23, 2020

The financial institution (FI) vowed last April to refund all victims of authorized push payment fraud, which often occurs after individuals are tricked via calls, texts and emails posing as legitimate bank staff. million in estimated refunds were paid by U.K.

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APRIL 29, 2016

Judges currently only have the authority to order searches of computers and devices within a limited jurisdiction, which usually means only a few counties. According to an article by The New York Times , the Supreme Court has approved a rule change that, if unchallenged by lawmakers, will allow U.S. This rule change, which the U.S.

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Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Government impersonation scams: Consumers are falling victim to scams where fraudsters pose as representatives from the government, including agencies like the USPS, the FBI and the IRS. In the first three months of 2024, the average government impersonation scam victim in the U.S. lost $14,000 in cash, totaling more than US$20 million.

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OCTOBER 7, 2019

New scrutiny has hit a Pennsylvania public transport authority, SEPTA, with sources telling The Philadelphia Inquirer that allegations of fraud have led to involvement by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. A New Twist On the BEC Scam.

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AUGUST 4, 2019

The FBI arrested a Seattle area woman, Paige A. Thompson, who is still being detained by authorities, implied in an online posting that she has used these same techniques to target other companies’ cloud-computing accounts, including Italian bank UniCredit SpA and Ford Motor Co. Thompson, on a charge of computer fraud and abuse.

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APRIL 8, 2016

The FBI has recently come out and said it only has the ability to crack into certain phones and nothing above a 5c, which was the phone in the San Bernardino case. Ironically, that’s the argument that Apple’s lawyers are using to suggest why the federal government should be granted a judge’s order to break into the iPhone.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2020

Mann reportedly told the FBI that he owned several firms that he started for fraudulent purposes only. . 5 after Mann’s banks froze his accounts amid suspicions, authorities said. MyPayrollHR abruptly shuttered on Sept. The company handled payroll for roughly 1,000 businesses across the United States.

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MARCH 1, 2016

29) that could set precedent for the company’s ongoing battle with the FBI in the San Bernardino iPhone case. In a 50-page ruling, Judge James Orenstein referenced the 1789 statue known as All Write Act, which has been the same one that Apple’s legal team has used as to why they think the FBI’s request should be tossed.

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VISTA InfoSec

JUNE 21, 2023

How quickly you need to notify the authorities or your local cybersecurity council, or whether you need to escalate further, can depend on your location, the type of business you have, and how big the risk might be. It’s also important to check what types of cyberattacks are most likely to impact businesses within your industry. 3.Report

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AUGUST 26, 2019

The Hill reported that the 252-count indictment was unsealed after authorities arrested 14 of the defendants in the United States; 11 of them had been based in Los Angeles; the remainder are outside the United States. As reported, many of those indicted are Nigerian nationals. The indictment was unsealed by the U.S.

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APRIL 30, 2019

In a letter to California’s attorney general, the virtualization and security software creator revealed the hackers had “intermittent access” to its internal network from October 13, 2018 until March 8, 2019, two days after the FBI alerted the company that it had been breached.

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OCTOBER 23, 2017

According to a news report in Reuters , in a rare move, the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warned that sophisticated hackers are targeting nuclear, energy, aviation, water and critical manufacturing industries, as well as government entities. The FBI declined to comment.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Attorney’s Office and the FBI issued a joint statement that detailed their ongoing joint efforts with other U.S. If one thing is clear, it’s that the burden of fighting back against the Crimeware-as-a-Service threat and botnet attacks will involve effort from all stakeholders — device manufacturers, authorities, consumers and businesses.

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MAY 25, 2016

Apple’s encryption battle against the FBI may have simmered down, but Apple is not backing down on further bolstering the security of its devices. Callas’ appointment comes just weeks after the FBI spent $1.34 and Silent Circle, Reuters reported. Apple doesn’t seem to have any intentions of budging, of course.

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AUGUST 21, 2017

Authorities in the country are continuing to work on bringing cases to the courts, noted the report. As for cybercrimes, the paper highlighted the ongoing FBI investigation into Russian’s hacking of the election in the U.S. Meanwhile, Netflix fell prey to a hacker who leaked episodes after warning of the plan.

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