PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The FBI is investigating a hacking campaign that targeted more than a dozen U.S. The FBI has contacted some of the utilities, and provided information so that they can scan their computer networks to see if firewalls have been breached. He added that the company now blocks emails from Hong Kong. “We

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2018

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a warning to banks that cybercriminals are gearing up to launch a choreographed global scam, known as the “ATM cashout,” in which the bad guys hack a bank or payment card processor to make cloned cards that they can use to withdraw money from ATMs around the globe.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2020

million, and it isn’t clear whether private customer data was compromised by the attack. A CWT representative told the news service: “While the investigation is at an early stage, we have no indication that personally identifiable information/customer and traveler information has been compromised.”

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Seon

JUNE 15, 2023

Business email compromise (BEC) attacks can be a major risk to businesses’ finances and reputations. According to the FBI’s 2020 Internet Crime Report, 2020 alone saw 791,790 complaints of suspected internet crime – an increase of more than 300,000 since 2019. What Is a Business Email Compromise Attack?

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FICO

AUGUST 16, 2022

And card skimming is big business; the FBI estimates that “skimming costs financial institutions and consumers more than $1 billion each year.”. One of the most insidious aspects of skimming fraud is that a transaction at a compromised location usually goes through without a hitch. But here in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

JULY 25, 2018

If the Business Email Compromise (BEC) scam isn’t on the radar of every corporate finance executive, it certainly should be. “We discovered counterfeit checks and ACH debit fraud on an account that did not have Positive Payee feature or ACH debit block because of the urgency to open account,” one survey respondent recalled.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2018

If the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is right, a whole other bad idea is about to be unleashed upon our collective bank accounts. Krebs on Security cited a confidential alert that the FBI sent to banks late last week, saying that millions of dollars can be stolen in only a few hours.

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