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Study Shows Alarming Rise in Smartphone Identity Theft Among UK Consumers

The Fintech Times

Fighting fraud According to the research, not only were respondents’ social media and email accounts accessed, but one in four individuals also fell victim to digital wallet theft, resulting in monetary losses.

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International Organizations Take Down Criminal Servers

PYMNTS

The joint operation is working on seizing, blocking and dismantling more than 800,000 domains associated with the Avalanche network. Over 50 Avalanche servers have been taken offline thus far. The operation involves arrests and searches in five as-of-yet-unnamed countries.