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Secret Service Launches Task Force To Fight Cyber Fraud

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As federal investigators recognize the connections between cyber and traditional financial crimes, the U.S. The Electronic Crimes Task Forces and Financial Crimes Task Forces will be merged into the Cyber Fraud Task Forces (CFTF). Meanwhile, “traditional financial crimes investigators worked to secure and protect the U.S.

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Authentication Creates Opportunity To Solve FIs' $1 Trillion Fraud Problem

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As much as $1 trillion is lost to financial crimes annually, according to the World Economic Forum — and that does not begin to take into account the land grab that undoubtedly increased as so much more commerce and banking moved into the online realm over the past eight months.