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Financial services firms have been hit with $12bn in losses over the last two decades as a result of cyber attacks, according to a recently published report from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The data shows little sign that the risk is about to reduce and has led to the IMF to call for greater […]
Apr 01, 2024NewsroomCryptocurrency / Financial Fraud The Indian government said it has rescued and repatriated about 250 citizens in Cambodia who were held captive and coerced into running cyber scams. The Indian nationals “were lured with employment opportunities to that country but were forced to undertake illegal cyber work,” the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) […]
The agency responsible for monitoring financial sanctions in Britain has never detected an illicit payment to an entity embargoed under the country’s counter-ransomware regime, according to information obtained by Recorded Future News. The sanctions regime explicitly prohibits victims from making any extortion payments to the 29 individuals and 5 entities listed under the United Kingdom’s […]
Financial services firm Paysign said it is investigating reports of a data breach involving consumer information after hackers tried to sell a database allegedly belonging to the company containing millions of records. “We are aware of the recent reports of an alleged data breach of Paysign consumer information. We are investigating the claim,” the company […]
Nearly 30,000 Fidelity Investments Life Insurance customers’ personal and financial information, including bank account and routing numbers, may have been stolen after criminals breached Infosys’ IT systems.
Nearly 30,000 Fidelity Investments Life Insurance customers’ personal and financial information, including bank account and routing numbers, may have been stolen after criminals breached Infosys’ IT systems.
Mar 06, 2024NewsroomCyber Attack / Malware A financial entity in Vietnam was the target of a previously undocumented threat actor called Lotus Bane that was first detected in March 2023. Singapore-headquartered Group-IB described the hacking outfit as an advanced persistent threat group that’s believed to have been active since at least 2022. The exact specifics […]
Canada’s financial intelligence agency FINTRAC has announced pulling its corporate systems offline due to a cyber incident that struck over the weekend. In a statement on its website, the agency said: “Over the last 24 hours, FINTRAC has and continues to manage a cyber incident. The incident does not involve the Centre’s intelligence or classified […]