Collaborate Disseminate
John London reports: Authorities are investigating a data breach at Fifth Third Bank and it appears to be an inside job. According to Fifth Third, “a small number of employees” stole personal data from the bank. Read more on WLWT. Continue reading Former Fifth Third employees stole customer info, gave to outside group
Catalin Cimpanu reports: British police have arrested yesterday three individuals that they believe are involved in the February 2019 hack of Bank of Valletta (BOV), one of Malta’s biggest banks. National Crime Agency (NCA) officers arrested two … Continue reading Three suspects arrested in Maltese bank cyber-heist
Charlie Osborne reports: P&N Bank is informing customers of a data breach in which personally identifiable information (PII) and sensitive account information was exposed. On Wednesday, a security researcher going under the Twitter handle @vrNickna… Continue reading AU: P&N Bank discloses data breach, customer account information, balances exposed
It seems like the ransomware business model is evolving rapidly. Lawrence Abrams reports: For the first time, the operators behind the Sodinokibi Ransomware have released files stolen from one of their victims because a ransom was not paid in time. Si… Continue reading Sodinokibi Ransomware Publishes Stolen Data for the First Time
Sergiu Gatlan reports: Three members of a cybercrime group that used the GozNym banking Trojan to steal millions from U.S. businesses were sentenced today in parallel and multi-national prosecutions in Pittsburgh and Tbilisi, Georgia. The GozNym group … Continue reading GozNym Gang Members Behind $100 Million Damages Sentenced
Nicole Garcia reports: Two former employees of a financial firm in Tempe are arrested in what police are calling a multi-million dollar case of fraud. Officers booked Dria Carr and Eric Hernandez, both of Phoenix, on felony counts of theft and computer… Continue reading AZ: Ex-workers at Tempe financial firm accused of theft, computer tampering
Avi Mizrahi reports: The private details of 15 million bank debit cards in Iran have been published on Telegram in the largest banking security incident in the country’s history. Iranian authorities so far try to blame the breach on common criminals bu… Continue reading 15 Million Debit Cards Exposed as Iranian Banks Fall Victim to Cyber Warfare
Frédéric Tomesco reports: The privacy breach at Mouvement Desjardins now extends to credit cardholders. About 1.8-million cardholders who are not Desjardins members may have had their personal information compromised, chief executive officer Guy Cormie… Continue reading Update: Desjardins says data breach also affects 1.8-million credit cardholders
Bobby Allyn reports: Federal law enforcement officials have announced criminal charges against two Russian nationals who operate a hacking organization known as Evil Corp., a group officials say is responsible for one of the most sweeping bankin… Continue reading Russian Hacking Group Evil Corp. Charged By Federal Prosecutors In Alleged Bank Fraud
A criminal complaint was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Lithuanian national Vytautas Parfionovas with computer intrusion, securities fraud, money laundering, bank fraud and wire fraud, among other offenses. The charged crimes ste… Continue reading Lithuanian national, extradited from Ukraine, charged with unauthorized computer intrusion, other crimes