SEC Discloses Hackers Broke Into Edgar Corporate Filing System Last Year

This month has been full of breaches.

Now, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the top U.S. markets regulator, has disclosed that hackers managed to hack into its financial document filing system and may have illegally profited from the stol… Continue reading SEC Discloses Hackers Broke Into Edgar Corporate Filing System Last Year

Three Chinese Hackers Fined $9 Million for Stealing Trade Secrets

Hackers won’t be spared.

Three Chinese hackers have been ordered to pay $8.8 million (£6.8 million) after hacking email servers of two major New York-based law firms to steal corporate merger plans in December 2016 and used them to trade stocks.

The U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni in Manhattan sued 26-year-old Iat Hong, 30-year-old Bo Zheng, and 50-year-old Hung Chin, over a multi-million

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