Stone Refurb
September 26, 2020
•[ financial, technology ]
A data breach at Stone Refurb led to theft of customers' bank details.
KuCoin
September 25, 2020
•[ financial, finance ]
The Singapore-headquartered cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin said that it detected large withdrawals of bitcoin and ethereum from its hot wallets.
Three unknown individuals in Hungary
September 22, 2020
•[ social, financial, phishing ]
A mix of social engineering, SIM-swapping, and the use of AnyDesk remote desktop software allows a scammer to empty the bank accounts of at least three victims, stealing the equivalent of $350,000.
ETERBASE
September 10, 2020
•[ financial, finance ]
Bitcoin, Ether, ALGO, Ripple, Tezos, and TRON assets are stolen from ETERBASE, a Slovak-based cryptocurrency exchange, totalling some $5.4 million.
Unnamed Philippine bank
September 9, 2020
•[ hack, financial, finance ]
The Philippines National Bureau of Investigation has arrested four Nigerian nationals for alleged involvement in a syndicate that hacks and siphons funds from banks. The fraudsters' were found after hacking into a Philippine banks and transferring P100 million to a different account.
Steve Fisher
September 4, 2020
•[ financial, hack, finance ]
An Australian homebuyer, Steve Fisher, had a $90,000 house payment intercepted by hackers and transferred to a different account.
California Employment Development Department
September 10, 2020
•[ financial, hack, brute-force ]
The California Employment Development Department reveals that cyber criminals have been collecting credentials from breaches worldwide to fraudulently collect California unemployment benefits.
Essex Region Conservation Authority (ERCA)
September 4, 2020
•[ financial, phishing, government ]
The Essex Region Conservation Authority (ERCA) loses $300,000 to a phishing scam.
PupBox
September 2, 2020
•[ financial, retail ]
Petco Health and Wellness Company subsidiary PupBox, Inc. was victim of a data breach that resulted in the exposure of payment card information of tens of thousands of customers.
Tweak
August 28, 2020
•[ financial, ddos, technology ]
Tweak.nl is one of more than a dozen European ISPs whose DNS infrastructure is the target of a DDoS attack. The attackers demanded a Bitcoin payment to stop the attack.
Online
August 28, 2020
•[ financial, ddos, technology ]
Online.nl is one of more than a dozen European ISPs whose DNS infrastructure is the target of a DDoS attack. The attackers demanded a Bitcoin payment to stop the attack.
Delta
August 28, 2020
•[ financial, ddos, technology ]
Delta is one of more than a dozen European ISPs whose DNS infrastructure is the target of a DDoS attack. The attackers demanded a Bitcoin payment to stop the attack.
Two unnamed cryptocurrency exchanges
August 27, 2020
•[ financial, hack, finance ]
The U.S. Justice Department today filed a civil forfeiture complaint aiming to seize control of 280 Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) accounts containing funds allegedly stolen by North Korean hackers in attacks against two unnamed cryptocurrency exchanges.
FreedomNet
August 28, 2020
•[ financial, ddos, technology ]
FreedomNet is one of more than a dozen European ISPs whose DNS infrastructure is the target of a DDoS attack. The attackers demanded a Bitcoin payment to stop the attack.
Caiway
August 28, 2020
•[ financial, ddos, technology ]
Caiway is one of more than a dozen European ISPs whose DNS infrastructure is the target of a DDoS attack. The attackers demanded a Bitcoin payment to stop the attack.
Venmo
August 27, 2020
•[ financial, ddos, finance ]
Venmo is the victim of a Ddos attack. The attackers are demanding a Bitcoin payment to stop the attacks.
Tennessee State Univesity
August 17, 2020
•[ financial, insider, education ]
A former admissions worker at Tennessee State University (TSU) was sentenced to more than 30 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to student loan, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. He was arrested for managing an elaborate scheme to steal and divert $84,506 in student loans into a bank account set up using a false name and Social Security number.
Santander
August 19, 2020
•[ financial, misconfiguration, finance ]
Tens of suspects have been arrested for exploiting a glitch in the software of Santander ATMs to cash-out more money than was stored on cards.
Virtu Financial
August 10, 2020
•[ financial, phishing, finance ]
High-speed trading firm Virtu Financial says it lost $6.9 million in a business email compromise scam in May.
Interactive Data
August 6, 2020
•[ hack, financial, finance ]
Interactive Data, a data broker, is hacked and fuels fraudulent small business loans and unemployment insurance benefits from COVID-19 economic relief efforts
