Data Breach News, Finance
May 17, 2024
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Santander Falls Victim to Data Breach Involving Third-Party Provider

DarkReading reports that Spanish banking giant Santander has disclosed a recent data breach at a third-party provider. Bank customers in Chile, Spain, and Uruguay have reportedly been affected. “No transactional data, nor any credentials that would allow transactions to take place on accounts are contained in the database, including online banking details and passwords,” according to […]

Data Breach News, Finance, Insurance News, News
May 08, 2024
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Scattered Spider Hackers Now Targeting Financial Sector

Threat actors known as Scattered Spider are reportedly turning their attention to the financial sector, hitting banks and insurance groups. Resilience Cyber Insurance Solutions, which has been tracking the group, reports they have targeted 29 companies since April 20. Scattered Spider is the group that was previously linked to disrupting casinos and hotels such as MGM […]

Commentaries and Analyses, Finance, Legal News, New Threats
March 30, 2024
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AI Poses a Threat to Financial Sector, and Cyberattackers are ‘Outpacing’ Defenses – Treasury

Law.com reports that the U.S. Treasury Department warned the financial services sector this week that artificial intelligence (AI) will become a powerful weapon for fraudsters and cyberattackers, who will outgun the sector’s defensive efforts in the foreseeable future.  The report was based on interviews with representatives from 42 financial services and technology companies about the […]

Data Breach News, Finance
January 09, 2024
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Mortgage firm loanDepot cyberattack impacts IT systems, payment portal

Bleeping Computer reports: U.S. mortgage lender loanDepot has suffered a cyberattack that caused the company to take IT systems offline, preventing online payments against loans. loanDepot is one of the largest nonbank retail mortgage lenders in the USA, employing approximately 6,000 people and servicing loans of over $140 billion. Read more at Bleeping Computer. Loan […]

Data Breach News, Cyberattack, Finance
December 24, 2023
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First American Financial Corporation Suffers Cyberattack

National Mortgage Professional reports: First American Financial Corporation was hit by a cyberattack on Wednesday, the company confirmed Thursday, forcing the company to take certain systems offline.  The incident follows similar breaches at Fidelity National Financial (FNF), the mortgage and real estate industries’ largest underwriter of title insurance, on Nov. 19, and Mr. Cooper Group, one of the […]

Data Breach News, Finance, Malware Ransomware, News
November 24, 2023
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BlackCat claims it is behind Fidelity National Financial ransomware shakedown

Americans who hoped to close on home sales this week may have had their hopes dashed by an attack on Fidelity National Financial. The Register reports: Fortune 500 insurance biz Fidelity National Financial (FNF) has confirmed that it has fallen victim to a “cybersecurity incident.” The announcement came in the form of an 8-K filing […]

Consumer Alerts, Finance
November 24, 2023
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How Hackers Are Using AI To Steal Your Bank Account Password

GO Banking reports: Information theft is far from a novel issue. Since the internet exploded in the early 2000s, hackers have taken advantage of security loopholes to infiltrate devices and siphon vital information that puts your finances and safety at risk. But a recent study released in August highlights a chilling new way hackers use AI to […]

Data Breach News, Finance, Malware Ransomware
November 18, 2023
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And Then There Were Three: Two More Financial Firms Attacked by LockBit3.0

Bloomberg reports: The criminal ransomware gang behind the recent attack on the Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. has claimed responsibility for two more hacks on US financial firms. The Lockbit gang added the Chicago Trading Company and Alphadyne Asset Management this week to a list of victims on its darkweb page. The gang has given them deadlines to make […]

Data Breach News, Finance, Malware Ransomware
November 14, 2023
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Hacking Gang Behind Attack on Largest Global Lender Says It Got Ransom Payment

Bloomberg reports: The hacking group behind a recent ransomware attack on the largest global lender, Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd., said it received a ransom payment. A representative for the group, called LockBit, confirmed the payment on Monday but declined to provide further details. Bloomberg News wasn’t able to verify the gang’s claim, and […]