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Anti-Money Laundering Fines Fall by 50% in 1H 2021 (Info Security Magazine)

Phil Muncaster  Global fines for anti-money laundering (AML) and data privacy compliance breaches have fallen by nearly 50% year-on-year in the first half of 2021,...

Coin Ninja CEO Admits Operating Darknet Bitcoin Mixer (Info Security Magazine)

Sarah Coble  A CEO from Ohio has pleaded guilty to being the operator of a darknet-based Bitcoin ‘mixer’ service that laundered more than $300m. Akron resident and CEO of...

JPMorgan Chase Notifies Customers of Data Breach (Info Security Magazine)

Sarah Coble  American banking and financial services company JPMorgan Chase is warning customers in Montana that a technical glitch may have presented their personal data to...

Data Stolen as Social Housing Group Suffers Ransomware Attack (Info Security Magazine)

Benjamin David  Hackers have stolen data from a Salford-based social housing group that houses thousands of tenants and other clients. ForHousing and Liberty, which manage and maintain homes across the...

Crunch Time for Liquid as Crypto Exchange Loses $97m to Hackers (Info Security Magazine)

Phil Muncaster  A Japanese cryptocurrency exchange is estimated to have lost $97m after threat actors targeted the company. Tokyo-headquartered Liquid revealed the incident on Thursday evening...

How Organizations Can Fight Back Against Ransomware (Info Security Manager)

Pritesh Parekh  In recent months, ransomware has once again been dominating the headlines. With the Health Service Executive in Ireland and JBS — the world’s largest meat processor —...

IT Leaders: Nation State Campaigns Are Inspiring Cybercrime Attacks (Info Security Magazine)

Phil Muncaster Nearly three-quarters (72%) of IT leaders are concerned that tools and techniques used by nation-states will eventually end up in the hands of...

US Census Bureau Slammed for 2020 Breach (Info Security Magazine)

Phil Muncaster  The US Census Bureau has been heavily criticized by a government inspector after a 2020 breach which could have been prevented by prompt patching. Although...

T-Mobile: 49 Million Customers Hit by Data Breach (Info Security Magazine)

Phil Muncaster  T-Mobile has admitted that threat actors have stolen personal information on 48.6 million current, former and prospective customers. The US carrier revealed in a notice...

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