White House Budget Director and acting CFPB head Mick Mulvaney won't be pursuing an extensive investigation into Equifax's security practices after hackers stole data on 145.5 million American consumers.
The small Iowan city of Keokuk has disclosed that a cybercriminal used a phishing scam to fraudulently obtain an electronic file containing the 2017 W-2 tax forms of current and former employees and elected officials.
Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck Sunday told customers it would be repaying about 90 percent of the $534 million worth of NEM coin stolen.
Out of nearly 160,000 reported cyber incidents affecting businesses in 2017, 93 percent could have been prevented by following basic security measures such as regularly updating software, blocking fake email messages, using email authentication, and training employees, a new report claims.
The company urged customers to change their passwords and their security questions, but assured them that Bell Canada had implemented "additional security authentication and identification requirements" on their accounts.
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