Cybercriminals impersonating financial institutions have targeted individuals, businesses, and organizations of different sizes.
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18 Arrested in Crackdown on Credit Card Fraud Rings
Between 2016 and 2021, the suspects defrauded 4.3 million cardholders in 193 countries of €300 million (~$346 million).
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SIM Farm Dismantled in Europe, Seven Arrested
The individuals ran a highly sophisticated cybercrime-as-a-service (CaaS) platform that caused roughly €5 million (~$5.8 million) in losses.
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US Charges Cambodian Executive in Massive Crypto Scam and Seizes More Than $14 Billion in Bitcoin
In an indictment, federal prosecutors charged Prince Holding Group chairman Chen Zhi with wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy.
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Fraud Prevention Firm Resistant AI Raises $25 Million
Resistant AI will use the funding to expand its fraud detection and transaction monitoring offerings to new markets.
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Fraud Prevention Company SEON Raises $80 Million in Series C Funding
The company will invest in its AI and real-time detection platform, in global expansion, and in strategic partnerships.
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US Sanctions Russian National, Chinese Firm Aiding North Korean IT Workers
US Treasury sanctions Russian and Chinese entities tied to North Korea’s use of fake IT workers, who exploited stolen identities, AI, and malware to funnel millions back to Pyongyang.
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Who’s Really Behind the Mask? Combatting Identity Fraud
Why context, behavioral baselines, and multi-source visibility are the new pillars of identity security in a world where credentials alone no longer cut it.
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Creating Realistic Deepfakes Is Getting Easier Than Ever. Fighting Back May Take Even More AI
Deepfakes are causing security problems for governments, businesses and individuals and making trust the most valuable currency of the digital age.
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OpenAI’s Sam Altman Warns of AI Voice Fraud Crisis in Banking
AI voice clones can impersonate people in a way that Altman said is increasingly “indistinguishable from reality” and will require new methods for verification.
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