Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Rohit Chopra delivers remarks on relieving medical debt during an event in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next to the White House, in Washington, DC, on April 11, 2022. (Stefani Reynolds / AFP) CFPB’s proposed data rules would improve security, privacy and competition By giving the public greater control over their banking data, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's proposal would deal a blow to data brokers. Jan 24, 2024 By Barath Raghavan Bruce Schneier
(Photo by CHRIS DELMAS/AFP via Getty Images) Robinhood breach exposed information on 7 million people The company said it doesn't believe Social Security or bank account numbers were accessed. Nov 9, 2021 By Tim Starks
SAP headquarters in Germany (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images) Crooks are getting smarter about exploiting SAP software, study finds A critical bug in SAP software could be a ticket for a criminal to steal a paycheck or employees’ personally identifiable information. Apr 6, 2021 By Sean Lyngaas
JPMorgan Chase and other big Wall Street names were victimized in the scheme (Getty Images). Russian man sentenced to 12 years in prison for massive JPMorgan data heist It's a win for U.S. officials who look for opportunities to arrest and extradite alleged cybercriminals once they leave Russia. Jan 8, 2021 By Sean Lyngaas
Malicious Autodesk plugin at root of cyber-espionage campaign Hackers-for-hire appear to be making a buck in real estate sector cyber-espionage via Autodesk. Aug 26, 2020 By Shannon Vavra
(Getty) Another guilty plea in $568 million Infraud crime ring Valerian Chiochiu, a 30-year-old Moldovan, allegedly wrote malware for the group. Jul 31, 2020 By Sean Lyngaas
someone had manipulated the code in a software product that Twilio customers use to route calls and other communications. (Flickr/ Web Summit) Twilio breach spotlights struggle to keep corporate software kits out of the wrong hands The damage could have been worse if the attack had been targeted. Jul 24, 2020 By Sean Lyngaas
SAP software is used throughout the Fortune 500. The company is dealing with a critical software bug disclosed this week. (Getty Images) US cyber officials urge patching of bug affecting up to 40K SAP customers The last month has been a bonfire of critical software bugs. Jul 14, 2020 By Sean Lyngaas
(Getty) Operators of Android hacking kit impersonate postal services in US and Europe With an effective mobile malware kit written, hackers can tweak the code to target different parts of the world. Jul 1, 2020 By Sean Lyngaas
(Tim Evanson / Flickr / Wikimedia Commons) Russian national pleads guilty to being part of $568 million fraud ring Sergey Medvedev is accused of being one of the leaders of the Infraud Organization, which trafficked in stolen financial data and in malware. Jun 26, 2020 By Sean Lyngaas