Nigerian Fintech Firm Flutterwave Confirms Hacking Attempt, Says Users’ Funds Safe

May 17, 2024 Bitcoin.com

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The Nigerian fintech firm Flutterwave claimed on May 16 that it had foiled an attempt to breach its payments platform. Flutterwave asserted that the “unauthorized activities inconsistent with usual customer behavior” did not compromise users’ funds or data confidentiality. According to one report, over $7 million was siphoned from Flutterwave following a cyberattack in April. […]

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Blockchain ID project Humanity Protocol hits unicorn status with $30M raise

May 16, 2024 Coin Telegraph

Blockchain ID project Humanity Protocol hits unicorn status with M raise

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Over half a million people are already on the waitlist for Humanity Protocol’s public testnet launch, expected to take place in the back half of 2024.

Decentralized identity solution Humanity Protocol is officially a unicorn after a recent $30 million raise lifted its valuation to $1 billion.

The $30 million Seed Round was led by Kingsway Capital, with participation from Animoca Brands, Blockchain.com, Hashed, Shima Capital and 20 other investors, Humanity Protocol wrote in a May 15 Medium post.w

Humanity Protocol plans to use the funds to expand its product development unit as the firm prepares for its public testnet launch in the second half of 2024.

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Billion-Dollar Bank Sued After Revealing Massive Data Breach Affecting Thousands of Customers, Exposing Account Details, Social Security Numbers and Medical Information: Report

May 13, 2024 The Daily Hodl

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A US lender is facing separate class action lawsuits over a security incident that exposed thousands of customers’ personal identifiable information (PII). Plaintiffs for the lawsuits say Centennial Bank suffered a data breach in April 2023 – but they allege the lender only notified affected customers that their PII was stolen a full year later, […]

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JPMorgan Chase Suffers Data Breach Affecting Personal Information of 451,809 Customers

May 10, 2024 The Daily Hodl

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JPMorgan Chase says it has discovered a data breach affecting the personal information of nearly half a million customers. New filings with the Office of the Maine Attorney General show the banking giant recently found a software issue that’s been active since August 26th, 2021. The bug allowed unauthorized access to retirement plan records of […]

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Paolo Ardoino Dismisses Rumors That Bitfinex Suffered Database Breach Last Month

May 6, 2024 The Daily Hodl

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Bitfinex chief technology officer Paolo Ardoino is rejecting rumors that the crypto exchange was a victim of a database exploit last month. Ardoino, who also serves as Tether’s chief executive, says on the social media platform X that the database breach appears fake and that users’ funds are safe. According to Ardoino, the details of the […]

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Bitfinex database breach ‘seems fake,’ says CTO

May 5, 2024 Coin Telegraph

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Bitfinex CTO Paolo Ardoino explained that if the hacking group was telling the truth, they would have asked for a ransom, but he "couldn't find any request."

The claims by hacking group FSOCIETY that they hacked cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex's database and leaked 22,500 customer emails and passwords “seems fake,” according to Bitfinex chief technology officer Paolo Ardoino.

“If they had any real information they would have asked a ramson through our bug bounty, customer support ticket, emails, Twitter, etc. We couldn't find any request,” Ardoino claimed in a May 4 post on X.

“We don't store plaintext passwords, nor 2FA secrets in clear text,” he added.

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Billion-Dollar Bank Facing Class Action Compliant After Data Breach Exposes Customers’ Names, Social Security Numbers and Other Sensitive Information

April 28, 2024 The Daily Hodl

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A US bank is facing a proposed class action lawsuit for allegedly failing to protect its customers’ sensitive personal information and suffering a massive data breach. SouthState Bank, which has over $45 billion in assets, is being hit with a class action lawsuit led by plaintiff Latonya Gore in Florida, filings show. The suit concerns […]

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Wells Fargo Says It Has Suffered Data Breach, Blames Employee for Exposing Personal Information on Pair of Customers

April 13, 2024 The Daily Hodl

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Banking titan Wells Fargo says it suffered a data breach that exposed sensitive information on at least two of its customers. In a letter, the California-based financial giant says personal information and mortgage account numbers were exposed. Wells Fargo says one of its employees is responsible for the data breach, although it’s not clear how or […]

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Leaked Personal Info of Over 5 Million Salvadorans Apparently Linked to Chivo Wallet

April 11, 2024 Bitcoin.com

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A database with the personal information of over 5 million Salvadorans was recently leaked in a data breach forum. The database, which has been around since August and has recently been linked to Chivo, El Salvador’s national cryptocurrency wallet, has 144GB of data, including the full name, unique identity number, date of birth, address, and […]

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Bank of America Suffers Massive Data Breach, Exposing Social Security Numbers, Addresses and Additional Sensitive Data To Hackers

February 17, 2024 The Daily Hodl

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Tens of thousands of Bank of America customers are now at risk of being targeted for identity fraud after a massive security failure exposed their critical personal information. A data breach notification filed in Maine says 57,028 customers at Bank of America were exposed due to a failure at Infosys McCamish Systems (IMS), an insurance […]

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