LendingCrowd reports data breach
On Wednesday 30 October, LendingCrowd discovered a data security incident resulting in unauthorised access to the personal data of a subset of investors.
BitMEX customers at risk after mass email leak
Users of crypto derivative platform BitMEX are being urged to update their accounts after thousands of email addresses were mistakenly shared in a mass email.
UniCredit uncovers data breach affecting three million customers
UniCredit has uncovered a data breach affecting the personal records of more than three million Italian customers.
Banks under the cosh from DNS attacks
The average cost to financial services organisations of restoring services after a Domain Name Service Attack has risen by 40% to an eye-watering $1.3 million, according to new research.
Russian man pleads guilty to JPMorgan Chase hack
A Russian man has pleaded guilty to taking part in a massive computer hacking campaign targeting JPMorgan Chase and other US banks, brokerage firms and financial news publishers.
Andrei Tyurin faces a lengthy prison term after pleading guilty in Manhattan federal court to computer intrusion, wire fraud, bank fraud, and illegal online gambling offenses.
Goldman Sachs leads $147 million investment round in cyber protection outfit Acronis
Acronis, a global leader in cyber protection, today announced a $147 million investment round led by Goldman Sachs.
Cybersecurity top tech investment priority for UK banks
Cybercrime has emerged as a major concern for UK financial services firms, rocketing security spending to the top of the technology investment agenda, according to a Lloyds Bank report.
Hong Kong exchange suffers cyber attack
The chief executive of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx) has conceded that the trading venue was subject to a series of cyber attacks this week but has insisted that an outage which brought derivatives trading to a halt was related to a software bug and not a hacker.
