Eric Priezkalns reports: A business student who was interning at Société Générale, a leading multinational bank headquartered in France, is believed to have fed information to SIM swappers who stole from 50 customers of the bank, reports Le Parisien. The intern’s arrest prompted officers from France’s fraud police (La Brigade des Fraudes aux Moyens de Paiement,…
Category: Financial Sector
Industry Letter – June 23, 2025: Impact to Financial Sector of Ongoing Global Conflicts
From: New York State Department of Financial Services To: All Individuals and Entities Regulated by the New York State Department of Financial Services Re: Impact to Financial Sector of Ongoing Global Conflicts The New York State Department of Financial Services (the “Department”) is issuing this guidance (“Guidance”) to all individuals and entities regulated by the…
CoinMarketCap Hacked, Scrambles to Remove Malicious Wallet Verification Popup
Amin Ayan reports: CoinMarketCap was hacked on Friday after a malicious popup appeared on its website, urging users to “verify” their wallets. The phishing-style notification asked users to connect their wallets and approve ERC-20 token access, raising immediate red flags across the crypto community. Wallet providers like MetaMask and Phantom quickly flagged the site as…
UBS reports data leak after cyber attack on provider, client data unaffected
Chain IQ said it and 19 other companies had been the target of a cyber-attack resulting in a data leak that was published online on the darknet. CNA reports: Swiss bank UBS on Wednesday said it had suffered a data leak due to a cyber attack against one of its providers, but that no client…
Slapped wrists for Financial Conduct Authority staff who emailed work data home
How many warnings would you give employees not to send work to their personal email accounts? And why hasn’t a government agency deployed a software solution to prevent such transmissions? Connor Jones reports: Four staffers at the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) were let off with warnings over separate cases involving the transmission of regulator…
North Dakota Enacts Financial Data Security and Data Breach Notification Requirements
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On April 11, 2025, the North Dakota governor signed H.B. 1127 (the “Act”), which establishes new data security measures and breach notification obligations for financial corporations. Covered entities include those that are regulated by the North Dakota Department of Financial Institutions and exclude financial institutions, such as banks, and credit unions. Key requirements,…