Epsilon agrees to pay $150m fine to DoJ for selling data to fraudsters
Epsilon Data Management has agreed a $150m settlement with the US DoJ to resolve a criminal charge for selling data on more than 30 million Americans to fraudsters.
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Experian warns of facial recognition, synthetic ID fraud
The widespread shift to e-commerce and touchless payments has escalated fraud risk, including the possibility of fraudsters combining altered photos with synthetic ID.
Law enforcement wiretapped the very service used by criminals to evade interception
The virtual private network (VPN) Safe-Inet used by the world’s foremost cybercriminals has been taken down in a coordinated law enforcement action
GDPR consent-string fraud hurts ad tech
In an interview with Digiday an ad tech executive discusses how consent-string manipulation is potentially costing their business hundreds of […]
Banks and Retailers Are Tracking How You Type, Swipe and Tap
The way you press, scroll and type on a phone screen or keyboard can be as unique as your fingerprints […]
Biometric Verification of Refugees Introduced in Uganda to Prevent Fraud
The U.N. refugee agency has launched a nationwide biometric verification system in Uganda to make sure data gathered about refugees […]