Cybersecurity
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Life and Annuity Issuer Faces Suits Over 'SIM Swap' Cyberattack
By Allison BellHackers persuaded a phone company to let them take over a CNO executive's phone.
January 10, 2024
E-Trade Users Report Login IssuesAn outage-monitoring site logged more than 1,000 problem reports about E-Trade on Wednesday.
January 09, 2024
Cybersecurity Rule Could Prompt Firms to 'Cry Wolf': SEC RoundupFacebook's former chief security officer explains why the rule may result in premature or inadvertently inaccurate disclosures.
January 04, 2024
AMC Theatres Hopes to Keep Two MOVEit Cyberattack Cases Out of BostonThe outcome could affect how courts handle financial services data-breach victims who are subject to arbitration agreements.
December 18, 2023
Advisors, Prepare to Battle for Clients and EmployeesThe wealth management business is morphing from a "genteel club" to a "jungle," prognosticator Mark Hurley tells ThinkAdvisor.
December 14, 2023
12 Biggest Financial Services Data Breaches of 2023The incidents affected everything from Social Security numbers to debit card security codes.
December 06, 2023
Pacific Life, Agent Face Suit Over $500K Payment That VanishedThe client asserts that bad wiring information caused him to transfer cash to cybercriminals.
November 16, 2023
Morgan Stanley to Pay 6 States $6.5M Over Client Data SecurityThe firm failed to erase customer information from old hard drives and servers before auctioning them off.