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It’s been a busy 12 months since the last Money20/20, as new technologies and threats have disrupted the security space time and time again. Similarly, the continued steady global increase in the use of mobile devices helped fuel the development and release of new tools to security companies, as well as access to richer, deeper user data.

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JULY 16, 2018

The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection announced late last week it settled with the National Credit Adjusters , a private company, as well as its chief executive and part owner Bradley Hochstein. While Security Group said it disagreed with the CFPB, it agreed to pay the fine so that it could close the matter.

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JANUARY 18, 2017

The National ATM Council (NAC) argued in testimony to the Committee on Consumer Affairs of the New York City Council last week that a proposed ordinance would impose costly and burdensome new security regulations on ATM operators all around the city. said Renard in the same press release.

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JULY 4, 2017

Hackers are on the lookout for new ways to attack, and now it looks like developing nations may be a favored conduit. Those countries have high-speed Internet, widespread Internet penetration and not a lot of security infrastructure in place We see a pattern among the attackers.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2018

These solutions could shift the way national security agencies in several countries operate, or force employers to change how they authenticate and identify their employees. Several nations around the world are reconsidering their approach to security and national identity systems. as part of a visa waiver program.

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DECEMBER 3, 2018

With cyberattacks on the rise, corporate victims find themselves battling it out with cyber insurance companies over protection from the damage done by security breaches. For example, the National Bank of Blacksburg in Virginia sued Everest National Insurance Company earlier this year after the bank was hit by cyberattacks in 2016 and 2017.

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APRIL 28, 2016

Visa has secured the spot as the exclusive payment provider for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio for the 30th year running. As we prepare for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Visa is transforming the way fans pay, giving them choice in how they want to pay for anything, anytime and everywhere.”.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

The global momentum we’re achieving with banks, merchants and consumers is proof-positive of our efforts to create simple and secure digital payment experiences anywhere consumers want to shop,” said James Anderson, executive vice president of digital payment products at Mastercard, in a press release. and around the world.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Their predictions for 2016 turned out to be accurate, so it’s best to pay attention. Power plants, electrical grids and telecommunications networks, constructed before the threat of cyberattacks, are at risk from nation-states, terrorists and organized cybercrime. The urgency is real.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2019

A wide range of biometric solutions are being used to develop national identification systems around the world. Even though biometrics offer notable security advantages, they do come with risks. India began experimenting with the technology 10 years ago when it launched its national ID system, the Aadhaar program. A reported 3.6

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AUGUST 18, 2016

The financial messaging service known as SWIFT — which operates as a bank-owned consortium and helps payments in the billions of dollars move globally — has been beset by security flaws, has known about those flaws and has done little to address those flaws. So reported Reuters on Wednesday (Aug. So reported Reuters on Wednesday (Aug.

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APRIL 28, 2017

This according to the latest volume of the Internet Security Threat Report published today by software company and security product provider Symantec. To start, ransomware threats escalated globally through 2016 in size, number and kind. Its end users were also the most willing to pay. But it’s moved into doing more.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

In a press release , the two AGs said the settlement also covers charges that Uber violated reasonable data security laws with its 2016 breach of driver and customer information. Companies in California and throughout the nation are entrusted with customers’ valuable private information.

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JULY 27, 2018

United Nations (UN) chief António Guterres has warned staff and member states that it is running out of cash. The letter sent to members stated that, as of June 30, the core UN budget had a deficit of $139 million and the United Nations had “never faced such a difficult cash flow situation this early in the calendar year.”.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

The overall pace, seen globally, has been up quite a bit, as measured against the 134 patents worldwide seen in 2016. That follows a meeting late last month of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, which examined utilities by looking at blockchain and energy security.

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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has reportedly been ongoing for half a year. Blockstale CEO Daniel Adekunle said, per the outlet, “Blockstale BTM was developed specially to facilitate adoption, transparency and security in Nigeria.” Fourteen bitcoin ATMs were in seven different nations prior to the bitcoin ATM in Lagos.

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APRIL 27, 2017

This according to the latest volume of the Internet Security Threat Report published today by software company and security product provider Symantec. To start, ransomware threats escalated globally through 2016 in size, number and kind. Its end users were also the most willing to pay. But it’s moved into doing more.

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MAY 1, 2017

The controversy over SWIFT’s security flaws, especially those tied to its messaging terminals, has been growing since 2016. A number of officials have spoken out against SWIFT’s lack of action in addressing these flaws and broader security concerns. At the time, the central bank was not using two-factor authentication measures.

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MAY 7, 2018

Venture captialists have invested heavily in India on that speculation — and Flipkart has poured those investment funds into discounts, subsidized shipping and buildout infrastructure in-nation. billion during in the year, ending March 31, 2016. According to available corporate filings, Flipkart posted a loss of $1.3

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

The scams netted an alleged $25 million from 2014 to 2016. “In In terms of data illuminating larger trends, the National Cyber Security Alliance found that roughly 50 percent of smaller firms have been victim of a cyberattack. He and an accomplice operated from Nigeria, targeting the U.S.,

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OCTOBER 22, 2018

Ukrainian government officials are defending payments made to their digital procurement platform provider, following claims of wasted funds as detailed in the nation’s 2017 budget. 19), the nation’s First Deputy Economic Development and Trade Minister Maksym Nefyodov defended the more than $2.3

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MAY 6, 2016

In fact, his office announced that it has seen more than a 40 percent increase in data breach notifications involving New Yorkers alone in 2016, when compared to the same time period a year prior. 1, 2016, through May 2, 2016. I am committed to stemming the data breach tide. In 2015, the office received 809 data breach notices.

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MAY 12, 2017

in 2016, losing a combined $16 billion — just over $1,400 per victim, on average. This consumer concern translates to a decrease in confidence in large organizations—which is then exacerbated by data breaches and other security events. FBI Sees Wire Fraud Via Email Grow In 2016. million in the U.S. billion across organizations.

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DECEMBER 27, 2018

Automatic digital registration of citizens at birth — “with his parents receiving an email welcoming him into the nation.”. Estonia’s ongoing efforts to digitize government offer lessons on security. resulted in approximately $772 million in savings between 2011 and 2016, according to the U.K.’s Invisible Government. “In

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MAY 9, 2016

government’s Cyber Governance Health Check, which offered up the Cyber Security Breaches survey. Minister of Digital Economy Ed Vaizey stated that it was “absolutely crucial businesses are secure and can protect data … Too many firms are losing money, data and consumer confidence with the vast number of cyberattacks.”

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MARCH 18, 2019

Approximately 2 percent to 5 percent of the world’s gross domestic product (GDP) – $800 billion to $2 trillion – is laundered each year, according to a report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Rethinking Security Strategies . Financial and Ethical Security Strategies.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

The country takes privacy, particularly financial privacy, seriously, passing its Cyber Security Law in 2016, followed by the Personal Information Security Specifications in 2018 and the MLPS 2.0 Confronting the Chinese Privacy Myth .

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JANUARY 18, 2019

For citizens to engage with these services and trust them, seamless and secure digital identity tools will be essential. Though the technology may be a long way away, it will first require a secure and seamless digital identity solution before smart city citizens or officials are willing to trust it. Smarter Emergency Services.

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APRIL 21, 2017

Cybercriminals certainly had a habit of churning out headline-worthy attacks in 2016 — from the Mirai botnet’s infamous distributed-denial-of-service attacks on domain directory Dyn and the DNC hack to hackers targeting the SWIFT interbank system. ” (Not to be confused with zero-day exploits.)

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JANUARY 9, 2020

Chip cards have been heralded for their improved functionality and security, but they have still failed to address critical authentication problems, leaving retailers to bear the brunt of these vulnerabilities. percent of card-present transactions within the nation were conducted via EMV card between July 2018 and June 2019.

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MAY 12, 2019

Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC ) has approved the creation of the Long-Term Stock Exchange ( LTSE ). Created by Silicon Valley entrepreneur Eric Ries, LTSE will be a national securities exchange using a different approach to governance and voting rights, with the goal of taking away the short-term pressures on public companies.

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AUGUST 10, 2017

The executive, using statistics from Hong Kong Police, told Reuters that the number of cybersecurity incident reports have jumped to 6,000 in 2016 from 1,500 back in 2009. Interpol had estimated at the time that more than 100,000 organizations across 150 nations had been hit by the cyberattack. billion in the same time period.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

In 2016 U.K. At the time, B2BPay supported payments to and from 34 nations. to develop a solution for financial institutions to facilitate secure B2B payments for large-value, cross-border transactions. Existing backers have already committed about $164,000 of this funding round, Ambikar said.

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JULY 27, 2018

National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC), titled “The Foreign Economic Espionage Report,” warns that cyber attackers could infiltrate the software supply chain, and pointed to China, Russia and Iran as the most capable of such an event. Department of Homeland Security advised U.S. A report by the U.S.

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JANUARY 10, 2019

Between 2012 and 2016, around 15 percent of the total volume of uncovered fraud was recovered, noted the report. They noted that in some instances, the OLAF found that the misused EU funds were going to national politicians, their families and/or associates.

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JUNE 1, 2020

million Direct-to-Phase II Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to advance the development of Tetranite, its bone adhesive biomaterial technology. Day Zero Diagnostics, founded in 2016 at Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab, was awarded $6.2

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AUGUST 16, 2019

Remittances to developing nations continue to grow, which has spurred many global markets to pursue efforts to enable more efficient cross-border payments. World Bank data shows that remittances to low- and middle-income nations reached a record high last year, with migrants sending $529 billion to their home countries.

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