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Hong Kong says social media used in 20% of its stock manipulation cases
Hong Kong's financial markets watchdog said on Thursday that about 20% of the market manipulation schemes it is currently investigating…
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U.S. warns Bannon co-defendant in opposition to ‘inflammatory’ social media posts
U.S. prosecutors on Friday warned a co-defendant of Steve Bannon, an architect of President Donald Trump's 2016 election, to avoid…
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Financial gain trumps espionage as top motivator in cyber attacks: report
Money trumped spying as the top motivator for data breaches last year, according to Verizon's annual report on cyber crimes…
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Uber argues fraud absolves it from paying star engineers $179M fine to Google
Uber argued in a recent court filing that former employee Anthony Levandowski committed fraud, an action that frees the company…
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Uber accuses Levandowski of fraud, refuses to pay $179M Google judgment
Uber says Levandowski repeatedly denied having confidential Google documents.
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Facebook, Google and other tech giants vow solidarity to fight fraud and misinformation
Seven big tech companies vow to work together to fight fraud and misinformation about COVID-19.
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Extortionists threaten sites with bad traffic to make Google ban ads
Fraudsters are threatening to flood sites with bad traffic to make Google ban their ads.
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Boaz Manor, business partner indicted on fraud charges in U.S. over blockchain venture
Canadian fund manager served jail time following collapse of Portus Alternative Asset Management
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