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Failure to Safeguard, Two Cyber Intrusions, and an $850,000 SEC Settlement

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Virtually all organizations have an obligation to safeguard their personal data against unauthorized access or use. Failure to comply with such obligations can lead to significant financial and reputational harm. In a...more

Troutman Pepper

Tackling Credit Push Fraud: Understanding Nacha's Risk Management Package (Part One) — Payments Pros: The Payments Law Podcast

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In this episode of Payments Pros, Carlin and Keith welcome back Jordan Bennett, Nacha's senior director of network risk management, for a two-part series on the newly approved rules designed to combat credit push fraud....more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Nacha’s new rules intends to reduce business fraud that uses credit-push payments

On March 18, Nacha announced rule amendments intended to reduce the incidence of frauds that leverage credit-push payments, such as vendor impersonation and business email compromise (BEC). While, importantly, the rules will...more

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Nacha Approves New Rules to Combat Credit-Push Fraud

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On March 18, Nacha, the organization that governs the ACH network, announced that its members approved a new set of rules aimed at reducing the incidence of frauds, such as business email compromise (BEC), that exploit...more

Burr & Forman

Bank Liability for Business Email Compromises and Fraudulent Payments

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While at your place of business, you receive an email from a trusted source with an established vendor, notifying you that the vendor’s bank account information has changed. Do you note the change in your business records and...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Federal Court Holds Bank Liable For Business Email Compromise Losses

We have written on previous occasions about the rise in frequency and severity of Business Email Compromise (BEC) cyberattacks. As explained in other posts, BEC attacks are a type of phishing scam typically targeting...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

FinCEN analyzes BEC threat patterns and trends in the real estate sector

On March 30, FinCEN released a Financial Trend Analysis examining threat patterns and trends identified in Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) data relating to business email compromise (BEC) in the real estate sector during 2020 and...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Federal Court Holds Financial Institution Liable for Business Email Compromise Loss

While ransomware attacks usually grab the headlines, business email compromise (BEC) attacks continue to cause massive financial losses for businesses. The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), reported BEC losses in...more

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NYDFS Consent Order Signals Regulator’s Growing Focus On Financial Institutions’ Incident Response And Security Practices

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In early March, the New York State Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) announced a consent order that required Maine-based mortgage servicer Residential Mortgage Services, Inc. (“Residential”) to pay a $1.5 million...more

Locke Lord LLP

WTF?! - Wire Transfer Fraud Litigation

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Threat actors have recently and significantly increased efforts to defraud organizations and individuals through business email compromise (BEC). In BEC and related scams, the threat actors trick unsuspecting targets into...more

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FinCEN Issues Advisory on Cyber-Enabled Crime Fueled by COVID-19

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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) just issued yet another Advisory regarding fraud threats faced by financial institutions, as exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. This Advisory pertains to “Cybercrime and...more

Perkins Coie

Blockchain Week in Review - September 2019 #3

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U.S. Developments - REGULATORY - House Passes Bill to Review How Blockchain Technology Can Improve FinCEN - The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill sponsored by Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH) that requires the Director...more

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Federal Reserve and FinCEN Raise Alarms Regarding Technology-Assisted Financial Fraud

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The Federal Reserve and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, both recently issued reports addressing worrisome trends in technology-assisted financial fraud.  The reports to engage the financial services...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Recent FinCEN Advisory Details Dramatic Increase in Frequency and Severity of Business Email Compromise Fraud Schemes

On July 16, 2019, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued an “Updated Advisory on Email Compromise Fraud Schemes Targeting Vulnerable Business Processes” (the “Advisory”). The...more

Carlton Fields

Eleventh Circuit to Weigh in on ‘Business Email Compromise’ Coverage Under Fidelity Bond

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Banks have historically been at the forefront of technological advances in commerce. So it should be no surprise that they and other financial institutions were also among the first to suffer losses related to computer fraud...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Cybersecurity Threats for Treasury & Payment Management Systems Report Released

Pactera Technologies N.A., Inc. [www.Pactera.com] has released the report “Cybersecurity Threats for Treasury & Payment Management Systems: Six Things you Should Know to Manage Them.” It is easy to understand and pertinent,...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

FinCEN Warns of E-Mail Compromise Schemes

Financial institutions should be aware of a growing number of e-mail compromise schemes, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) warned in a new advisory bulletin. What happened - Developed in coordination...more

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