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Are you a one of America’s 50 million CashApp users? If so, you could be entitled to a pay out after the company has found itself at the center of a settlement. The case revolves around data breaches that the company experienced, with claims that CashApp didn’t go far enough to protect its customers.

CashApp $15 Million Data Breach Settlement: Can You Claim?

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A little-known company in Florida allegedly lost records on 2.9 billion individuals to hackers, according to a class-action lawsuit. National Public Data specializes in background checks and fraud prevention. But the data it collects appears to have ended up in the hands of a hacking group called “USDoD." It began selling access to the stolen data in April, claiming to have info on users in the US, UK, and Canada.

Hackers Allegedly Steal Billions of Personal Records From Fla. Security Firm

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Hackers used compromised credentials to gain access to sensitive health data from HealthEquity, which administers health savings accounts for patients in the US.

4.3 million people hit in massive healthcare data breach with full names, addresses and SSNs exposed online — what to do now

The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency partnered with the FBI to recommend new mitigation tactics to combat BlackSuit ransomware attacks, which have spread across the healthcare industry. The federal government's campaign to #StopRansomware: BlackSuit (Royal) Ransomware was updated Aug. 7 to reflect tactics, techniques and procedures observed as recently as...

BlackSuit ransomware is back with 'improved capabilities'

Major U.S. residential and small business building security provider ADT had some of its databases with limited customer information compromised following a cyberattack, reports BleepingComputer. Infiltration of systems has enabled threat actors to exfiltrate customers' postal and email addresses, as well as their phone numbers, but there has been no...

Data breach disclosed by ADT following leak

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Data breaches are on the rise. Don't get your data stolen by following these 13 steps to protect your online accounts.

Nearly 3 Billion SSNs and Addresses Leaked In Data Breach: Here's How to Protect Your Finances Online

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AMERICANS have the opportunity to claim a one-time payment from a billion-dollar class action settlement. Visa and Mastercard agreed pay $5.6 billion after consumers paid excessive fees to accept their payment cards. The lawsuit alleged that Visa and Mastercard violated the antitrust laws. Antitrust laws also referred to as competition laws, are statutes developed by […]

Americans to receive one-time payment from $5.6 billion Visa Mastercard settlement – and the deadline has been extended

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If you've used the popular money app at all since 2018, you may be eligible to receive part of a $15 million settlement related to a pair of data breaches.
The post Does Cash App Owe You $2,500? Inside the Company’s $15M Data Breach Settlement appeared first on Black America Web.

Does Cash App Owe You $2,500? Inside the Company’s $15M Data Breach Settlement

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The Polk County Sheriff's Office has made an arrest after conducting an investigation into a case of credit card fraud involving 28-year-old Burger King employee, Kellyn Miley. The incident was discussed in detail during this morning's briefing with Sheriff Grady Judd.

Burger King Employee Caught Using Customer's Credit Card for Food at Former Job

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The New York-based laundry giant provides over a million internet-connected laundry machines to residential buildings, hotels, and university campuses around North America and Europe. CSC also employs more than 3,200 team members, according to its website. In a data breach notification filed late on Friday, CSC confirmed that the data...

CSC ServiceWorks reveals 2023 data breach affecting thousands of people

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If you're one of AT&T's cellular customers, you can check your account to see if your data was compromised as part of the massive breach the telecom giant announced on Friday. If you were an AT&T customer between May 1, 2022 to Oct. 31, 2022, it's likely your data was involved, given that the company said "nearly all" its cellular customers' records were gathered by hackers during that time. The breach also includes records from Jan. 2, 2023 for a "very small number of customers," AT&T said.But customers can check if their data was compromised by logging into their accounts, according...

Here's how to learn if your data was stolen in AT&T's massive hack

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Las Vegas, NV

SAN DIEGO, California — An indictment unsealed today alleges that five individuals participated in a massive fraud and money laundering scheme resulting in losses of more than $27 million to over 2,000 seniors. During a coordinated law enforcement operation this morning in Los Angeles, California, and Las Vegas, Nevada,...

Five arrested in $27 million fraud scheme targeting seniors

Dallas, TX

ANGRY customers are demanding compensation after news of AT&T's data breach emerged last week. A lawsuit filed against the Dallas-based telecommunications company last Friday night, July 12, alleges that AT&T was not transparent about the severity of the breach and did not safeguard important customer data. Over 100 million customers...

100 million AT&T customers fight for one-time payment and settlement after breach exposed six months of call logs

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Users of the Cash App may be able to cash in on part of a class action lawsuit settlement. The lawsuit stemmed from a December 2021 data breach where there was an “unauthorized public release of the personally identifiable information of 8.2 million current and former Cash App Investing customers,” USA Today reported.

Cash App security breach: Users will get portion of $15M class action settlement

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

A former Jacksonville police officer pleaded guilty Tuesday to enticement of a minor to engage in unlawful sexual activity, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Josue Garriga III, 34, faces a mandatory penalty of 10 years to life in federal prison and must register as a sex offender. A sentencing date has not been set.

Former cop pleads guilty to enticing 17-year-old girl

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Cash App has agreed to pay users $15 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging data and security breaches on the mobile payment platform. The settlement comes after customers sued Cash App and its parent company, Block, for allegedly not doing enough to stop unauthorized users, and then mishandling customer complaints about the breaches and fraudulent activity.

Cash App users hit by data breaches may get $2,500

EDINA, MN – Scammers are now creating fake QR codes to trick unsuspecting individuals. Here’s how you can stay safe and avoid falling for this new scam. During the pandemic, QR codes became a convenient tool for contactless transactions. People used them to order food, pay for parking, and redeem offers. These codes became a part of our daily routines, and naturally, scammers took notice.

QR CODE SCAM ALERT! How Scammers Are Stealing Your Info With A Simple Scan!

Alameda, CA

Alameda Post

The unthinkable has happened. Again. A gunman has taken multiple lives. The difference this time? It happened here, in Alameda. We are an island, both physically and psychologically. I spend a lot of time explaining to people that our focus is Alameda, and Alameda alone, so our coverage doesn’t usually include stories as horrific as this one.

It Happened Again. Here.

The FDA has approved the first nasal spray to treat anaphylaxis. The epinephrine nasal spray, called neffy, is for emergency treatment of allergic reactions, including anaphylaxis, in adult and pediatric patients weighing approximately 66 pounds or more, according to an Aug. 9 news release from the agency. The approval is...

FDA approves 1st anaphylaxis nasal spray

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Bayhealth reports cybersecurity issue, hackers demand $1.4M

Dover, Del.-based Bayhealth identified unusual computer system activity July 31 and took action to contain the issue, according to an Aug. 3 post on Bayhealth's Facebook...

Bayhealth reports cybersecurity issue, hackers demand $1.4M

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